IFI accountability

International CSOs Comment on Draft IFC Policies

COMMENTS ON IFC’S CONSULTATION DRAFTS OF THE IFC SUSTAINABILITY POLICY AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND DISCLOSURE POLICY

AUGUST 27, 2010

General Observations

The undersigned civil society organizations believe the latest drafts of the Sustainability Policy, Performance Standards, and Disclosure Policy respond usefully to some issues raised previously by many civil society organizations, including, for example, several issues related to gender, resettlement, and climate change. Many of our most significant concerns, however, remain unaddressed, including centrally important issues related to due diligence, transparency, and accountability, and other issues related to substantive concerns.

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Dean Baker, Co-Director, Centre for Economic and Policy Research

2010 G8/G20 Canadian Civil Society Coordinating Committee
Parliamentary Roundtables on the G8/G20 Agendas

Roundtable 2: The Global Financial Crisis

Monday, April 26th, 2010 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Room 2-2, National Press Building, 165 Sparks Street, Ottawa

Dean Baker.mp3

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International Financial Institutions:

World Bank

International Monetary Fund

Regional Development Banks

IMF

Paris Club

Multilateral Organizations:

United Nations

Group of Twenty

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OECD

Group of Seven

Government of Canada:

Finance Canada

Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Parliament of Canada

Prime Minister's Office

Thematic Issue:

IFI accountability

IFI governance

Government accountability

IFI policies and positions

Government of Canada policies and positions

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Roundtable 2: The Global Financial Crisis

2010 G8/G20 Canadian Civil Society Coordinating Committee
Parliamentary Roundtables on the G8/G20 Agendas

Roundtable 2: The Global Financial Crisis

Monday, April 26th, 2010 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Room 2-2, National Press Building, 165 Sparks Street, Ottawa

Roundtable2.mp3

HI Resource Types:

Events

Podcast -- audio

International Financial Institutions:

World Bank

International Monetary Fund

Alternatives

Bretton Woods Institutions

IMF

Paris Club

Multilateral Organizations:

Group of Twenty

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OECD

Government of Canada:

Finance Canada

Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Parliament of Canada

Thematic Issue:

IFI accountability

IFI governance

IFI policies and positions

Government of Canada policies and positions

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Civil society organizations demand reform of World Bank Group lending to private corporations

Submission by Civil Society Organizations to the International Finance Corporation
Commenting on The Social and Environmental Sustainability Policy, Performance Standards and Disclosure Policy

11 March 2010

Introduction

The undersigned civil society organizations have prepared this joint submission to provide an overview of many of our concerns related to IFC’s Policy on Social and Environmental Sustainability, the Performance Standards, related guidance documents, and the Disclosure Policy. We believe these concerns should be explored and addressed further through IFC’s current consultation and review process.

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Letter to OECD from ECA-Watch and Amnesty International re review of the Common Approaches - January 12, 2010

Julian Paisey
OECD, Export Credit Division, Trade Directorate
2, rue André-Pascal
Paris Cedex 16 - France
Brussels, 12 January 2010.

Dear Julian,

Further to your letter of December 2009, you will find below the elements that ECA-Watch and Amnesty International would like to see addressed and revised in the review of the 2007 Revised Council Recommendation on Common Approaches on the Environment and Officially Supported Export Credits (Common Approaches). We believe that the 2010 Common Approaches Review must consider these issues in order to improve ECA standards and practices and to meet the objectives set out in the Recommendation.