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More World Bank and IMF news from Eldis"; article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC23425&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Review of the World Bank’s Development Policy Lending"," World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC23261&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","World Bank’s contributions to promoting gender equality and empowering women"," World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC22898&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Do mining activities funded by the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) create sustainable development?"," Bretton Woods Project",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC22818&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","A critique of the World Bank’s strategy on governance and anticorruption"," International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity (CIDSE)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC22488&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Integrating climate risk management into the project cycle"," World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC22654&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","World Bank and IMF privatisation and trade liberalisation conditions on loans to developing countries"," European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC22262&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Towards the successful reform of the IMF"," Overseas Development Institute (ODI)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC21770&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Some progress for HIPC countries, but more needs to be done"," World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC21763&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Does equality matter in the new development era?"," Overseas Development Institute (ODI)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC21219&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Analysis of the World Bank's contribution to feer trade in developing countries, 1987-2004"," World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC21143&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","World Bank's reforms fail to provide adequate pensions within fiscal constraint"," Operations Evaluations Division (OED), World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC20570&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Keeping the baby but changing the bath water: suggested reforms to the IMF"," Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four (G24)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC20508&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Enhancing capacity development for Africa: analysis of the World Bank's role"," World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC20309&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Recommendations for a PRSP process rooted in local realities, Senegal"," Halifax Initiative",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC19035&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","How effective is poverty and social impact analysis?"," European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC19621&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Financial flows and accountability"," Eldis Document Store",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC20060&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","World Bank not fit for global leadership role on climate change and renewable energy investment"," Friends of the Earth (FOE)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC20047&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Immunisation and schooling for girls saved child lives in Bangladesh"," World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC19885&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Investigating progress toward the adoption of legal and political accountability laid out in the CRC"," UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC19948&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Monetary policies of IMF reduce country spending on MDGs"," ActionAid International",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC19629&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Reform suggestions for the World Bank and the IMF"," International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity (CIDSE)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC17679&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","World Bank has had a significant influence on higher education in Africa"," World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC19376&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","How international organistions should improve their accountability"," Global Public Policy",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC18940&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","To aid Tanzania's poor, international debt must be dropped"," African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC18173&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Indicators show a long way to go towards meeting the MDGs"," Social Watch",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC18610&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Five priority tasks for the new World Bank president"," Center for Global Development (CGDEV), USA",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC18352&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Greater policy coherence is needed to facilitate implementation of UN development framework like Beijing Platform for Action"," Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V. (FES)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC18589&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","World Bank's annual reviews of its contributions to poverty reduction"," World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC18428&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","The World Bank's performance regarding capacity building in Africa"," Operations Evaluations Division (OED), World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC18397&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Working towards achieving more constructive engagement between the World Bank and Civil Society"," World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC18333&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Is the World Bank transparent, accountable, and responsive to public concerns?"," CIVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC17765&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","WDR: Equity must complement prosperity"," World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC18314&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Discussion of World Development Report 2006 explores the role of equity in development"," World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC18313&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Proposed framework for the World Development Report 2006"," World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC14381&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Final report of the Extractive Industries Review","Extractive Industries Review [World Bank]",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC18287&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","World Bank, forests and forest people's rights"," World Rainforest Movement (WRM)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC18211&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","How donors can support fragile states"," World Bank Fragile States: the LICUS initiative",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC17150&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Concept note outlining the format and objectives of the 2005 PRS Review"," International Monetary Fund (IMF)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC17914&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Examining the current discourse on international development policy"," Overseas Development Institute (ODI)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC17891&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","World Bank reassesses its views on pension security","Pensions Online, World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC17784&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Internal report criticises the World Bank's Global Programes","Operations Evaluations Division (OED), World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC17675&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Knowledge discourse, products, projects and practices at DFID, JICA, Sida and the World Bank","Centre of African Studies (CAS), Edinburgh",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC17659&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","The World Bank's first sustainability report","World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC17612&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","World Bank is well placed to encourage greater investment in AIDS vaccine development","World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC17576&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Possibilities for eliminating traditional MFI conditionality","Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four (G24)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC17500&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Critical evaluation of the World Bank's role as a Knowledge Bank","Bretton Woods Project",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15330&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","PRSPs have not improved health care for the poor","Working Group on Health and Development Issues (WEMOS)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC17272&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Good and bad in the Washington Consensus","Forum on Debt and Development (FONDAD)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC17266&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Improving engagement between the World Bank and Civil Society Organizations","World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC17234&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","PRSPs need to be more critically examined by World Bank, IMF","United Nations (UN) Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC17190&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Report