By Toby McIntosh Improvising governments worldwide are providing uneven information about the Covid-19 pandemic and their efforts combat it, operating without an international standard on…
The Secretariat of the International Civil Aviation Organizations “has encouraged” the ICAO governing Council “to consider permitting greater public access to its discussions while they…
By Toby McIntosh Two United Nations agencies have taken significant steps into the new world of virtual meetings — the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and…
Multilateral organizations are struggling to figure out how to operate without holding in-person gatherings. As a first response to the Covid-19 pandemic, international organization (IOs)…
The World Bank has agreed to provide more transparency about loans made by so-called financial intermediaries, a significant move long sought by civil society organizations.…
By Toby McIntosh The World Bank Board has approved a $500 million loan for secondary education in Tanzania, despite a “no” vote by the United…
By Toby McIntosh The World Bank’s Board on April 2 is expected to approve projects to help more than two dozen countries deal with the…
By Toby McIntosh Access to government information is becoming a coronavirus casualty in some countries. Governments around the world, some which have sent workers home,…
By Toby McIntosh An external appeals body at the World Bank on March 18 said it “might properly intervene” in case of “unreasonable delay” by…
By Toby McIntosh What could be so sensitive about a project in Nigeria to help returning migrants that the sponsoring International Organization for Migration won’t…