Dossier 2016/03 IFIs

International financial institutions

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Bangabandhu Bridge in Bangladesh was built with support from the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and other donor agencies.
World economy
– by Hans Dembowski

Cooperation beats confrontation

In times of financial distress, countries are likely to ask for support from both established and new IFIs
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Asia
– by Hans Dembowski

Multilateral banks honeymoon

The first co-financing effort looks promising, but ADB and AIIB may yet become fierce adversaries
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Global economy
– by Iwan J. Azis

Deepening uncertainty

New and old international financial institutions are likely to be tested in 2016
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Poverty
– by Hildegard Lingnau

Major breakthrough

What last year’s update of the World Bank’s poverty line means
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Global role model
– by Korinna Horta

Rolling back protection

The World Bank plans to dilute its social and environmental standards
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International Monetary Fund
– by Fernando J. Cardim de Carvalho

Back to original mission

Why emerging markets deserve more say at IMF
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Comment
– by Clara Osei-Boateng, Kristina Rehbein

Back in the credit trap

Supposed model country Ghana is one again struggling with foreign debt
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Multilateral banks
– by Kathrin Berensmann

New players with handicaps

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the New Development Bank (NDB) are changing the landscape of international financial institutions
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Relevant reading
– by Michael Grimm

Debate on industrial policy

Relevant reading: World Bank economists disagree about interventionist industrial policy
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HIPC Initiative
– by Jürgen Kaiser

Back to square one

Countries that have been granted debt relief risk renewed insolvency
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Climate finance
– by Liane Schalatek

Get ready for business

The Green Climate Fund aspires to be fully operational ahead of the climate summit in Paris in December
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Orthodox economics
– by Iwan J. Azis

Beyond structural reforms

The standard IFI stance on structural reforms is neither totally wrong nor entirely correct
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Development finance
– by Sabine Balk

Hopes and illusions

How the new BRICS bank could change international development finance
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Social and environmental standards
– by Hans Dembowski

Let’s race to the top

NGOs praise ADB for environmental and social safeguards but want better implementation
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Global role model
– by Korinna Horta

Harmful competition

World Bank and AIIB must not only pay lip service to social and environmental standards
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IMF
– by Fernando J. Cardim de Carvalho

European discomfort

The IMF’s role in the euro crisis is awkward
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Development policy
– by Jürgen Zattler

Combatting inequality

Major inequalities in society are a potential cause of social conflict and economic under-performance
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International financial institution
– by Hans Dembowski

Human and social beings

Better late than never – World Bank abandons “homo economicus”
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Relevant reading
– by Hans Dembowski

Analogue limits of digital growth

Two recent publications - including one from the World Bank - explain why digitalisation, in itself, does not bring about human development
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Mulitlateral institutions
– by Jayati Ghosh

The IMF we know

The IMF is deeply involved in inner-European affairs
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Multilateral institution
– by Liane Schalatek

Transformative potential

Several programmatic decisions that will guide the Green Climate Fund are promising
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Monetary union
– by Mohamed Gueye

Lessons not learned

Greece’s crisis reminds African observers of failed structural-adjustment programmes
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World economy
– by Hans Dembowski

Managing globalisation

Former chief economist of World Bank praises globalisation, but wants governments to reduce inequality
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