More than 100 organisations across the world released a joint open statement expressing deep concerns about the World Bank’s support for a multinational chain of low-fee profit-making private primary schools targeting poor families in Kenya and Uganda, Bridge International Academies (BIA).
Photo: Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank CC BY-NC-ND The Bank Information Center (BIC), Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), and Oxfam International have submitted recommendations to the World Bank Group on its proposed new approach to country engagement. As part of the new World Bank Group (WBG or Bank) Corporate Strategy that was approved in October …
Photo: © Kemal Jufri / Greenpeace A letter from over 30 civil society organizations, delivered on May 7th 2014, urges World Bank President Kim to include Development Policy Lending (DPL) in the ongoing Safeguard Policy Review and conduct a thorough assessment of DPL performance in avoiding or mitigating social and environmental risks. The World Bank Board Committee …
Photo: Gerald Simmons CC BY 2.0 Model Proposal: Climate Change Assessment (CCA) Safeguard Policy Submission to the World Bank Safeguard Policy Review Unlike many institutions, the Bank has not yet formally integrated climate issues into its operational policies. Most notably, the current Safeguard Policy framework does not adequately address the challenges a changing climate presents …
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 …
The World Bank has responded to a CSO letter calling on the World Bank to address the needs of children in safeguard policies
Bank Information Center coordinates sign-on letter to the World Bank regarding the need for explicit protections for children in the World Bank safeguards review process
World Bank proposal to reform Investment Lending Operational Policies threaten to dilute key Safeguard enabling requirements and could severely reduce accountability at the Bank. Together with other recent developments, these reforms to investment lending suggest a systematic dilution of the Bank’s social, environmental, and transparency standards, most of which have been undertaken through non-transparent and non-participatory processes.
Following Burmese civil society and ethnic organizations’ letter to the World Bank Board and management about concerns over a rushed and secretive consultation process, the World Bank responds and posts the summary Interim Strategy Note for Burma The posted summary Interim Strategy Note (ISN) for Burma outlines the World Bank’s planned activities over the next …
An Indian civil society group responds to an invitation from Country Director Roberto Zagha to attend a consultation workshop on the proposed Country Partnership Strategy with an open letter decrying past World Bank actions.