The Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & IMF provides a platform for parliamentarians from over 140 countries to advocate for increased accountability and transparency in International Financial Institutions and multilateral development financing. Since 2000, the Network engages legislators to address development and macroeconomic challenges among other topics, in their home countries and abroad. Directed by a Board elected by their peers, the Network is an independent, non-governmental organization with a secretariat in Paris. Membership is free and open to all elected parliamentarians who hold a current mandate. Members represent themselves and their constituents, not their countries, parliaments or governments.

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    When the IMF decided to mint $650bn of special drawing rights (SDRs), effectively creating money to be distributed to its 190 national members, it made a powerful weapon in the war on want. But this will only work if the IMF’s shareholders now agree three big steps to move the money out of the vaults […]
    Rich countries need to share the IMF’s $650bn gift
    by The Rt Hon. Liam Byrne MP, United Kingdom, Chair of the Parliamentary Network on 04.08.21
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    Hello, everyone, I’m delighted to share the Philippine experience. Just a little bit of background, I do Chair the Committee on Sustainable Development Goals, Innovation and Futures Thinking in the Senate, but I also happen to Chair the Committee on Ways and Means and I will talk a little bit about our taxation efforts wi
    Pia Cayetano’s speech to the Virtual Parliamentary Briefing on Supporting Countries in Delivering the COVID-19 Vaccine
    by Pia Cayetano on 13.07.21
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    Thank you, Liam and hello to everyone. Sadly, I am speaking from Portugal because we can’t travel, basically. And hopefully we will be together sooner than later as we overcome these difficult times. I know time is of essence, so I’ll try to be brief saying that it is consensual that we need to understand […]
    Ricardo Baptista Leite’s speech at the Virtual Parliamentary Briefing on Supporting Countries in Delivering the COVID-19 Vaccine
    by Ricardo Baptista Leite on 13.07.21
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    Thanks for this introduction, thanks for inviting me to this session. Our engagements with all of you are critical to strengthening healthcare systems and I look forward to this opportunity to discuss IFC’s role in how we fight Covid-19 and how your countries are managing and where you see greater efforts needed. As y
    Tomasz Telma’s speech at Virtual Parliamentary Briefing on Supporting Countries in Delivering the COVID-19 Vaccine
    by Tomasz Telma on 13.07.21
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    Thank you, Liam, and thank you to the board of the Parliamentary Network and to all of you for the continued engagement, for the support and partnership with the bank’s group and IMF on this pandemic. The Covid-19 pandemic as we have seen unfold, exacerbated iniquities all over the world, between countries and within
    Muhammad Ali Pate’s speech at Virtual Parliamentary Briefing on Supporting Countries in Delivering the COVID-19 Vaccine
    by Muhammad Ali Pate on 13.07.21
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    I don’t know about you, but from where I’m sitting, it’s felt that this third wave in many ways has been the hardest of all. Like many countries, we’ve seen the peak of infection get higher and higher and we have lost more and more of our loved ones and more and more of the […]
    Liam Byrne’s speech at Virtual Parliamentary Briefing on Supporting Countries in Delivering the COVID-19 Vaccine
    by Liam Byrne MP on 13.07.21
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    Below you may find information on some of the latest initiatives from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund concerning the implementation of measures to fight the spread of coronavirus. In parallel, you will find updated information about the policy initiatives taken by Parliaments around the world to cope with
    Initiatives to combat Covid-19
    by Parliamentary Network on 01.04.20
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    The next Global Parliamentary Forum will take place virtually ahead of the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group & IMF, from 6-8 & 11 October 2021, with the overarching theme “Building Back Stronger, Fairer and Greener”. The Virtual Global Parliamentary Forum at the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings (AMs) gathers
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    2021 Global Parliamentary Forum Building Back Stronger, Fairer, and Greener
    date: 6.10.2021 | location: Online
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    To end the COVID-19 pandemic, we must end it everywhere. Fair and equitable access to vaccines is essential. The World Bank’s rapid mobilization of vaccine financing aims to support affordable and equitable vaccine acquisition and deployment, and to signal to potential suppliers that Bank financing is available to its cli
    Fairness, Access, Transparency: Keys to a Successful Global COVID-19 Vaccination Effort
    by Philippe Martini on 03.06.21
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    by Philippe Martini on 18.11.20
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        Founded in 2000, the Parliamentary Network is an independent, non-governmental organization that provides a platform for Parliamentarians from over 140 countries to advocate for increased accountability and transparency in development cooperation. The Rt Hon. Liam Byrne is the current Chair of the Parliamentary Network.

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