12 DECEMBER 2007 World Bank Grants Access to Database on Loan Conditionality The World Bank has granted researchers access to an internal database used to track the conditions placed on Bank loans, an action that bodes well for similar transparency requests. More
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12 DECEMBER 2007 EBRD Begins Process to Review Public Information Policy The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has begun a review of its Public Information Policy.Setting a deadline of Dec. 21 for public comments, the EBRD has put out a four-page issues paper as the first step in a three-stage process. More
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5 OCTOBER 2007 EBRD Preparing to Issue Discussion Paper on Disclosure The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is very close to putting out a "discussion paper" as a first step in a review of its Public Information Policy (PIP) and inviting public comments, according to an EBRD official.More
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5 OCTOBER 2007 EBRD Praised for Disclosing E-Mail Contacts Transparency advocates have praised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for disclosing the e-mail addresses of the EBRD Board of Directors through a dedicated Web page.More
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AUGUST 2007 World Bank
Issues Implementation Plan for Anticorruption Strategy The
World Bank has released its long-awaited "implementation
plan" for its governance and anticorruption strategy,
a document much shorter and less specific that the guiding
Bank "strategy" set in March. More
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MAY 2007 ADB Assesses Positives and
Negatives of New Disclosure Policy In
a detailed report on the first year of its revised disclosure
policy, the Asian Development Bank says the rollout has
gone pretty well, despite a few gaps concerning project-related
information. More >>
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APRIL 2007 IDB,
Norway Launch $4.9 Million Transparency Fund The
Inter-American Development Bank has received $4.9 million
from the government of Norway to conduct projects concerning
transparency and anticorruption efforts. More
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APRIL 2007 World Bank Hires Washington
Law Firm to Probe Leaks Almost
10 weeks after announcing plans to investigate leaks of
internal documents to Fox News, the World Bank has hired
a Washington, D.C., law firm to conduct the probe, according
to an announcement made internally April 9. More
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APRIL
2007 IMF
Registers Slight Improvement in Disclosure of Article IV
Reports Slight
progress was made during 2006 toward increasing the number
of countries willing to disclose the key analytical report
on their country prepared by the International Monetary
Fund, according to a recent IMF report. More
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APRIL
2007 EBRD Makes Modest Changes to Assist
Requesters The
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has modified
some portions of its disclosure policy, largely making procedural
changes that may make it easier to make requests for information. More
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MARCH 2007 World
Bank Seeking Outside Counsel to Conduct Leak Probe The
World Bank has decided to seek outside help to track down
who leaked minutes of a January 2007 board meeting to Fox
News, a senior World Bank official has told freedominfo.org. More
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FEBRUARY 2007 Wolfowitz
Launches Probe Into Leak of Board Meeting Minutes World
Bank President Paul Wolfowitz has launched an internal investigation
into who provided Fox News with the "raw" minutes
of a World Bank board meeting in January, a document that
transparency advocates say should routinely be made public. More
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UPDATE
- 2 FEBRUARY 2007 New
UN Secretary-General Discloses Personal Finances The
new Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon,
has disclosed his personal financial statement, the first
United Nations Secretary-General to do so.More
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The
Chashma Right Bank Irrigation Project in Pakistan commenced
in 1978. (Photo: Asian Development Bank)
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IFTI WATCH In
this column, Washington, D.C.-based journalist Toby
J. McIntosh reports on the latest developments
in information disclosure in International Financial
and Trade Institutions (IFTI).
Contact: tmcintosh@bna.com or
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