On May 27, 2014 more than 20 civil society organizations sent a letter to World Bank President Jim Yong Kim expressing concerns about two proposed new World Bank agricultural sector loans to Uzbekistan, the South Karakalpakstan Water Resource Management Improvement Project and the Horticulture Development Project.
On December 24, 2013 the World Bank Inspection Panel published its eligibility report for the RESP-II agriculture project in Uzbekistan. The Panel stated that there were potentially valid concerns raised by the requesters about the link between the World Bank project and harm caused by widespread and systematic forced child and adult labor. The Panel …
Congressional Briefing: Human Rights at the World Bank On December 19, in conjunction with the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. House of Representatives, BIC was pleased to co-host a Congressional briefing on human rights and the World Bank with Human Rights Watch and the Center for International Environmental Law. The purpose of the …
The Bank Information Center has just released a new study on the Kosovo water system. The study reflects concerns on the World Bank’s support for the proposed Kosovo Power Project (NKPP).
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
Madina Burieva, 12, imagines the good things the Rogun dam and its electricity will bring to people in the area Original image by flickr user Asian Development Bank (Creative Commons BY-NC 2.0) In June 2012, the Bureau of Human Rights and Rule of Law, BIC’s NGO Partner in Tajikistan, has accomplished the project of involuntary …
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.
Independent Syndicate of Energy of Kosovo (SPEK) meets with World Bank and U.S. government officials to discuss the effects of a new coal power plant project and the privatization of Kosovo’s electricity grid.
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.