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bicusa.org/ International Development Association replenishment Overview Background Concerns Updates Resources RSS Update \| 16 December 2010 Donors pledge $49.3 billion to World Bank fund for poor nations This week in Brussels, donors pledged nearly $50 billion to the World Bank for the IDA replenishment. The World Bank Board is expected to approve the funding package early next year. Read more Update \| 30 March 2010 World Bank recapitalization update - “New world – same World Bank” The proposed capital increases for the World Bank and IFC would expand their size without expanding the scope of their reform. Read more Update \| 25 January 2010 New paper from Heinrich Boell criticizes direction of World Bank lending Nancy Alexander's new report finds several worrying trends in how the World Bank spends its money, namely that it is increasing its lending to middle income countries while loans and grants to low income countries stagnate, that DPOs with less stringent safeguards are outpacing project lending, and that the Gender Action Plan is not achieving its goals. Read more Update \| 23 March 2009 2009 IDB Annual Meeting All the latest news from the IDB Annual Meetings taking place from March 27-31, 2009 Read more Update \| 25 February 2009 IDB prepares its first capitalization since 1995 In light of the current financial crisis and future needs in Latin America, the Inter-American Development Bank makes plans for capitalization. The proposed amount for the capitalization will be determined according to the recommendations of an IDB advisory group on the issue. Read more Update \| 4 December 2007 BIC hosts working session on international financial institutions in Indonesia Working session aims to update the Indonesian civil society organizations and movements on the old and new trends in the governance and operations of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as they relate to Indonesia. Read more Update \| 19 November 2007 U.S. coalition calls for World Bank reforms A coalition of U.S. development and environmental groups has released a joint platform containing needed World Bank reforms, ahead of the 15th replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA) negotiations in Dublin, Ireland. Read more Update \| 30 October 2007 WB/IMF Annual Meetings 2007: Little Flash, Some Substance Robert Zoellick’s first World Bank annual meeting passed with little fanfare or flak – a marked contrast to the boisterous semi-annual meeting in April, when the pressure on his predecessor, Paul Wolfowitz, to resign reached a fever pitch. Read more Update \| 18 October 2007 In bid to spur increased pledges from donor governments, IBRD & IFC commit $3.5 billion of their profits to IDA Questions remain as to whether the IFC will use its role as a major IDA donor to deflect criticism of its own investments. Read more Update \| 24 September 2007 Zoellick faces aid shortfall World Bank President faces an uphill battle to raise money from donors to support the Bank’s work in poor countries. Read more Print this page Email this page		Search Key Issues Forests IFC Policies and Standards Review World Bank Energy Strategy Review World Bank Safeguards Review World Bank Transparency Review Stay Informed! Sign up for our e-newsletters. SignUp

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