Press Statement December 6, 2013 ‘Stand by the truth and lead from the front’: Religious leaders tell World Bank President Calling World Bank President Jim Kim’s inaction on a scathing report on Tata Mundra power project a “disappointment”, religious leaders wrote to him an open letter (full text appended), urging him to take “bold …
Nezir Sinani of Kosovo’s Institute for Development Policy explains the link between the development of coal-based energy solutions, energy costs, and poverty within Kosovo
The Institute for Development Policy (INDEP) has reviewed World Bank’s (WB) Draft Environmental Analysis for Kosovo and has identified significant errors in accounting for all environmental pollution-related costs.
Despite warnings from its own appeals body and communities, the Bank declined to take concrete actions to address major concerns over water availability, air quality, and others.
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 World Bank is funding another coal plant in an already polluted country. Are there no other alternatives?
Today residents of Obiliq, Kosovo carried out a protest against a new coal power plant that has funding from the World Bank and the support of the US government.
The Association for the Struggle for Fishworkers’ Rights calls out their Ombudsman for an assessment report that fails to take their social and environmental concerns into account.