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The Bretton Woods Project works to scrutinise and influence the World Bank and IMF, monitoring the projects, policy reforms and the overall management of the Bretton Woods institutions, with special emphasis on environmental and social concerns

08/10/2026

The World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund return to Thailand for their Annual Meetings 2026, with lingering legacy of their central role in 1997 Asian financial crisis, amid geopolitical upheaval and accelerating climate emergency

Read what CSO will be closely watching during 👇

https://tinyurl.com/PreambleAnnuals26

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IMF reviews risk resulting in further Fund-mandated austerity amid an already bleak global context, while Bank’s fixation with private capital deepens.

07/10/2026

Our new Autumn 2026 brings together analysis from civil society, experts and advocates on the World Bank and IMF’s role in development, debt, climate and economic policy.

The new issue examines the World Bank Group’s private capital mobilisation agenda, Africa-led efforts to change the global debt system, calls from Amazonian movements for debt and climate justice, concerns over shrinking civil society space, and practical approaches to more resilient food systems.

Read the Autumn 2026 Observer 👇 https://tinyurl.com/ObserverAutumn2026

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Ahead of the 2026 Annual Meetings, this issue of the Observer looks at key issues surrounding the international development landscape, including WBG push for private capital mobilisation and its…

06/10/2026

This year's & take place in Bangkok, Thailand 🇹🇭

In our new Special Issue, partners from IBON International, International Development Economics Associates, Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, NGO Forum on ADB, RITES Forum member of the APWLD - Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, and others assess the legacy of both institutions in the region, from industrial policy, to gender, energy and the Asian Financial Crisis.

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In this Special Issue, BWP partners analyse the legacy of BWIs policies and prescriptions in the Asian region in key areas including industrial policy, gender and accountability, among others.

15/07/2026

The Summer 2026 edition of the Bretton Woods Observer has been published 📌

From sovereign debt and climate finance to critical minerals and accountability, this issue explores some of the most significant policy debates shaping the international financial architecture.

Featured analysis includes:
🔇 The Bretton Woods Institutions' muted response to illegal attacks on Iran, with further implications for their legitimacy.
🌍 The extension of the World Bank's Climate Change Action Plan amid shareholder tensions.
🤝 The launch of the Borrowers' Platform and its potential to reshape sovereign debt governance.
🎇 The World Bank's evolving approach to critical minerals and development.
👀 The launch of the World Bank Group’s new accountability mechanism, as a result of the merger of the Inspection Panel and Office of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman.

Plus updates on water security, International Monetary Fund climate policy, accountability reforms, and more.

Read the full issue: https://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/publications/summer-2026/

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This issue features the BWIs response to conflict and debt, the extension of the World Bank’s Climate Change Action Plan and the merger of its accountability mechanism, the emergence of the Borrowers’…

08/07/2026

Last week, our 2026 Gender IFI Summer School came to an end after 6️⃣ online free sessions where participants discussed how international financial institutions policies and practices impact women’s rights 🛑

Featuring speakers from Menafem movement, Gender and Development Network, ActionAid, Femnet Secretariat, African Forum and Network on Debt and Development, and Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development, among others, participants also had a chance to strategise and share advocacy tactics to rise up against them 📢 💪

Did you miss any of the sessions? Would you like to rewatch a specific session? All recordings are now available on our website 👇

The 2026 online Gender and International Financial Institutions (IFI) collective’s summer school, will consist of six free online sessions between 22 June and 2 July 2026.

26/06/2026

⏰ REMINDER ⏰

The Gender IFI Summer School 2026 continues on Tuesday 30/06, with a session titled The Necropolitical Nature of Neoliberalism, where we will listen to speakers from Akina Mama wa Afrika, ActionAid and Fórum Social Mundial da Saúde e da Seguridade Social.

Remember there's a NEW ZOOM LINK to join all the sessions, which you'll receive once you sign-up👇

Six free online learning sessions on international financial institutions (IFIs)'s impacts on gender and women's rights.

14/04/2026

📢 New BWP report: Hard-wiring hunger: Bretton Woods Institutions and the financialisation of food systems

As global food systems become increasingly integrated into financial markets, food is no longer just traded as a basic necessity, but as a financial asset. Yet this shift is raising serious concerns about its impact on food security and inequality.

Our findings show that today’s food crises are not simply about scarcity, but about how markets are structured and priced — with financial speculation playing a central role.

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BWP’s new report examines how IMF and World Bank policies have contributed to reshaping global food systems to prioritise financial speculation over food security.

09/04/2026

🚀 New BWP report provides evidence of the negative gendered impacts of fuel subsidy removal policies in Egypt, Kenya and Bangladesh.

Our new research shows that despite the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund’s arguments that fuel subsidies are regressive, and that their removal can enhance social spending and contribute to countries’ national climate goals, they support their removal as part of broader austerity measures, rather than addressing subsidies that sustain fossil fuel production, which makes the evidence for their claims extremely questionable.

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New BWP’s research provides evidence of the negative gendered impacts of fuel subsidy removal policies in Egypt, Kenya and Bangladesh.

08/04/2026

📢 New Bretton Woods Observer – Spring 2026

This issue explores growing concerns around the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund, including the Bank’s controversial role in the US-led Board of Peace and what it means for accountability and the United Nations system.

It also looks at rising debt pressures, shifting development models, and the balance of power in global governance.

Check it out 👇👇

This issue highlights how the World Bank’s role in US-led Board of Peace sparks concerns over politicisation, weakened UN authority, and accountability gaps, as well as debates around IMF fiscal…

11/12/2025

The Winter 2025 Bretton Woods Observer reviews the unresolved sovereign debt crisis, the limited progress at the UN’s conference, and new questions surrounding International Monetary Fundoversight following Senegal’s discovery of significant undisclosed debt.

It also covers the World Bank’s shareholding review, discussions about legislative tools to manage private creditor participation, analysis of extreme wealth as a macroeconomic risk, and updates from COP30 — including the launch of a Just Transition Work Programme and continued challenges in climate finance.

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This issue spotlights how today’s architecture continues to fail developing countries despite renewed momentum for reform at the UN’s FfD4 conference. It explores mounting calls for fairer IMF and…

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