As the fate of a World Bank loan to support reforms in Egypt remains unclear, civil society is taking proactive measures to ensure that future loans to the country are transparent.
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.
BIC outlines the World Bank’s current activities in Yemen and proposes that civil society engagement is necessary now more than ever.
The following interview highlights the work of Tunisian civil society activist Adel Beznine in the area of transparency in Tunisia.
101 civil society organizations from Cambodia and around the world call upon President Zoellick and President-Elect Kim to maintain the freeze until an agreement is reached.
In a meeting with Bank staff, Egyptian civil society and affected residents of North Giza farming communities raised concerns about a power project’s impacts on local livelihoods and the environment.
NGOs and communities say a transmission line to Kenya amounts to funding the disastrous impacts of Africa’s largest dam.
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.
International Rivers’ new report argues that the World Bank’s top-down approach to infrastructure should be replaced by a strategy that prioritizes the needs of the poor.
Almost a decade after the Extractive Industries Review (EIR), the consensus is that while some progress has been made on fighting corruption in extractive industries, there is still much more to do.