IFTI WATCH ARCHIVE - GENERAL IFTI TOPICS

22 SEPTEMBER 2006
GTI Launches Transparency Charter
A set of principles to inform the disclosure policies of international financial institutions was announced Sept. 17 in Batam, Indonesia, by the Global Transparency Initiative. More >>

16 NOVEMBER 2005
IFC, EIB, IIC Make Few Concessions on Disclosure About Private Sector Projects

Three of the major international lenders with a mandate to finance private sector projects with public interest benefits are making few concessions to transparency. More >>

12 SEPTEMBER 2005
Best Practices on Transparency Among IFIs

The Asian Development Bank has pulled markedly ahead of other international financial institutions in its standards for disclosure and civic participation, but like its sister international organizations the ADB continues make slow progress when measured against the increasingly refined transparency agenda of critics. More >>

1 JUNE 2005
Sen. Lugar Stresses Transparency in MDB Replenishment Legislation

The Republican chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Richard Lugar (R-Ind), has made transparency reforms the central focus of legislation that also would authorize U.S. contributions to five multilateral development banks. More >>

JUNE 2003
G-8 Urges More MDB Transparency, Disclosure of Extractive Industry Revenues

The Group of Eight countries, meeting in Evian, France, on June 2 restated their support for some additional transparency at the multilateral development banks and added a new endorsement, for greater disclosure by corporations and governments of the revenues from extractive industries. More >>

APRIL 2003
Formation of Global Working Group, New Alliances

A number of new advocacy plans are under way, outgrowths of a meeting in early February attended by several dozen transparency activists from around the world. More >>

APRIL 2003
New Matrix Examines IFI Disclosure Policies in Fresh Detail

A new microscope being applied to international financial institutions is making it possible for the first time to see their information disclosure policies in high definition. More >>

JANUARY 2003
Most Investment Banks at Some Stage of Reviewing Disclosure Policies

Most international financial institutions are engaged in reviewing their information disclosure policies, according to a freedominfo.org survey. More >>

OCTOBER 2002
Disclosure or Deception?
Multilateral Development Banks and Access to Information

Multilateral institutions such as the Asian Development Band (ADB) and the World Bank pride themselves on their information disclosure policies. Especially since the Asian economic crisis, they have held their policies up as evidence of their commitment to transparency, accountability and participation. More >>

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