World Bank/IMF governanceIssues relating to the governance of the Bank and Fund by their member countries. Includes: Governance structures, Parliamentary scrutiny, transparency, accountability, complaint mechanisms, governance structures, evaluation mechanisms, spring/annual meetings read read more background... BriefingsThe IMF's special drawing rights (SDRs)The special drawing right (SDR) is an international reserve asset, created by the IMF in 1969 to supplement the existing official reserves of member countries. read article... Country positions for the London SummitOn April 2 several industrialised and emerging market economies will meet at the London summit. Slowly, the policy positions of participating countries are emerging and give an overview of what might be the outcomes of the meeting. This paper gives an overview of official standpoints of participating countries ahead of the summit on a variety of topics and, taking that into considerations, provides an overview of what is likely to be agreed on in the end. read article... Who pays for the Fund and the Bank?The IMF and the World Bank derive their income mainly from their lending operations, charging borrowing countries, and from their investments in financial markets. read article... Items 1 to 10 of 433Economic crisis: rich countries block reform at UN summitThe first major conference on the financial and economic crisis to involve all countries ended with rich countries blocking substantive reforms demanded by developing countries. The UN conference did however push key issues up the international agenda, such as the need for a better system of international reserves, and for genuine policy space for developing countries. read article... Beyond the London Summit Assessing the UK government's response to the financial crisis and charting a way forwardIn this paper we assess the outcomes of the London Summit and the UK government's progress towards the 12 recommendations set out by the Put People First platform in March 2009. The G20 London Summit on 2 April 2009 issued "a global plan for recovery and reform". G20 leaders have not yet gone far enough on the fundamental changes the world needs. The communique appears to have made progress on some critical issues but there were also missed opportunities, especially on building a green economy, and some areas where it moves in the wrong direction. read article... Bretton Woods Project submission on the DFID White PaperIn a submission the the DFID white paper consultation, we set out the significant change needed at the World Bank and IMF to bring them into line both with international norms and with UK policy, in order to improve their contribution to sustainable development. In this submission we outline changes needed in: IFI governance; IFI conditionality policies; IFI policies related to aid effectiveness; IFI policy on climate change; private-sector finance; and the financial sector's impact on development. read article... IMF Transparency roundtable Partial noteNotes from the IMF transparency roundtable. NB: The Global Transparency Initiative published a IMF transparency guide in 2008. read article... G20 Summit and impacts on developing countriesSummary of IMF and World Bank presentations and the discussion afterwards read article... Spring meetings 2009: communiqués coverageCoverage of the communiqués from the G24, G7, IMFC and Development Committee at the 2008 Annual Meetings of the World Bank and IMF. read article... World Bank-IMF spring meetings 2009This page will be updated regularly with the latest news from the 2009 World Bank and IMF spring meetings read article... World Bank and IMF launch disclosure reviewsCivil society groups, painfully aware of information access problems at the World Bank and IMF, hope this year's reviews of transparency and disclosure will bring radical improvement. read article... Bank's anti-corruption stance questionedDoubts have been raised over the efficacy of World Bank anti-corruption efforts. A recent Wall Street Journal article claims that some firms remained on the Bank's books even whilst under investigation for corruption. read article... BIC: Bank and IDB projects fall short on accountability and participationUS NGO, Bank Information Centre, published a report examining how well the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank incorporate participation and accountability into project design. Overall, a majority of the reviewed projects were deemed 'standard-mediocre'. read article... |
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ResourcesUN conference on economic crisis, outcome document 26 June CSO website on UN conference, including statements 11 June UN Commission on the financial crisis, May 2009 draft of report (Stiglitz Commission) 29 May G20 London summit communiqué 2 April CSO inputs to Stigliz commission 1 April UK civil society statement on emergency financing 1 April Prague Declaration 1 April Manuel committee report on IMF governance reform 25 March Informe del comité Manuel 25 March IMF transparency policy comment page 25 March Newswire |
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