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We scrutinise and influence the #WorldBank and #IMF with special emphasis on #environment & social concerns. #News Lens/RT≠ endorsement (ES @BrettonWoods_ES)

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Join the BWP team for a humorous ride down the cascade of World Bank and IMF double-speak in 2023.

Happy holidays!🎄🤶
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Join the BWP team for a humorous #throwback ride down the cascade of @WorldBank and @IMFNews double-speak in 2023. Happy holidays!🎄🤶 tinyurl.com/FundBankFun2023
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.United Nations António Guterres report identifies significant threats to peace and security & calls for urgent reform of international economic structures as World Bank & IMF continue to compartmentalise strategies


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Without reforming IMF to boost reserves and stabilise economies, bilateral swaps will further reinforce the existing asymmetries of the international financial system.

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.United Nations proposal for a moves forward, as CSOs urge rich countries to support a global and just tax system 🗳️

Read more in our 👇
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.@UN #AfricaGroup proposal for a #UNTaxConvention moves forward, as CSOs urge rich countries to support a global and just tax system 🗳️ Read more in our #ObserverWinter23👇 tinyurl.com/TaxConventionUN
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New in : Rich countries need to stump up contributions for an ambitious IDA - World Bank 21 replenishment to help low-income countries ( ) deal with

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New in #ObserverWinter23: Rich countries need to stump up contributions for an ambitious @WBG_IDA 21 replenishment to help low-income countries (#LICs) deal with #polycrisis #IDA21 tinyurl.com/IDAFiscalCliff
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Morocco's IMF Resilience and Sustainability Trust reforms: Unbundling and privatising the public energy utility to pave the way for a global hydrogen rush, with European investors taking the lead.

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This week IMF published its Operational Guidance Note on the Resilience Sustainability Trust, but are you familiar with the RST & how its eligibility criteria impact countries' ability to achieve their development & climate goals?

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Another missed opportunity for multilateral cooperation as Review ends with no meaningful reform.

Read our letter calling for IMF to ensure a fair representation of all member countries by June 2025⬇️
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📈🌍 As IMF concludes 16th Review,in an open letter CSOs call for a meaningful by June2025 that accurately reflects thechanges in the global economy to ensure a fair representation of all member countries President Biden
Kristalina Georgieva 👇
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📈🌍 As @IMFNews concludes 16th #IMFQuota Review,in an open letter CSOs call for a meaningful #QuotaReform by June2025 that accurately reflects thechanges in the global economy to ensure a fair representation of all member countries @POTUS @KGeorgieva 👇 📄bit.ly/3uWXkeD
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Quotas are, in the IMF's words, 'the building blocks of the IMF’s financial + governance structure.'

After a decade of promises to increase developing countries' share of quotas, the 16th General Review was the big opportunity to do so.

It ends with no redistribution of quotas

Quotas are, in the IMF's words, 'the building blocks of the IMF’s financial + governance structure.' After a decade of promises to increase developing countries' share of quotas, the 16th General Review was the big opportunity to do so. It ends with no redistribution of quotas
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Scandal of alleged child sexual abuse + cover-up relating to IFC investment in shows why World Bank requires it urgently to add remedy to its Playbook

Read our guests' Margaux Day and David Pred comment for our

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New in : urgewald research finds World Bank invested an estimated $3.7 billion in oil and gas in 2022 via trade financing.

With over 70% of trade finance given out in secrecy, the Bank is a long way from aligning with

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New in #ObserverWinter23: @urgewald research finds @WorldBank invested an estimated $3.7 billion in oil and gas in 2022 via trade financing. With over 70% of trade finance given out in secrecy, the Bank is a long way from aligning with #ParisAgreement tinyurl.com/IFCTrade
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Despite World Bank Paris Alignment commitments, loopholes in IFC financial intermediary lending won’t prevent it from bankrolling new coal for good.

New At Issue by Daniel Willis (@RecourseTeam) & Novita Indri (@TrendAsia_org)
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Morocco's IMF Resilience and Sustainability Trust reforms: Unbundling and privatising the public energy utility to pave the way for a global hydrogen rush, with European investors taking the lead.

Check out our : tinyurl.com/RSTMorocco

Morocco's @IMFNews Resilience and Sustainability Trust reforms: Unbundling and privatising the public energy utility to pave the way for a global hydrogen rush, with European investors taking the lead. Check out our #ObserverWinter23: tinyurl.com/RSTMorocco
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New in : Civil society coalition database shows Global South is in worst crisis in history, while IMF insists it's not 'systemic'.

António Guterres United Nations calls it 'systemic failure'

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New in #ObserverWinter23: Civil society coalition #DebtServiceWatch database shows Global South is in worst #debt crisis in history, while @IMFNews insists it's not 'systemic'. @antonioguterres @UN calls it 'systemic failure' tinyurl.com/GSDebtCrisis
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Lens: Jayati Ghosh argues, 'A new issuance of would offer immediate relief to countries facing balance-of-payments constraints, particularly those grappling with both debt and climate challenges'

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