Child Rights Organizations express disappointment over poorly managed Tanzania Safeguards consultation.
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.
BIC recently coordinated a sign-on letter to President Kim in reaction to the draft safeguard policies. Over fifty organizations endorsed the letter that reflected on the updated policies from a child rights perspective.
CSOs from the Middle East and North Africa participated in several statements, workshops, demonstrations and consultations on the World Bank draft Environmental and Social Safeguards.
Written feedback on Phase 2 of the World Bank Safeguards Review The Phase 2 Consultation period of the World Bank Safeguards Review is now closed. The documents below were submitted as formal feedback to the World Bank Safeguards Team between September 2014 and March 2015. These submissions contain the concerns of civil society organizations, national governments, and the …
The perceived high costs of World Bank safeguards are often used to justify the simplification of the policies. In fact, the evidence behind the claims of excessive safeguard costs is surprisingly flimsy.
ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow has urged World Bank President Jim Yong Kim to ensure that the institution he leads adopts a labor standard lending requirement that is as comprehensive as those adopted by other multilateral development banks, and to correct the major weaknesses in the draft “labor safeguard” that was recently issued for consultation.
This study provides some critical evidence on the risks of moving to greater use of frameworks and country or borrower systems without robust safeguards.
See a collection of letters from Civil Society, news articles and more capturing reactions to the draft Environmental and Social Framework policy.
As the World Bank prepares to gut its safeguard policies and budget cuts are suspended over the heads of an anxious staff, a leaked assessment of the Bank’s safeguard system by the Bank’s internal audit department (IAD) describes an alarming state of disarray.