INTERNATIONAL POLICY ANALYSIS Are the Multilateral Organizations Fighting Inequality? 2017 Financial Impact Report Executive Summary JOSÉ ANTONIO OCAMPO, JO MARIE GRIESGRABER, MATTHEW MARTIN, AND NATHAN COPLIN July 2017 n This Financial Impact Report assesses the role of the international financial rule-mak­ing organizations in reducing economic inequalities. n The report reviews policies of the United Nations(UN), International Monetary Fund (IMF), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD), World Bank Group(WBG), Financial Stability Board(FSB), and Group of 20(G20) and scores them on a scale of 1–5 on their efforts and performance. n José Antonio Ocampo, Co-Director of the Central Bank of Colombia and Professor of Economics at Columbia University, highlights in the Foreword the key role that multilateral organi­zations should be – but are not yet – playing to ensure that we reverse disastrous trends in inequality and allow all of the world’s citizens to benefit from future growth and development.