Publications

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Country & Regional Studies

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Assessment of World Bank Consultations with Civil Society in Yemen (in Arabic)
June 2016
People cross the street near the Sule Pagoda and City Hall in central Yangon, Myanmar.
Understanding & Influencing IMF Policy Advice in Myanmar
April 2016
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The World Bank Group’s Peru Portfolio and Climate Change September, 2015
(Executive Summary|
Resumen Ejecutivo)

The World Bank Group and Iraq
March, 2015

 

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World Bank PforR in Practice – Vietnam
July, 2014
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Indonesia Country Update
March, 2014
UntitledBIC’s MENA Program Newsletter
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BIC’s Latin America Program Newsletter

 

UntitledFacilitating Indigenous Involvement in REDD+ in Costa Rica
March, 2014
(Spanish|Español)
UntitledAn Overview of the World Bank in Yemen and Civil Society’s Role
February, 2014
UntitledThe World Bank Kosovo Power Project
May, 2013
UntitledThe Need for Child Impact Assessments: Case Study of IDA Funded Uzbekistan Rural Enterprise Support
May, 2013

 

Impact of World Bank Policy and Programs on the Built Environment in Egypt
March, 2013
The World Bank Group and Lebanon
September, 2012
UntitledThe World Bank Group and Tunisia: A Country Study
December, 2012
UntitledA Golden Opportunity? Unpacking the Relationship between Mongolia and the World Bank
June, 2012

 

UntitledSpirited Away: Mongolia’s Mining Boom and the People That Development Left Behind
January, 2012
UntitledThe World Bank Group in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
February, 2009
International Financial Institutions
and Egypt
October, 2007
UntitledVisite du BIC et de Environmental Defense en Republique Democratique du Congo
June, 2006

 

UntitledMultilateral Development Banks and Burma
October, 2004

 

Child Rights

Peru Consultation Photo (4)Child Rights Campaign Overview
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Child Rights and the Country Partnership Framework
August, 2015
UntitledThe Impact of the World Bank Funded Kamwenge-Kabarole Road Construction Project on Children
April, 2015
UntitledThe CGPL Power Plant ‘Tata Mundra’, An Explorative Study of the Impact on Children
March, 2015
UntitledThe impact of the World Bank funded National Agricultural Advisory Services on the livelihoods of Ugandan peasant farmers
January 2015
UntitledReport on Children’s Consultations on World Bank Safeguards
November, 2013
UntitledThe Need for Child Impact Assessments: Case Study of IDA Funded Uzbekistan Rural Enterprise Support
May, 2013
Untitled Impacts of Urban Resettlement on Children: A Case Study on the Mumbai Urban Transport Project, funded in part by the International Development Association
2013
UntitledThe Impact of Involuntary Resettlement on Children: A Case Study of the International Development Association Funded Bujagali Hydro-Power Dam
December, 2012
UntitledFailing to Assess Risks to Children: A Case Study on the Second National Water Development Project in Malawi
2011

 

Disabilities

The impact of the World Bank funded Uganda
Health systems strengthening project on persons with disabilities
August, 2015
Is the World Bank Reaching out of School Children with
Disabilities under ROSC II Project
December, 2015
Assessing Disability Inclusiveness of STEP in Bangladesh
December, 2015
UntitledA Case Study on Lima’s “Metropolitano”: Five years fighting for accessibility
November, 2015
UntitledThe impact of National Agricultural Advisory Services on the livelihoods of Ugandan peasant farmers
January 2015
Tanzania & Seychelles 1870Disabilities Campaign Overview
Danger Human Rights ViolationsWhy does the World Bank need to address disability in its Safeguard Policies?
BIC Logo just IDisability World Bank Safeguard Revised Policy
April, 2013
BIC Logo just ISubmission on Disability to the World Bank Safeguard Team
September, 2013

 

Energy & Extractives

15040169002_b782b7553b_bOutsourcing Development: Lifting the Veil on the World Bank Group’s Lending Through Financial Intermediaries, How the IFC is Quietly Funding a Coal Boom
October, 2016

MDB Climate Change Scorecard: Do the MDBs pass the 2 degree test?
December, 2015
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The World Bank Group’s Peru Portfolio and Climate Change
September, 2015
(Executive Summary|
Resumen Ejecutivo)
UntitledSustainable Energy For Equitable Development
April, 2010
BIC Logo just IQuick Reference Guide to Extractive Industries’ Revenue and Contract Transparency at the IFIs
January, 2010
UntitledEncouraging the World’s Addiction to Fossil Fuels
February, 2009
UntitledTarnished Gold: mining and the unmet promise of development
September, 2006
UntitledHow the World Bank’s Energy Framework Sells the Climate and Poor People Short
September, 2006

 

Forests

15040169002_b782b7553b_bOutsourcing Development: Lifting the Veil on the World Bank Group’s Lending Through Financial Intermediaries, How the IFC is Quietly Funding a Coal Boom
October, 2016

