"Like the IMF, the World Bank has been criticized for its part in promoting the Washington Consensus through its close participation with the IMF in lending only to programs that were heavily conditioned. For example, according to 50 Years Is Enough, the World Bank’s policies are “indistinguishable” from the IMF’s in that they often go to “austerity plans that ‘reform’ economic policies by suffocating the poor and inviting corporate exploitation.”" (Quoted from article)