Indigenous policy implementation weak

An official assessment of the Bank's compliance with its indigenous peoples (IP) operational directive confirms criticisms by indigenous peoples' organisations that the Bank's record is deficient. The Bank's IP directive was applied in just 62 percent of the 89 projects that affected IPs. The Operations Evaluation Department report said "the process of determining which groups are covered by the Bank's IP policy is in urgent need of clarification". The Bank will soon release another draft of its revised directive, at the same time as a more in-depth evaluation. Finalisation of the directive is now expected in October.

forestpeoples.gn.apc.org

www.worldbank.org/oed

This text may be freely used providing the source is credited.

This page is: <http://brettonwoodsproject.org/art.shtml?x=16074>

Published: 1 April 2003 , last edited: 27 May 2010

Viewings since posted: 3982

Articles: 3365

Advanced article search
Search newswire and resources

Επίκεντρο η Ελλάδα (Articles in Greek)
http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/el/
Με αφορμή την χωρίς προηγούμενο δραστηριότητα του ΔΝΤ στην Ελλάδα, το Bretton Woods Project παρέχει ορισμένα απο τα άρθρα του στα Ελληνικά.