Congressional Briefing: Children’s Voices on the World Bank October 29, 3:30 – 5:00pm, 1539 Longworth Refreshments will be provided Please RSVP to jschwarz@bicusa.org by Monday, October 28th The Bank Information Center, in cooperation with Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY), invites you to a Congressional briefing, “Children’s Voices on the World Bank”, featuring children from Peru, Yemen, Cambodia …
Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan Mundra, Kutch, Gujarat, India The International Finance Corporation (IFC) broke its own social and environmental rules, says the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) which released an investigation report yesterday. A recourse mechanism for communities affected by private sector projects that the World Bank Group supports, CAO found that IFC committed serious violations of …
In order to include the views and voices of children in the World Bank safeguards review, BIC is coordinating youth consultations in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. On September 3rd and 4th, BIC co-organized a consultation with Democracy School in Sana’a, Yemen. Read excerpts from Democracy School’s press release describing the event …
Association for Human Rights in Central Asia, Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan “Ezgulik” and Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights (UGF) filed a formal complaint to the World Bank Inspection Panel. These organizations, representing Uzbek citizens who have suffered under the state-organized system of forced labour cotton production, requested an investigation of the World Bank’s Rural …
Group of Mongolian herder households files complaint with Meg Taylor, the Vice President of the IFC and MIGA’s accountability mechanism, the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (“CAO”), at the World Bank’s Annual Meetings in Tokyo.
The World Bank Board of Directors has announced plans to consider a copper and gold mining project in the Mongolian South Gobi desert even though the Bank itself acknowledges that there is not enough water in the region to support the life of the Project.
Tata Mundra under investigation — if social and environmental policy violations are confirmed, project could face serious repercussions
The Panel, which recently published its fact finding mission report, also urges the IFC and the ADB for an immediate financing suspension and full audit of the Tata Mundra coal power plant.
Compliance Advisor Ombudsman will undertake an audit of the project after a complaint on the International Finance Corporation’s involvement was received from Kosovo’s Energy Union.
The National Fishworkers Forum (NFF) co-organised a roundtable discussion on the need for more parliamentary accountability and scrutiny of International Financial Institutions such as the World Bank and Asian Development Bank.