... serve the interests of those to whom it was accountable REFORMING THEWORLDBANK During the 1980s, theWorldBankandtheIMF advocated similar policies, and there were many similarities in the ... of theIMFandtheWorld Bank. ) Ironically, many middle-income countries contend that theWorldBank should get out of the business of providing funds to low-income countries They see theWorld ... and culture and is not easy to achieve From this perspective, theWorldBank reforms, as incomplete as they may be, are impressive The contrast between the limited successes of theBankand the...
... adjustment The WorldBankandtheIMFTHEWORLDBANK or theInternationalBank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) andtheInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) were created in 1944 by leaders of the ... Impoverishing a Continent: TheWorldBankandIMF in Africa The U.S Connection Washington’s predominance ensured that whatever their theoretical mandates might be, theWorldBankandtheIMF would become ... policy content of adjustment programs (of the type supported by theIMFandtheWorld Bank) .”29 The New York Times called theWorldBankandthe IMF, the overlords of Africa.” Beginning in 1980,...
... for the borrowing state, whereas theBank s role includes making sure that the borrower understands theBank s requirements and standards and helping the borrower find the financing andthe technical ... for theWorldBank Inspection Panel, there is a breach of an international obligation by theBank only when an act of theBank is not in conformity with its rules In other words, although theBank s ... Panel of theWorld Bank: A Different Complaints Procedure 47 (Gudmundur Alfredsson and Rolf Ring ed., Martinus Nijhoff 2001) 162 TheWorldBank Legal Review other than theBank s “rules of the organization.”...
... REPORT 2011:05 The governance of theWorld Bank3 The two main institutions of theWorldBank Group (WBG) are theInternationalBank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) andtheInternational ... point again in the future 20 The more the Bretton Woods institutions – theWorldBankandtheIMF – drag their feet in giving voice and voting power to developing countries in general, and DIIS REPORT ... members of the Board of Governors, which convenes twice a year, once in the Spring and once during the Annual Meetings of theWorldBankandtheIMFThe role of the Board of Governors is rather limited,...
... politics TheBank s understanding of good governance continues to reflect a concern over the effectiveness of the state rather than the equity of the economic system andthe legitimacy of the power ... strengthening governance systems and enhancing governing institutionsThe modernization of the state, the fight against corruption, the reform of judiciary, the strengthening of legislatures andthe ... Dependence andthe Quality of Governance: A Cross-Country Empirical Analysis (Washington DC: World Bank, Policy Research Working Paper 2396) 21 Krueger, Anne, 1998, “Whither theWorldBankandthe IMF? ”,...
... in this regard, they are acutely aware of theBank s connection to US power (and in particular the US Treasury) andthe impact upon theBank of the end of the Cold War, which they argue – along ... ‘visions’ for theBank Four visions for theBank are highlighted The first is the ‘Knowledge Bank , which they strongly associate with Stiglitz The second vision of theBank is the organisation ... from theBank (found in the plethora of documents and official statements); the volumes of material written on the Bank, neoliberalism and development and, crucially, interviews in the field The...
... Nutrition, and Population, Washington, DC: WorldBankWorldBank (2009), Implementation of theWorldBank s Strategy for Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) results: Achievements, Challenges andthe ... Forward, Washington DC: WorldBankWorldBank (2007), Health Development: TheWorldBank Strategy for Health, Nutrition, and Population, Washington, DC: WorldBank 10 The ICPD Program of Action ... countries improve their RH outcomes, particularly for the poor andthe vulnerable and in the context of theBank s overall strategy for poverty alleviation It underscores theBank s strong commitment...
... in the right 56 WorldBank (2001a) WorldBank (2001a) 58 TheWorldBank has developed a number of databases of indices, namely: TheWorldBank s World Business Environment Survey (WBES); TheWorld ... processes TheWorldBank s Strategy for “Reforming Public Institutionsand Strengthening Governance”3 sets out the relationship between “rules and restraints”, “voice and participation” and “competition”, ... reach the best possible understanding are on the one hand consultation processes that lead to a better understanding of the issues at hand and a better reflection of citizens’ desires On the other...
... depending on the severity, duration, and response (from OPEC, emergency reserves, and demand curtailment) On the other hand, there are also downside risks to prices from weaker oil demand and slower ... years, the Russian accession negotiations were the longest in the history of the WTO; andthe Working Party on accession of Russia to the WTO was the largest such Working Party in the history of the ... keep the market well supplied—as Saudi Arabia andthe group have stated they will do and will not want to unduly threaten the fragile global economic recovery Seasonal demand is falling, and the...
