The Bank Information Center submitted a case study to the World Bank’s Safeguards review team regarding the negative impact of resettlement resulting from the International Development Association funded Bujagali hydropower project on affected children.
The World Bank has responded to a CSO letter calling on the World Bank to address the needs of children in safeguard policies
In a General Comment on State obligations regarding the impact of the business sector on children’s rights adopted on February 6, 2013 the Committee on the Rights of the Child called on States Parties to ensure that their participation in International Financial Institutions is consistent with obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Committee recommended that:
From January 28 to February 1, 2013, BIC and DAR, a Peruvian nonprofit, co-organized a Training Seminar on the Implementation of Social and Environmental Safeguards held in Washington, DC. Fourteen colleagues from eight countries in Central and South America (Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama) participated in the seminar. The seminar was designed as a three-day …
Bank Information Center coordinates sign-on letter to the World Bank regarding the need for explicit protections for children in the World Bank safeguards review process
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: …
During the Civil Society Organization Town Hall at the World Bank Annual General Meeting in Tokyo, 2012, a CSO representative from Belgium asked whether President Kim is committed to ensuring that the Safeguards will not be diluted during the review process. Here is President Kim’s response: In the area of safeguards, I agree with you. …
Members of Congress, including Democratic Leader Pelosi and members of House Financial Services Committee, write to U.S. agencies and World Bank President Kim to back proper U.S. government oversight, independent accountability mechanisms and stronger safeguard policies
World Bank proposal to reform Investment Lending Operational Policies threaten to dilute key Safeguard enabling requirements and could severely reduce accountability at the Bank. Together with other recent developments, these reforms to investment lending suggest a systematic dilution of the Bank’s social, environmental, and transparency standards, most of which have been undertaken through non-transparent and non-participatory processes.
A CSO critique of the preliminary findings of the World Bank 2012 Development Policy Retrospective calls for policy changes to strengthen environmental risk assessment, improve accountability for results and enhance governance.