TradeBank and Fund work in trade policy covering trade-related conditionality, advisory services, and trade related capacity building. Questioning the Bank and Fund approach to trade liberalisation. Includes: Capacity building, integrated framework, trade-finance coherence, trade-related investment, trade conditionality and national development plans read read more background... Items 1 to 10 of 75IMF bank tax proposals cause controversyA leaked copy of the IMF's report to the G20 on A fair and substantial contribution by the financial sector which proposes two new financial sector taxes to cover some of the costs of the financial and economic crisis, has been criticised by campaigners for inadequate analysis of the potential of the financial transactions tax (FTT), dubbed the Robin Hood tax. read article... Trade: IMF staff paper, World Bank strategy reviewA March staff paper by the IMF outlines that although trade restriction measures have increased in the wake of the financial crisis, they have only had a strong negative impact in the products they targeted, and their aggregate impact is just 0.25 per cent of global trade. read article... World Bank-IMF spring meetings 2010Analysis of governance reforms and other decisions made at the 2010 World Bank and IMF spring meetings read article... Farming furore: World Bank launches new agriculture fundThe Bank’s new multi-billion dollar agriculture trust fund has got off the ground while its recent agriculture strategy signals a renewed attempt to push the controversial policies of the 2008 World Development Report. read article... Banco del Sur capitalisedSouth American member states pledged $7 billion for the newly created Banco del Sur to finance development projects and trade, providing a regional alternative to the World Bank. read article... The IMF and protectionist trade policies: What does the record of the past 15 years tell us? Istanbul, 2 October 2009Seminar on the IEo evluation of IMF trade policy advice in Istanbul, 2 October 2009. read article... Future of the Global Financial System Panel debate chaired by Martin Wolf, Istanbul, 4 October 2009Notes of part of a panel debate chaired by Martin Wolf of the Financial Times, Istanbul, 4 October 2009. read article... World Bank-IMF annual meetings 2009Analysis, news, and about the events inside and around the World bank/IMF annual meetings 2009. This page is being updated regularly. read article... IFC deceptions on Doing BusinessExcitement caused by the International Finance Corporation´s (IFC) April announcement that it was changing how it scored countries in its controversial Doing Business publication (see Update 66) turned to dismay as the 2010 edition of this report, released in September, shows that very little has actually changed. read article... The IFC: opportunist expansion?The financial crisis has resulted in an expanded role for the International Finance Corporation (IFC), but its methods may leave a bitter taste with civil society. read article... |
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