After The ECONOMIST was inundated with responses to its misguided article (“Right cause, wrong battle”, April 12th), the magazine has now published a letter from Gender and SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) activists from around the world online, in addition to several letters to the editor in its print version. BIC, the Council for Global …
Photo: Gerald Simmons CC BY 2.0 Model Proposal: Climate Change Assessment (CCA) Safeguard Policy Submission to the World Bank Safeguard Policy Review Unlike many institutions, the Bank has not yet formally integrated climate issues into its operational policies. Most notably, the current Safeguard Policy framework does not adequately address the challenges a changing climate presents …
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 Contact: Nicole Ghio (nicole.ghio@sierraclub.org) 202-675-6270 Jelson Garcia (jgarcia@bicusa.org) and Bharat Patel (bharatp1977@gmail.com) , 202 802 2995 As the World Bank and IMF hold their Annual Spring Meetings this week, the General Secretary of Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan (MASS – Association for the Struggle for Fishworkers’ Rights) Dr.Bharat Patel will deliver a …
As the World Bank proceeds with its two year review of the Program for Results (P4R) lending instrument, significant concerns remain among civil society about how P4R is working and how it constitutes a serious dilution of World Bank safeguards, effectively exempting billions of dollars of lending each year from social and environmental safeguards and …