Category Archives: IGOs

Time to relocate? Making the UN and global agencies fit to deal with the future

Time to relocate? Making global institutions resilient to pressure and fit for the future The record of the past week following the inauguration of the new President of the USA shows how big the risk is of keeping the UN headquarters and that of the IMF and World Bank so firmly in the USA.  Donald… Read More »

US elections: a wake-up call to re-assert the independence of global public organisations

There is a strong argument to be made that Trump’s challenge to the US political establishment is also a challenge to the wide range of global public organisations which are part of the way the whole system works. The World Bank, IMF and WTO may be the usual suspects for many people. Next in line,… Read More »