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Nam Theun trip 2 report and project update
International Rivers Network, 2007This trip report provides information on the implementaiton of the Nam Theum 2 (NT2) agreement with respect to hydropower development in Laos. The report summarises the social and environmental impacts of the hydro project implemented by the World Bank and the Asia Development Bank (ADB) and provides recommendations for resettlement and the restoration of livelihoods.DocumentConfronting the contradictions: the IMF, wage bill caps and the case for teachers
ActionAid International, 2007IMF restrictions on recurrent government spending are working against the MDGs, and Education for All, this report argues.DocumentChallenging conditions: a new strategy for reform at the World Bank and IMF
Christian Aid, 2006This report argues that conditions attached to aid and loans from the IMF and World Bank are unacceptable. It calls for the UK government to reinforce its own commitment to end such conditionalities through a moritorium on its voluntary contributions to the IMF and World Bank.DocumentStrengthening IMF crisis prevention
International Monetary Fund, 2005This paper focuses on how to reform IMF operations (in particular, IMF surveillance and its relationship with crisis lending) with the aim of providing stronger incentives for crisis prevention.It recommends that incentives could be improved by: providing more effective encouragement to policymakers to undertake actions that will prevent costly financial crisesby discouraging excessDocumentWorldbankification of Norwegian development assistance
Ignis Foundation, Norway, 2005This document provides a close study of the role and influence of the World Bank over Norwegian development policy, referred to as "worldbankification".DocumentWorld Development Report 2006: equity and development
World Development Report, World Bank, 2005Greater equity should be an integral part of poverty reduction efforts, according to the World Bank's annual Development Report.DocumentThe hardest job in the world: five crucial tasks for the new president of the World Bank
Center for Global Development, USA, 2005At the start of Paul Wolfowitz’s tenure at the World bank, this report sets out five crucial tasks for the World Bank president over the next five years. It argues that Wolfowitz's biggest challenge will not be managing the Bank, with its 10,000 staff, but leading its shareholders, the nations of the world.DocumentOxfam international submission to World Bank review of conditionality, May 2005
Oxfam, 2005This paper notes that, for the World Bank review on aid conditionality to make a real difference to the way the Bank operates in developing countries, it needs to set out a bold agenda, and demonstrate that the Bank will be a lead player in making aid more effective for poverty reduction.DocumentWorld Bank 2004 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness (ARDE)
World Bank, 2005This report looks at the recent growth and poverty reduction experience of client countries. It assesses the extent to which Bank interventions have contributed to growth and poverty reduction and the effectiveness of different types of interventions.