from a working meeting on power, rights and poverty:sponsored by DFID and the World Bank","World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC17073&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Anglo-Saxon-style corporate governance may not be best for Korea","School of Economics, Seoul National University (SNU)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16984&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Democratic countries are more likely to default on debts than dictatorships","Centro de Estudios Internacionales (CEI), Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16983&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Which MDB provides adequate whistleblower protection policies ?","The Government Accountability Project (GAP)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16982&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","EBRD lags behind on whistleblower protection","The Government Accountability Project (GAP)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16979&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Whistleblower Protections at the Inter-American Development Bank","The Government Accountability Project (GAP)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16977&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Asian Development Bank needs to improve whistleblower protection","The Government Accountability Project (GAP)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16974&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Countries with more veto players were more likely to let the IMF in","Centro de Estudios Internacionales (CEI), Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16975&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","World Bank still needs to improve whistleblower protection","The Government Accountability Project (GAP)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16973&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","A culture of whistleblowing protection is evolving in the MDBs","The Government Accountability Project (GAP)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16951&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Compilation of documents examining countries' obstacles to human security","Social Watch",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16924&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","The role of Ugandan civil society in formulating the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper","Uganda Debt Network (UDN)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16898&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Poverty map study reveals the use of geographic targetting","World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16884&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Adverse impacts of IFI policy in Zambia","World Development Movement (WDM)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16279&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","The WTO, IMF and World Bank and the trade, debt and finance debate","World Trade Organization (WTO) / General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16490&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","The World Bank needs to take a firmer stance on mandating organisational gender mainstreaming","Heinrich Boell Foundation",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16627&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","The World Bank and infrastructure and investment climate","Development Committee (DC), World Bank & IMF",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16509&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Time and effort required: budgetary reform is a pilgrimage not a destination","World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16280&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","World Bank guide for procurement of HIV/AIDS medical supplies","World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16265&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","IMF programmes do not show an excessive deflationary bias","International Monetary Fund (IMF)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16264&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","IMF loan conditions constrain public health expenditure","ActionAid",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16172&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Alternatives for African development","Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16111&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","World Bank's new rural development strategy stresses participation and empowerment","World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC14960&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","World Bank’s summary of its efforts in cooperative poverty reduction","World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16022&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Report criticises international financial treatment of South Asia","South Asia Alliance for Poverty Alleviation (SAAPE)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC16019&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Greater coordination between the Bank and countries needed to improve the efficacy of PRSPs","World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15988&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","IMF loan conditions constrain public health expenditure","ActionAid",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC14940&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","NGOs v the World Bank: who is the real champion of the poor?","Foreign Policy [Journal]",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15807&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","What can governments do to improve their investment climate?","World Development Report, World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15794&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Development Gateway: biased, unaccountable and overpriced?","Bretton Woods Project",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15739&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","World Bank leadership needed to improve youth reproductive health and meet millennium development goals","The Global Health Council",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15661&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","World Bank argues for abolition of tuition fees to aid progress toward Universal Primary Education","Education Section, Human Development Department, World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15667&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Fiscal review of HIPC completion point countries","International Monetary Fund (IMF)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15561&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","How national ownership of the loan process can help poor countries reach the Millennium Development Goals","African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15468&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","The privatisation of water sources around the world is a growing problem","Friends of the Earth International (FOEI)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15386&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Evaluating the economic impact of adjustment policies on the Sudanese economy","Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM), Manchester",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15148&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","World Bank admits privatisation of infrastructure is no panacea and requires careful regulation","Development Economics Vice Presidency (DEC), World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15324&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Criticism of Bank and IMF approaches to support of private sector financing of infrastructure","Citizens Network on Essential Services (CNES), USA",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15303&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","The evolution of the Washington consensus","Asian Development Bank (ADB)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15290&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Issues of trade, capital, labour and knowledge within a globalising world","Asian Development Bank (ADB)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC14736&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Outline of the positive achievements of the World Bank’s new longer-term loan mechanisms.","World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15185&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Analysis of the reasons behind IMF errors in the Indonesian currency crisis","Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the IMF",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15122&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Income generation from forestry","Environment Department, World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15080&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Draft strategy for mainstreaming ‘social development’ into World Bank activities","World Bank",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC15049&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","How are the IMF and World Bank supporting the PRSP?","Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC14963&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Moving towards meeting the MDGs?","Adapting to Change (The World Bank Group)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC14890&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Civil society engagement in PRSP processes","ActionAid",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC14880&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Do developing countries have more control over the development process under the new poverty focus of the IMF and World Bank?","World Vision",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC14667&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","Debt sustainability needs to be recast around achieving the MDGs","Catholic Fund for Overseas Development (CAFOD)",""); article[mycounter++] = new newsitem("http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC14737&resource=f1wbimf&n=1","How did the PRSP initiative come to be developed?","Overseas Development Institute (ODI)","");