Global: Highlights of the World Bank and IMF spring meetings 2006

Unusually for the World Bank - IMF meetings in Washington, much of the talk this year is focused on what is happening at the Fund. With the managing director's strategic review being considered by the board of governors, many probing questions about the Fund's role and continued relevance are being posed. Having finalised its share of the G8 debt deal, the World Bank's governors were left to discuss the controversial clean energy investment framework, while in the corridors all discussion has been about president Wolfowitz's high-profile announcements on corruption. See further details in this round up by the Bretton Woods project.