On August 4, 2015 the World Bank publicly released the second draft of its Environmental and Social Framework (ESF), thus initiating Phase 3 of the safeguards review. The ESF contains the safeguard policies designed to protect communities and the environment in World Bank investment projects. The effectiveness of the World Bank’s new safeguards is compromised by several …
BIC’s World Bank Safeguards Campaign celebrates the International Day of Persons with Disabilities by working with Disabled Persons Organizations (DPOs) and civil society organizations (CSOs) in Lima, Peru to build and enhance their capacity on the World Bank.
See a collection of letters from Civil Society, news articles and more capturing reactions to the draft Environmental and Social Framework policy.
Photo: Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) (July 31, 2014) Over widespread objections from civil society, the World Bank’s board of directors gave a green light yesterday to a weak new set of rules to replace its existing environmental and social “safeguard” policies. The proposed policies appear to reverse a generation 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.
Life Haven Independent Living Center, a member of the Philippine Coalition on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, releases its most recent case study on the impact of the World Bank funded National Community Driven Development Program (NCDDP) on persons with disabilities in the Philippines. The Community Driven Development approach allows empowered …
The Disability and World Bank Safeguards Campaign recently visited the National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU), the Campaign’s key partner in Africa, and also visited two World Bank funded projects in Uganda to see how persons with disabilities were affected by these projects. The Campaign held a training with approximately 30 people for …
Image: A visually impaired respondent raises concerns during FGD at pawel parish in Patiko Sub County, Gulu district, Uganda The Disability and World Bank Safeguards Campaign, a partnership between the Bank Information Center and the Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union, submitted revised World Bank Environmental Assessment Policy (OP 4.01), Indigenous Peoples Policy (OP 4.10), and Involuntary Resettlement …
A group of Egyptian civil society organizations have submitted their recommendations to the World Bank as input to Phase 1 of the Social and Environmental Safeguard policy review process. The document was endorsed by many of the same organizations that pushed the Bank to hold a civil society consultation in Cairo since such a meeting …
The World Bank must take a stand on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities to become a leader in inclusive international development said the Disability and World Bank Safeguards Campaign, a partnership between the Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union and the Bank Information Center. For Immediate Release International Day of Persons with Disabilities World Bank: …