Ghana/Mali: Slow progress in World Bank and IMF poverty analysis

For too long the policies of developing countries have been based on the priorities of external donors.  Many studies have confirmed that these have often been misguided or inoperable. The structural adjustment years at the World Bank and IMF pushed policies that left the poor and vulnerable even more poor and vulnerable.  A new report from Eurodad finds that the IFIs are still not living up to commitments to opening up policy space in developing countries. The promised poverty and social impact analysis to be done before reforms is not working as it should.