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The IFIs and Islamic finance

Inside the inst|1 February 2008|update 59|url

The World Bank Group and the IMF have become more involved in assistance to and oversight of Islamic financial institutions. read article...

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IFC challenges highlighted in the Middle East Doing Business indicators come under fire

News|Amy Ekdawi|1 April 2008|update 60|url

The International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank, is rapidly increasing its investment in the Middle East, raising questions about the development value of its activities. A Norwegian study of the IFC's Doing Business indicators questions the usefulness of the index to making real-life improvements to a country's business environment. read article...

The IFIs and Islamic finance

Inside the inst|Bretton Woods Project|1 February 2008|update 59|url

The World Bank Group and the IMF have become more involved in assistance to and oversight of Islamic financial institutions. read article...

World Bank: head in the sand over ‘peace conduit’

News|Bretton Woods Project|4 December 2007|update 58|url

NGO Friends of the Earth Middle East has expressed concern over the World Bank's involvement in the Red Sea to Dead Sea water conveyance project, in particular its failure to consider alternatives that would tackle the root cause of the Dead Sea's degradation read article...

Parliament in dark over bank privatisation

News|Bretton Woods Project|5 October 2007|update 57|url

The Egyptian government is facing criticism from MPs over plans to sell off the country's publicly owned banks, as part of an $8.7 billion financial sector reform programme that has the backing of the World Bank, the IMF, the AfDB and USAID. read article...

Iraq: staffer shot, oil deal continues

Resource|Bretton Woods Project|2 April 2007|update 55|url

In February Iraq's cabinet approved the IMF supported draft oil law read article...

Mortgaging Iraq’s oil wealth

News|Bretton Woods Project|31 January 2007|update 54|url

As a "key ingredient" of IMF lending and debt relief, Iraq's government has just presented a new draft petroleum law to its cabinet that could permit up to two-thirds of Iraq's known reserves to be exploited by multinational oil companies under contracts lasting for 20 years. read article...

IEO on IMF in Jordan: “moderately successful”

News|Bretton Woods Project|23 January 2006|update 49|url

The Independent Evaluation Office has said that the IMF's role in Jordan in the period 1989 - 2004 was "moderately successful". read article...

Bank and Fund in-roads into Iraq

News|Bretton Woods Project|23 January 2006|update 49|url
Illustration by Robin Heighway-Bury/Thorogood.net

The Bank approves the first development loan to Iraq at the same time as the IMF signs a stand-by agreement, leading to a dramatic increase in fuel prices. read article...


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