International Financial Institutions
- Countries with more veto players were more likely to let the IMF in
- J.R. Vreeland / Centro de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT), 2002
- This paper argues that reform-minded governments often use the leverage of the IMF to push through unpopular policies. There may be actors in the political system – ‘veto players’ – whose approval is required for p...
- Asian Development Bank needs to improve whistleblower protection
- Government Accountability Project, 2004
- Following an assessment of whistleblower protection policies at four multilateral development banks (MDBs), this summary offers a detailed overview of the current status of whistleblower protection at the Asian Development Bank (ADB)....
- Adverse impacts of IFI policy in Zambia
- L. Situmbeko; J. Zulu / World Development Movement, 2004
- With a focus on Zambia, this report intends to explore the conditions that the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) have attached to loans, and more recently debt relief. The report finds that: the economi...
- Alternatives for African development
- A. Ismi / Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2004
- This paper critically assess IMF and World Bank policies of the last decades. In doing so the paper highlights the dominance of the U.S. within the IMF and World Bank. The main focus of the assessment is the impact of the Structural A...
- Greater coordination between the Bank and countries needed to improve the efficacy of PRSPs
- B. Bataille; Z. Islamshah; S. Lala / World Bank, 2004
- The Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) Initiative aims to make World Bank aid more effective in reducing poverty. This paper assesses the extent to which the Initiative has helped the World Bank to reduce poverty, how relevant the Initi...
- IMF loan conditions constrain public health expenditure
- R. Rowden / ActionAid International, 2004
- This ActionAid briefing explores how International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan conditions to developing countries are undermining the fight against HIV/AIDS. The author argues that the global community is ready to scale-up levels of fore...
- Views on aid, institutions and globalisations from World Bank conference
- Adapting to Change [The World Bank Group], 2004
- This report presents numerous papers from the Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, held in June 2002, in Oslo, Norway. The report contains papers on aid, institutions and globalization, providing a general ove...
- World Bank leadership needed to improve youth reproductive health and meet millennium development goals
- The Global Health Council, 2004
- This report from the Global Health Council argues that improving the reproductive health of youth is key to achieving all eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and reducing poverty. It also highlights the World Bank’s vital r...
- Public subsidies essential to sustain informal sector health insurance systems
- R. Bitrán; U. Giedion / World Bank, 2003
- This World Bank paper explores the challenges of providing health insurance in the informal sector and recommends strategies to improve coverage for informal sector workers. The authors highlight several problems associated with healt...
- Evaluating progress of devolution in Pakistan
- Asian Development Bank Institute, 2004
- Pakistan's Devolution of Power Plan was introduced in 2000, creating a decentralised structure of district and sub-district governments , each with its own Nazim and Naib Nazim (mayor and deputy mayor), elected council and administrat...
- Adverse impacts of IFI policy in Zambia
- L. Situmbeko; J. Zulu / World Development Movement, 2004
- With a focus on Zambia, this report intends to explore the conditions that the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) have attached to loans, and more recently debt relief. The report finds that: the economi...
- Alternatives for African development
- A. Ismi / Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2004
- This paper critically assess IMF and World Bank policies of the last decades. In doing so the paper highlights the dominance of the U.S. within the IMF and World Bank. The main focus of the assessment is the impact of the Structural A...
- Greater coordination between the Bank and countries needed to improve the efficacy of PRSPs
- B. Bataille; Z. Islamshah; S. Lala / World Bank, 2004
- The Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) Initiative aims to make World Bank aid more effective in reducing poverty. This paper assesses the extent to which the Initiative has helped the World Bank to reduce poverty, how relevant the Initi...
- IMF loan conditions constrain public health expenditure
- R. Rowden / ActionAid International, 2004
- This ActionAid briefing explores how International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan conditions to developing countries are undermining the fight against HIV/AIDS. The author argues that the global community is ready to scale-up levels of fore...
- Views on aid, institutions and globalisations from World Bank conference
- Adapting to Change [The World Bank Group], 2004
- This report presents numerous papers from the Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, held in June 2002, in Oslo, Norway. The report contains papers on aid, institutions and globalization, providing a general ove...
- World Bank leadership needed to improve youth reproductive health and meet millennium development goals
- The Global Health Council, 2004
- This report from the Global Health Council argues that improving the reproductive health of youth is key to achieving all eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and reducing poverty. It also highlights the World Bank’s vital r...
- Public subsidies essential to sustain informal sector health insurance systems
- R. Bitrán; U. Giedion / World Bank, 2003
- This World Bank paper explores the challenges of providing health insurance in the informal sector and recommends strategies to improve coverage for informal sector workers. The authors highlight several problems associated with healt...
- Evaluating progress of devolution in Pakistan
- Asian Development Bank Institute, 2004
- Pakistan's Devolution of Power Plan was introduced in 2000, creating a decentralised structure of district and sub-district governments , each with its own Nazim and Naib Nazim (mayor and deputy mayor), elected council and administrat...
- Criticism of Bank and IMF approaches to support of private sector financing of infrastructure
- T. Kessler / Citizens Network on Essential Services, USA, 2004
- This paper looks at efforts of the World Bank to increase private investment in infrastructure projects in the risky markets in developing countries through the promotion of a range of new instruments called fiscal supports. These gua...
- Analysis of the reasons behind IMF errors in the Indonesian currency crisis
- S. Grenville / Independent Evaluation Office of the IMF, 2004
- This paper considers the reasons for the seriousness of the Indonesian currency crisis of 1997-98, and the appropriateness of the IMF response, and offers suggestions for how the crisis could have been better handled. The author argue...
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