Since the 1990s, transnational corporations have once again become the dominant force as owners and managers of major mining projects.
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The World Bank’s funding freeze reflects a shift from policy imposition to indirect ways of controlling client nations.
It’s a crucial time for the World Bank, with growing calls for reform and sky-high expectations of what one leader needs to do. A former World Bank official explains the challenges ahead.
Thirty years ago the World Bank recognised that its position was untenable. It put in place mechanisms to make the bank more accountable to ordinary people.
The biggest issues at COP27 involve financing for low-income countries hit hard by climate change. A former World Bank official describes some promising signs she’s starting to see.
Ghana’s sovereign risk has been downgraded to near junk status by ratings agencies in recent times.
The World Bank board operates on the basis of reaching decisions by consensus. This means that any executive director must earn the respect of their colleagues to affect change.
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Visiting Professor of Practice, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Associate Lecturer, University of Aberdeen
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Post-doctoral Fellow, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
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Research Professor, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
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Lecturer in International Development, University of Bath
