Trade-finance policy coherence as defined by the World Bank, World Trade Organization, and the International Monetary Fund, the three organizations that are involved in advancing the trade-finance policy coherence agenda, refers to active cooperation among these three institutions to ensure that their policies on international trade, debt, and finance support internationally agreed-upon development goals.

In contrast, IGTN argues that the coordination of policy among the World Trade Organization, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and between regional trade agreements and development banks, does not support sustainable development and in fact worsens the development opportunities of the poor and marginalized.

The following IGTN resources address the topic of coherence:

What you need to know about Trade-Finance Policy Coherence

Investment and Coherence: WB-IMF-WTO

Capacity of International Financial Institutions to Support Trade Liberalisation in Low-income and Vulnerable Countries

IMF-World Bank-WTO Coherence: the Implications for Water Privatisation. Speaker’s Notes - Is Your Water Safe?: The World Bank, the WTO and Our Social and Economic Future

Additional resources are available in the IGTN Resource Library.