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underpin the world's financial architecture, with the power
to revamp whole economies and channel billions of development
dollars each year. But the so-called International Financial
Institutions -- the World Bank Group, International Monetary
Fund and regional investment banks -- face a new era of public
scrutiny and challenges to their relevancy. How are the IFIs
responding to growing demands from the South and civil society
groups for greater democracy and accountability? And are they
living up to their stated mission of promoting economic prosperity
for all?
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