The World Bank’s action plan responding to an internal review on the bank’s resettlement practices does not address the serious failings the review found, 85 non-governmental organizations and independent experts from 37 countries said today in a letter to the World Bank president, Jim Yong Kim.
A new report, “The Suffering of Others” finds the International Finance Corporation has little accountability for billions of dollars’ worth of investments into banks, hedge funds and other financial intermediaries, resulting in projects that are causing human rights abuses around the world.
The World Bank seems eager to provide financial support to the Kosovar government for construction of a new coal-based power plant. But what about the people who are in the path of the expanded power plant and coal mine? Kosovo and the World Bank are trying to avoid responsibility for the impoverishment and suffering that will surely come on the heels of the involuntary resettlement of over 7,000 Kosovars from their homes and communities.
Like previous safeguard consultations, Lima was draped in a sense of secrecy with a total lack of transparency from the get go. The response of civil society groups in Lima to the draft safeguard policies presented by the Bank was very straight-forward, outright rejection.
A new case study on the development of a national safeguard system for REDD+ in Mexico was just published by Bank of Information Center (BIC), the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), and Mexican Environmental Law Center (CEMDA).
Child Rights Organizations express disappointment over poorly managed Tanzania Safeguards consultation.
BIC’s World Bank Safeguards Campaign celebrates the International Day of Persons with Disabilities by working with Disabled Persons Organizations (DPOs) and civil society organizations (CSOs) in Lima, Peru to build and enhance their capacity on the World Bank.
BIC recently coordinated a sign-on letter to President Kim in reaction to the draft safeguard policies. Over fifty organizations endorsed the letter that reflected on the updated policies from a child rights perspective.
Yemeni Parliamentarians Against Corruption (YPAC) launched its new project funded by OXFAM Novib through which it will establish a parliamentary group to monitor grants and loans made to the Yemeni government by international financial institutions and other donors. A three day workshop to launch the project was held in Amman, Jordan from the 8th to …
September 2014 18 individuals representing civil society organizations from Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen met in Amman, Jordan in September 2014 to discuss where each country is currently in the Country Partnership Framework (CPF) process with the World Bank and how participants can build on the experience of their colleagues in other MENA region countries, as …