World Bank and IMF
Organizations, Programs and Campaigns
50 Years is Enough
A coalition of over 200 U.S. grassroots, women's, solidarity, faith-based, policy, social - and economic- justice, youth, labor and development organizations dedicated to the profound transformation of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Bank Information Center
Provides information and strategic support to NGOs and social movements throughout the world on the projects, policies and practices of the World Bank and other Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs).
CEPR - IMF/World Bank
Center for Economic and Policy Research program on IMF/World Bank, with analysis, documents, and commentary articles.
CorpWatch - World Bank/IMF
Reports from major protest against the World Bank and IMF, as well as documentation of the impacts of the World Bank and IMF on people's lives. With news, articles, and action alerts.
Essential Action - Campaign against the IMF, World Bank and Structural Adjustment
Fact sheets, rresources and related links from Essential Information, founded by Ralph Nader.
Friends of the Earth - International Financial Institutions Campaign
Seeking changes in the power balance in IFIs, in the projects they finance and in their role in ongoing liberalization, privatization and deregulation.
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Official website.
Mobilization for Global Justice
Leading the movement for radical reform of the the World Bank and IMF.
The Bretton Woods Project
"Critical voices on the World Bank and IMF". Works as a networker, information-provider, media informant and watchdog to scrutinise and influence the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The World Bank Group
Official website.
World Bank Bonds Boycott
An international grassroots campaign that is building moral, political, and financial pressure on the World Bank.
Other Information and Websites
50 Years is Enough - Fact Sheets
Provide analysis of the World Bank and IMFs activities and how they affect the world.
Bretton Woods Project - Briefings and Reports
Demands of the Mobilization for Global Justice
Key information and helpful links for each demand.
Essential Action
Eldis - World Bank and IMF Resource Guide
Environmental issues and World Bank/IMF
World Bank and IMF impacts on the natural environment, including through individual projects, structural adjustment policies and research outputs.
Bretton Woods Project
Finance and debt and World Bank/IMF
IMF, World Bank paving way for international banks Corporate globalisation, bond markets, international investors. Role of private companies.
Bretton Woods Project
Focus on the Global South - Articles on World Bank and IMF
Global Exchange - World Bank and IMF
Background, factsheets, news, publications and links relating to the campaign against the World Bank and IMF.
Global Governance and the Three Sisters
Articles and documents on the World Bank, IMF and WTO.
Global Policy Forum
Global Policy Forum - The International Monetary Fund
Extensive list of critical analysis, articles and commentary regarding the IMF.
Global Policy Forum - The World Bank
Extensive list of critical articles, documents and news on the World Bank.
IMF & World Bank Protests, Washington D.C.
GlobalIssues.org
Policy Briefings on IMF-World Bank Issues
Compilation of policy briefings from different sources.
Bank Information Center
Social Issues and World Bank/IMF
Covers the impacts of World Bank and IMF projects and programmes on peoples' health, education, etc. Also looks at issues such as involuntary resettlement and social assessment.
Bretton Woods Project
Structural Adjustment - a Major Cause of Poverty
GlobalIssues.org
Structural adjustment/PRSPs
Documents and links on the World Bank and IMF's structural adjustment policies and operations.
Bretton Woods Project
The Whirled Bank Group
Satire and information about issues relating to the World Bank and IMF.
The World Bank and IMF - The Institutions
Fact sheets and articles on the World Bank and IMF.
50 Years is Enough
The World Bunk Group
Critical satire site on the World Bank.
Third World Network - World Bank/IMF
TWN's list of articles, analysis and critique of the World Bank and IMF.
World Bank/IMF News Updates
Global Exchange
World Bank/IMF roles & reform
Documents and links on the overall mandates and responsibilities of the World Bank and IMF.
Bretton Woods Project
Other
"50 Years is Enough: The Case Against the World Bank and IMF"
Thirty-six chapter book covers all the bases: global context, country case studies, women, the environment, tribal peoples, internal scandals and alternatives. Includes resource section, guide to organizations, index. Edited by Kevin Danaher, Global Exchange.
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