international macroeconomic institutions the imf and the world bank

... serve the interests of those to whom it was accountable REFORMING THE WORLD BANK During the 1980s, the World Bank and the IMF advocated similar policies, and there were many similarities in the ... of the IMF and the World Bank. ) Ironically, many middle-income countries contend that the World Bank should get out of the business of providing funds to low-income countries They see the World ... and culture and is not easy to achieve From this perspective, the World Bank reforms, as incomplete as they may be, are impressive The contrast between the limited successes of the Bank and the...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 11:20

... adjustment The World Bank and the IMF THE WORLD BANK or the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) were created in 1944 by leaders of the ... Impoverishing a Continent: The World Bank and IMF in Africa The U.S Connection Washington’s predominance ensured that whatever their theoretical mandates might be, the World Bank and the IMF would become ... policy content of adjustment programs (of the type supported by the IMF and the World Bank) .”29 The New York Times called the World Bank and the IMF, the overlords of Africa.” Beginning in 1980,...

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... for the borrowing state, whereas the Bank s role includes making sure that the borrower understands the Bank s requirements and standards and helping the borrower find the financing and the technical ... for the World Bank Inspection Panel, there is a breach of an international obligation by the Bank only when an act of the Bank is not in conformity with its rules In other words, although the Bank s ... Panel of the World Bank: A Different Complaints Procedure 47 (Gudmundur Alfredsson and Rolf Ring ed., Martinus Nijhoff 2001) 162 The World Bank Legal Review other than the Bank s “rules of the organization.”...

Ngày tải lên: 21/04/2016, 07:27

... REPORT 2011:05 The governance of the World Bank3 The two main institutions of the World Bank Group (WBG) are the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International ... point again in the future 20 The more the Bretton Woods institutions – the World Bank and the IMF – 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 the World Bank and the IMF The role of the Board of Governors is rather limited,...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 10:20

... politics The Bank s understanding of good governance continues to reflect a concern over the effectiveness of the state rather than the equity of the economic system and the legitimacy of the power ... strengthening governance systems and enhancing governing institutions The modernization of the state, the fight against corruption, the reform of judiciary, the strengthening of legislatures and the ... Dependence and the Quality of Governance: A Cross-Country Empirical Analysis (Washington DC: World Bank, Policy Research Working Paper 2396) 21 Krueger, Anne, 1998, “Whither the World Bank and the IMF? ”,...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 12:20

... systems and bank insolvency (and restructuring) and financial crisis, and the policy issues affecting the treatment of the later Over the coming months the Bank in collaboration with the Fund and others ... www.worldbank.org/gild © The World Bank page integrated approach to reform, taking into account a wide range of laws and policies in the design of insolvency and creditor rights systems The international ... Strategies and other Bank economic and sector work, and to eventually help governments prioritize reform needs and build capacity The Bank will also continue to collaborate with the International...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 10:20

... in this regard, they are acutely aware of the Bank s connection to US power (and in particular the US Treasury) and the impact upon the Bank of the end of the Cold War, which they argue – along ... ‘visions’ for the Bank Four visions for the Bank are highlighted The first is the ‘Knowledge Bank , which they strongly associate with Stiglitz The second vision of the Bank is the organisation ... from the Bank (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...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2014, 12:59

... Nutrition, and Population, Washington, DC: World Bank World Bank (2009), Implementation of the World Bank s Strategy for Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) results: Achievements, Challenges and the ... Forward, Washington DC: World Bank World Bank (2007), Health Development: The World Bank Strategy for Health, Nutrition, and Population, Washington, DC: World Bank 10 The ICPD Program of Action ... countries improve their RH outcomes, particularly for the poor and the vulnerable and in the context of the Bank s overall strategy for poverty alleviation It underscores the Bank s strong commitment...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 10:20

... in the right 56 World Bank (2001a) World Bank (2001a) 58 The World Bank has developed a number of databases of indices, namely: The World Bank s World Business Environment Survey (WBES); The World ... processes The World Bank s Strategy for “Reforming Public Institutions and 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...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 06:20

... 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; and the 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 and the group have stated they will do and will not want to unduly threaten the fragile global economic recovery Seasonal demand is falling, and the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 20:20

... Hashim, and Mike Stevens of the World Bank, and Bill Allan of the IMF 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 the Bank 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...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 10:20

... Nations Children’s Fund, World Health Organization, The World Bank UNICEFWHO -World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates (UNICEF, New York; WHO, Geneva; The World Bank, Washington, DC; 2012) ... Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization and the World Bank 2012 All rights reserved The World 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; the World Bank conducted the analysis for the respective WB income groups; and WHO...

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Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 16:20

... 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 the World Bank s development assistance The Bank 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 THE WORLD BANK S WORK disparities, and by an analysis of the opportunities...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20

... University Press, for the World Bank World Bank (1994) “Governance: The World Bank s Experience”, Washington, D.C : The World Bank World Bank (1995) The World Bank and Legal Technical Assistance: Initial ... The World Bank World Bank (2004a) “Initiatives in Legal and Judicial Reform”, Washington D.C : The World Bank World Bank (2004b) “Implementation Completion Report: West Bank and Gaza”, www-wds.worldbank.org/servlet/WDS_IBank_Servlet?pcont=details& ... Washington D.C : The World Bank World Bank (1998) “Russian Enterprise Reform: Policies to Further the Transition”, Discussion Paper No 400, Washington D.C : The World Bank World Bank (1999) “Court...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20

... views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development /World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent ... differences emerge in the outreach and scale of the institutions The second column shows that while the microfinance banks made up just 10 percent of the institutions 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,...

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Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 11:20

... Protection……………………………………………………….… …15 The World Bank and Fossil Fuels and Mining………………………………………….……… …17 10 The World Bank and the World Commission on Dams………………… …………….… …… 19 11 The World Bank and Pesticides…………………………………………………… ... and social assessment THE WORLD BANK AND THE POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER (PRSP) Oxfam America and Friends of the Earth In late 1999, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ... The World Bank and Gender……… …………………………….…………… ………… …… 23 13 The World Bank and User Fees……………………………………………………… …….… … 25 14 The World Bank and HIV/AIDS………………………………………………………………… …27 15 World Bank...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 08:20

... support and take forward their work on World Bank and IMF issues The Project monitors World Bank and IMF 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 the World Bank /IMF Growth Model, 1999 The World Bank and the State, a ... discuss Genuine Savings and the Bank s CASE initiative Participants in the March 1999 Terschelling Island meeting on ‘Questioning the World Bank, IMF Growth Model’ and in the October 1999 Yale...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 09:20

... For the first time since this monitoring task began, the data indicate a decline in both the poverty rate and the 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...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 09:20