Responsibility of International Organisations Towards Other International Organisations: Law and Practice of the United Nations, the World Bank, the European Union (EU) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Political instability has limited the development of Guinea-Bissau’s institutional capacity. For example, tensions between the President and the leadership of the country’s largest political party led to six changes of government between the 2014 and 2019 parliamentary elections. Previous IMF capacity development reports, ECF program reviews staff reports, and other diagnosis undertaken by the World Bank and the European Union have pointed to structural governance weaknesses and proposed corrective measures, in some cases, similar to those highlighted in this report. Regrettably, traction has been limited.

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FOREWORD

Annals of Spiru Haret University Economic Series ◽

10.26458/1710 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 13

Author(s):

Elena Gurgu

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

World Bank ◽

The European Union ◽

The World Bank ◽

The World ◽

Main Driver ◽

Growing Economy ◽

The Government ◽

The Eu

After a year in which Romania achieved the fastest growing economy in the European Union, 2017 comes with a unique set of challenges.In 2016, the economy was the main driver of consumption and economic analysts expect it to slow down, while prices will increase. The government estimated an increase of 5% for the Romanian economy in 2017, but the World Bank warns that this could be too optimistic and expects an advance of only 3.4% of the economy. However, growth remains above the EU average, which is why 2017 could be a year at least as good as 2016. ...

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Reproducing Dependency

Handbook of Research on Information Communication Technology Policy ◽

10.4018/978-1-61520-847-0.ch038 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 599-615 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Haluk Geray ◽

Funda Basaran Özdemir

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

World Bank ◽

Policy Formation ◽

The European Union ◽

Policy Documents ◽

Knowledge Based ◽

The World Bank ◽

Knowledge Based Economy ◽

The World ◽

Dependency Relations

Although many critical scholars in the West have acknowledged the unequal distribution of power across the globe, few have attempted to undertake systematic research on how countries in the periphery are drawn into the neo liberal project of globalization under the discourse of Knowledge Based Economy (KBE) and how this process effects policy formation regarding ICTs. The purpose of this chapter is to analyze Knowledge Based Economy (KBE)/Information Society (IS) discourses in constructing global dependency relations on ICT policies within the context of Turkey. These dependency relations have many aspects including a discursive one. In this study, the focus will be on policy documents to better understand the overall discourse, social processes and structures which have been reflected in, represented and constructed or constituted by this discourse to theorize and transform. Four documents were selected as representing the hegemonic center, one produced by the World Bank and three policy documents from the European Union. Additionally three documents which represent the Turkey context were selected. Upon examination two documents were found to be counter hegemonic and the other supported the hegemonic visions of the World Bank and the European Union. Turkey has signed a number of stand-by agreements with the IMF/World Bank due to economic crisis over the last twenty years and Turkey’s bid to become a full member of the European Union necessitated alignment of legal infrastructure and domestic policies. The chapter also explains how the dependent discourses reversed ICT and network policy formation based on local capabilities and local needs.

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The Normative Distinctiveness of the European Union in International Development: Stepping Out of the Shadow of the World Bank?

Development Policy Review ◽

10.1111/dpr.12192 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 35 (4) ◽

pp. 493-511 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jan Orbie ◽

Sarah Delputte ◽

Fabienne Bossuyt ◽

Petra Debusscher ◽

Karen Del Biondo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

International Development ◽

World Bank ◽

The European Union ◽

The World Bank ◽

The World

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Central African Republic

IMF Staff Country Reports ◽

10.5089/9781498324793.002 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (216) ◽

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Natural Resources ◽

World Bank ◽

Central African Republic ◽

The European Union ◽

Armed Groups ◽

Peace Agreement ◽

Strong Interest ◽

The World Bank ◽

The World

President Touadéra signed a new peace agreement on February 6, 2019 with 14 armed groups. This agreement calls for the establishment of an inclusive government, the deployment of joint brigades, an acceleration of decentralization efforts, and the co-management of natural resources. While its implementation has started, including with the appointment of more inclusive government, the security situation remains volatile. The World Bank (WB) and the European Union (EU) have substantially increased their budgetary support (grants) for 2019–20. The authorities have expressed a strong interest in a successor arrangement.

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International organisations and the future of work: How new technologies and inequality shaped the narratives in 2019

Journal of Industrial Relations ◽

10.1177/0022185620913129 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 62 (3) ◽

pp. 477-507 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Damian Grimshaw

Keyword(s):

United Nations ◽

World Bank ◽

Industrial Development ◽

New Technologies ◽

International Organisations ◽

Development Organization ◽

Future Of Work ◽

The World Bank ◽

The World ◽

The Future

In a critical review of seven prominent flagship reports from five international organisations – the International Labour Organization (ILO), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and World Bank – this article explores how the policy narratives set out during 2019 and early 2020 have characterised the major future of work challenges associated with new technologies and inequality. It identifies some similarities in viewpoints, including about the unevenness of job changes caused by new technologies and about the declining labour income share, a key measure of inequality. However, there are major points of differentiation. The ILO, OECD and UNDP express serious concerns about the interaction between new technologies and growing inequalities, on the one hand, and a rise in precarious work, concentration of corporate power and erosion of labour bargaining power on the other. Also, UNIDO emphasises the inequalities in technological capacities between developed and developing countries, which make it difficult for markets to distribute the gains from growth evenly. While the World Bank makes some concessions, it remains less open to real-world heterodox evidence about how labour markets function in society. The World Bank aside, there is a growing consensus that labour institutions around the world need to be reinvigorated in order to respond to the challenges facing the future of work.

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