The World Bank has published a guidance note on how best to engage with local communities throughout a project cycle.
New papers show how the World Bank safeguards work with local laws. Though they are essential in order to preserve the well-being of people around the world, the way the safeguards fit in with local laws and pre-existing policies can be messy and complex. In order to help our allies to better understand how the safeguards …
In a second open letter, Indonesian NGOs detail their needs so that an open dialogue can take place.
An open letter from BIC and other NGOs requesting a meeting to discuss the challenges the next President will face. This letter is open indefinitely for signatures.
The new Forest Investment Program promises to affect entire communities, and yet it’s not being made available in a way that Indonesians can easily access, read, or comment on.
101 organizations and individuals endorse a letter to the World Bank President on disability and Safeguards.
A 5% cap will limit P4R Operations over a 2 year pilot period, but questions remain about how P4R expansion will be conditioned upon the results of management and IEG evaluations
The outgoing World Bank Country Manager for Brazil, Mahktar Diop, challenges the conclusions of an evaluation by Bank Information Center of the $1.3 billion Sustainable Environmental Management Development Policy to promote environmental reforms in Brazil.
The World Bank announced yesterday that it will support Bolivia until 2015 with more than US$250 million, which will go to rural development projects and highway improvements. Read the news article here in Spanish: La Razón / Willy Chipana / La Paz / 22 de diciembre de 2011
New report by Amazonian indigenous peoples exposes the reality of REDD+ in Peru and proposes solutions.