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World Bank: New poverty measures

Poverety reduction is slowing …

Further strengthening how we measure global poverty

Structural Pillars of Financial Imperialism

Colonial histories of plunder and appropriation have under-developed the Global South, and ongoing imperialism in the global financial architecture has ensured that this under-development remains.

Structural Pillars of Financial Imperialism – A Publication by Regions Refocus.pdf – Google Drive

More criticism on the WB’s Social Protection Report

This blog argues that the World
Bank’s promotion of social registries also contradicts the organisation’s own research, this time into
the COVID-19 pandemic.

2025-0603-blog-WorldBank-State-of-Social-Protection-Report-2025-Part2-mg.pdf

On the World Bank’s Social Protection Report

Insights and repeated errors …

The World Bank’s State of Social Protection Report 2025: The 2-Billion Person Challenge shows that it is not learning its own lessons – Development Pathways

The World Bank at 80!

What are the true goals of multilateral Cooperation and Development?

The World Bank, at 80, and the True Goals of Multilateral Cooperation and Global Development | Inter Press Service

‘Back to austerity?’ Trade Unions on ‘Path to Prosperity’

As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank gather for their 2025 Spring Meetings under the theme “Jobs – the Path to Prosperity”, global unions are raising the alarm over the return to austerity policies that undermine prosperity and decent work.

Back to austerity? Global unions confront IMF and World Bank on ‘Path to Prosperity’ – International Trade Union Confederation

The World Bank’s Social Protection Report

Today, more people have access to social protection now than at any point in history. Over the last decade, 4.7 billion people across low- and middle-income countries gained access to social protection. However, critical gaps remain. Two billion people in those countries remain uncovered or inadequately covered by social protection.

The State of Social Protection Report 2025: The 2-Billion-Person Challenge documents advances and challenges to strengthening social protection and labor systems across low- and middle-income countries and discusses avenues to gradually close the coverage and adequacy gap for the world’s poorest.

World Bank and IMF Await Elon Musk

 I think that Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have been misinformed. I don’t disagree with their shutting down USAID, but I think it’s rather small fry.  There are much, much bigger fish to fry if you want to really save U.S. government money that is being wasted in programs that are mischievously justified as aid to the poor people of the world.

The World Bank and IMF Await Elon Musk – FPIF

Global Unions demand accountability from IFI’s

On the World Day of Social Justice, a high-level global union delegation is holding a two-day meeting with the leadership of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) to call for economic policies that prioritise workers’ rights, social protection and equitable growth.

World Day of Social Justice: Global unions demand accountability from IFIs – International Trade Union Confederation

BWI annual meetings: another missed opportunity

A reform path without linking up to the UN consensus on the future and on development.

Annual Meetings 2024 Wrap-up – Don’t look back: BWIs plough down path of reforms lacking evidence and willingness to engage with broader UN-led reform processes – Bretton Woods Project

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