WHAT IS THE BRETTON WOODS POJECT?

What is the Bretton Woods Project?

The Bretton Woods Project works as a networker, information-provider, media informant and watchdog to scrutinise and influence the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF). Through briefings, reports and the bimonthly digest Bretton Woods Update, it monitors projects, policy reforms and the overall management of the Bretton Woods institutions with special emphasis on environmental and social concerns.

Created as an independent initiative by a group of British non-governmental organisations (NGOs), it works with an extensive network to press for increased transparency and civil society participation in World Bank and IMF policies and interventions. This includes over 7000 non-governmental organisations, policy-makers, journalists, researchers and parliamentarians worldwide. By encouraging information exchange and debate, it seeks to move the Bretton Woods institutions (World Bank and IMF) away from simplistic approaches to development. Priority areas include:

Publications and services

Bretton Woods Update is a bimonthly digest of key World Bank and IMF initiatives, controversial policy trends, projects and debate. The Update is read by nearly 10,000 key officials, journalists, NGOs and researchers and is respected as a reliable source of information on the Bretton Woods institutions. It is available on the web, in print or can be emailed as plain text. The Update is also available electronically in Spanish. The results of the 2006 survey of Update readers is also available.

Briefings and reports are produced to clarify issues in-depth in non-technical language. To be alerted about new briefings see our subscription page.

Networking

 Networking and information exchange among the wide range of people and organisations interested in the World Bank and IMF is one of the key functions of the Bretton Woods Project. We are are a founding member of IFIWatchnet and are a supporting organisation of IFIwatch.tv. In addition to NGOs, academics, parliamentarians, journalists and activists worldwide, the Project facilitates contacts with staff of the Bretton Woods institutions and decision-makers in bilateral aid ministries. It is often asked to advise NGOs in Europe, North America and the South planning meetings, reports and campaigns. Many from governmental and intergovernmental organisations also contact the Bretton Woods Project for briefings or to find out about NGOs working on particular issues.

Organisational structure and origins

The Bretton Woods Project was established in 1995 by the Development and Environment Group (DEG), a network of UK-based NGOs, to facilitate monitoring of the social and environmental impacts of World Bank and IMF policies and projects. The Project coordinates and consults with the UK BWI network, over 50 organisations working in development, environment and human rights. The Bretton Woods Project Steering Group, meets on a regular basis to advise and review Project activities.

The Project is funded by the NGOs in the UK BWI network, the CS Mott Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Polden Puckham Charitable Foundation. Publication of the Bretton Woods Update is supported by Oxfam-Novib. Support is received from the European Commission to support UK work in the Counterbalance coalition which monitors the European Investment Bank. At present, ActionAid is kindly hosting the Bretton Woods Project. (For details of support, please refer to the annual reports listed below.)

Donate to Bretton Woods Project

The Bretton Woods Project needs your support. Please consider making a donation in order to enable us to continue to provide the same high-quality research and analysis. Through briefings, reports and the Update, we provide timely and crucial information on a wide range of issues relating to the World Bank and IMF. Our work is read by over 10,000 activists, journalists, officials and researchers worldwide. The information we produce on reform of the World Bank and IMF has always been free. Please help us to keep it that way. A donation of £25 (approx $50 US dollars) could pay for an annual subscription to the Bretton Woods Update for a Southern organisation. Larger donations will help support our core costs.

Just two examples of the Project's many achievements over the last year:

We have continued to play a leading role in the campaign to pressure the World Bank to phase out its funding for harmful fossil fuels and massively scale up its support for clean and renewable energy sources for poor people. Our activities have included events at the World Bank spring and annual meetings and collaborating with the UK parliament. This has resulted in key statements by both UK opposition parties and a cross-party resolution.

We have continued to lead the global call for an end to the democratic deficit at the IMF, which currently gives 129 developing countries a mere 31 per cent of the vote despite accounting for 70 per cent of the membership. This campaign won a commitment by the new IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Khan to adopt a more equitable voting system at the IMF board.

We know you value the work of the Project so if you are able to, please donate as per the instructions below. Please note that BWP is hosted by ActionAid UK, and all donations will be processed by them.

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