In Washington, Scott Bessent urges the World Bank and IMF to abandon climate and gender

On October 15, 2025, on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent delivered a clear statement: the Bretton Woods institutions must return to their “core missions” and move away from “peripheral issues” such as climate or gender. Under the guise of efficiency and budget discipline, the representative…...