... Hashim, and Mike Stevens of theWorld Bank, and Bill Allan of theIMF Other contributors include Allen Schick, Rob Laking, and Serif Sayin Research support was provided by J.P Singh and Shiro ... Peters edited the handbook The report was produced by the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) Network of theBank under the guidance of Cheryl Gray Comments on the handbook should ... purpose and task and therefore poor information on the performance of policies, programs and services, and their cost because of poor linkages; The linking together (in association with the point...
... Nations Children’s Fund, World Health Organization, TheWorldBank UNICEFWHO -World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates (UNICEF, New York; WHO, Geneva; TheWorld Bank, Washington, DC; 2012) ... Children’s Fund, theWorld Health Organization andtheWorldBank 2012 All rights reserved TheWorld Health Organization and UNICEF welcome requests for permission to reproduce or translate their publications ... derived using the method described in de Onis et al 2004 UNICEF conducted the analyses for UNICEF and MDG regions; theWorldBank conducted the analysis for the respective WB income groups; and WHO...
... women’s power and voice in house- 19 World Bank, 2000d 20 World Bank, 2001a, Chapter 21 World Bank, 2001a, Chapter 22 Quisumbing and Maluccio, 1999 23 World Bank, 2000d; World Bank, 2001a, 24 ... actions into theWorldBank s development assistance TheBank s Gender and Development Board (a Bank- wide body composed of representatives from the main operational units in the Bank) took the lead ... Narayan et al, 2000; World Bank, 2001a, Chapter Murphy, 1997 World Bank, 2000b World Bank, 2001b 11 INTEGRATING GENDER INTO THEWORLDBANK S WORK disparities, and by an analysis of the opportunities...
... University Press, for theWorldBankWorldBank (1994) “Governance: TheWorldBank s Experience”, Washington, D.C : TheWorldBankWorldBank (1995) TheWorldBankand Legal Technical Assistance: Initial ... TheWorldBankWorldBank (2004a) “Initiatives in Legal and Judicial Reform”, Washington D.C : TheWorldBankWorldBank (2004b) “Implementation Completion Report: West Bankand Gaza”, www-wds.worldbank.org/servlet/WDS_IBank_Servlet?pcont=details& ... Washington D.C : TheWorldBankWorldBank (1998) “Russian Enterprise Reform: Policies to Further the Transition”, Discussion Paper No 400, Washington D.C : TheWorldBankWorldBank (1999) “Court...
... views of theInternationalBank for Reconstruction and Development /World Bankand its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of theWorldBank or the governments they represent ... differences emerge in the outreach and scale of theinstitutionsThe second column shows that while the microfinance banks made up just 10 percent of theinstitutions in the sample, they are relatively ... that the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of the subsidy variable pertain to different institutions than those at the same percentiles for the profit variables.) The median bank, on the other hand,...
... Protection……………………………………………………….… …15 TheWorldBankand Fossil Fuels and Mining………………………………………….……… …17 10 TheWorldBankandtheWorld Commission on Dams………………… …………….… …… 19 11 TheWorldBankand Pesticides…………………………………………………… ... and social assessment THEWORLDBANKANDTHE POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER (PRSP) Oxfam America and Friends of the Earth In late 1999, theWorldBankandtheInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) ... TheWorldBankand Gender……… …………………………….…………… ………… …… 23 13 TheWorldBankand User Fees……………………………………………………… …….… … 25 14 TheWorldBankand HIV/AIDS………………………………………………………………… …27 15 World Bank...
... support and take forward their work on WorldBankandIMF issues The Project monitors WorldBankandIMF policies, projects and organisational trends in collaboration with NGOs, academics and others ... our briefings and a complete set of our quarterly Bretton Woods Updates The most directly relevant reports are: Questioning theWorldBank /IMF Growth Model, 1999 TheWorldBankandthe State, a ... discuss Genuine Savings andtheBank s CASE initiative Participants in the March 1999 Terschelling Island meeting on ‘Questioning theWorld Bank, IMF Growth Model’ and in the October 1999 Yale...
... For the first time since this monitoring task began, the data indicate a decline in both the poverty rate andthe number of poor in all six regions of the developing world Between 2005 and ... in both 1981 and 2008, although rising in the 1980s and ‘90s, then falling since 1999 The $1.25 a day poverty rate has fallen in South Asia from 61% to 36% between 1981 and 2008 The proportion ... poor by the standards of middle-income developing countries, and certainly by the standards of what poverty means in rich countries There has been less long-run progress in getting over the $2...