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October, 2016

A Case Study of the World Bank’s LASED Project in Cambodia
March, 2016
The World Bank Para Rural Integrated Development Project
May, 2016
Putting the “Drivers of Deforestation” in context
May, 2016
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October, 2015
UntitledAnalysis Of World Bank Finance & Forests June 2015
(Spanish|Español)
UntitledAnalysis of IFC Finance & Forests
June 2015
(Spanish|Español)
BIC Logo just ISafeguard submission on biodiversity, forests, and forest-dependent people
March 2015

 

UntitledThe Development of a National Safeguard System for REDD+ in Mexico
November, 2014
(Spanish|Español)
BIC Logo just ICivil Society Statement on ESS6- Biodiversity
July 2014
UntitledLas Comunidades Forestales Mexicanas Frente a REDD+
May 2014
(Spanish|Español)
UntitledFacilitating Indigenous Involvement in REDD+ in Costa Rica
March 2014
(Spanish|Español)

 

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA BIC Guide to The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
December, 2013
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERABIC Guide to the Forest Investment Program
December, 2013
BIC Logo just ICSO Submission on World Bank Forests and Natural Habitats Safeguards
April, 2013
BIC Logo just IREDD+ Safeguards in Indonesia
April 2012
(Executive Summary in Indonesian)

 

BIC Logo just ILetter to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Participants Committee
June, 2011
UntitledSecond Latin American Congress of National Parks and Protected Areas Info Brief October, 2007 (Spanish|Español)
Untitled World Bank brings “market-making” to tropical forests December, 2007

 

Human Rights

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The World Bank Group’s 2013-15 Agriculture for Action Plan
October, 2015
Human Rights and the World Bank: Case Studies from IDA Countries
October, 2013
UntitledReforming the World Bank Policy on Involuntary Resettlement April, 2013
BIC Logo just I Bringing Human Rights Claims to the World Bank Inspection Panel
October,2009
BIC Logo just IRecommendations for the Review of the Policy on Involuntary Resettlement 2009

 

Social & Environmental Standards

Outsourcing Development: Lifting the Veil on the World Bank Group’s Lending Through Financial Intermediaries
October, 2016
“Disaster for us and the planet”:
How the IFC is Quietly Funding a Coal Boom
October, 2016
BIC Logo just ISafeguards Case Study Compendium
October, 2013
BIC Logo just IEnvironmental and Social Assessment and Management (ESAM) Safeguard Policy
October, 2013
BIC Logo just IWhy CAS Should be Part of the Safeguard Review
June, 2013
BIC Logo just IWorld Bank Safeguards & Development Policy Lending
April, 2013
UntitledBIC views on architecture and scope of the safeguards review
April, 2013
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April, 2013
BIC Logo just I Reviewing World Bank’s Draft Country Environmental Analysis for Kosovo
August, 2012
Untitled Will Safeguards Survive the Next Generation of Development Finance?
June, 2012
BIC Logo just I The Brazilian Safeguard Regime, Its Application, and Recommendations for the Future
March, 2012
UntitledAnalysis of the World Bank Sustainable Environmental Management Development Policy Loan for Brazil
October, 2011

 

Toolkits


Country Partnership Frameworks – Influencing World Bank Investments ‘Upstream’
July 2017
BIC Logo just IAn Introduction to Country Partnership Frameworks
May, 2015
BIC Logo just IIntroduction to Country Assistance Strategies
March, 2014
Untitled Tools for Activists: An Information and Advocacy Guide to the World Bank Group 2013

World Bank Transparency Logo Unlocking the World Bank’s Access to Information Policy 2014

 

UntitledA guide to influencing the World Bank Board of Directors 2010
UntitledUnpacking the Asian Development Bank (ADB) July, 2008

UntitledInternational Financial Institutions and the Middle East & North Africa October, 2007
UntitledExamining the African Development Bank: A Primer for NGOs May, 2007

 

Transparency

BIC Logo just IBIC-CIEL-Oxfam submission to the World Bank Group on its new country engagement approach
May, 2014
BIC Logo just I Troubling Implications for Investment Lending Reform
October, 2010
World Bank Transparency LogoThe World Bank’s New Access to Information Policy
March, 2010
BIC Logo just IThe General Capital Increase New World – Same World Bank
March, 2010
BIC Logo just I Survey of Civil Society Participation in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and the Role of the World Bank February, 2010
BIC Logo just I Quick Reference Guide to Extractive Industries’ Revenue and Contract Transparency at the IFIs
January, 2010
Untitled Comments on Toward Greater Transparency Through Access to Information: The World Bank’s Disclosure Policy
May, 2009
Untitled Brief Comments on World Bank “Approach Paper”
April, 2009
Untitled World Bank Begins Transparency Policy Review
March, 2009
Untitled World Bank to Review Transparency Standards
February, 2009(Spanish | Español)
Untitled Assessment of International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group Extractive Industries
October, 2008
Untitled Discontent, Confusion, Non-Transparency: How to Become Relevant in Latin America July, 2007 (Spanish | Español)
Untitled Assessing World Bank Openness: A Transparency Scorecard September, 2006
BIC Logo just I World Bank Group Commitments on Revenue and Contract Transparency
April, 2006