A group of Egyptian civil society participants in the World Bank’s first round of consultations on its development of a new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Egypt have released a statement with their observations and recommendations on the consultative process thus far. Since the Bank launched its process of developing the first full-fledged country strategy …
World Bank headquarters. Photo:© Deborah Campos/World Bank CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 A new analysis of trends at the World Bank by Ford Foundation Natural Resources and Sustainable Development Program Analyst Kevin Currey provides data and context for the growing shares of Bank lending going to development policy loans and the private sector, even as overall lending …
The subject of this case study is the World Bank’s failure to properly assess risks to children associated with the IDA-funded Second National Water Development Project (SNWDP) in Malawi.
Photo: Alobos Life CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Several organizations of the Peruvian civil society expressed in a press release published in the Peruvian newspaper Peruvian La Republica, their rejection of a proposal led by the Ministry of Finance of “economic measures for the revival of the Peruvian economy” which was presented by the Executive to the Congress of …
The National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU) released its most recent case study on the impact of the World Bank funded Universal Post Primary Education and Training (UPPET) on persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Uganda.
Adebisi Alimi, one of BIC’s partners in the Gender & SOGIE safeguard campaign published an article on homophobia’s negative impact on development. He was part of the first delegation of activists ever to visit the World Bank and advocate for Gender & SOGIE inclusion during the 2014 Spring Meetings. The following is an excerpt: This year, …
Currently the World Bank lags behind other financial institutions when it comes to integrating climate-related issues into their environmental and social policies. The safeguard policy review the Bank is currently undergoing presents an important opportunity for the Bank to establish a stand-alone safeguard policy on climate change. This gap in policy has allowed the World …
A Kosovo police officer inspects the damage caused by an explosion that rocked Kosovo’s main power plant, in Obilic, Kosovo, Friday, June 6, 2014 Photo: AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu via Climate Progress On Friday, Kosovo’s oldest lignite-based power plant exploded, killing two and injuring 13 people. The accident is the latest to occur in this country’s …
On May 27, 2014 more than 20 civil society organizations sent a letter to World Bank President Jim Yong Kim expressing concerns about two proposed new World Bank agricultural sector loans to Uzbekistan, the South Karakalpakstan Water Resource Management Improvement Project and the Horticulture Development Project.
During negotiations with the World Bank in March, the Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest (AIDESEP) made important strides towards launching Peru’s Dedicated Grant Mechanism, which will provide $5.5 million for indigenous land titling and community forest management in the Peruvian Amazon. Last year, the Interethnic Association for the Development of the …