BriefingsFacilitating whose power? WB and IMF policy influence in Nigeria's energy sectorDespite rhetoric to the contrary, the World Bank's energy portfolio still fails to reap the double dividend of renewable energy technologies that would tackle both energy poverty and climate change. Nigerian economic policies shaped by World Bank and IMF recommendations, policy agreements and conditionality have so far lead to a dysfunctional electricity privatisation process, a heavy and as yet unfulfilled reliance on reform of the gas sector, and the failure to make any widespread practical progress on pro-poor, decentralised renewable energy read article... Programme conditions, project safeguards: Quo vadis World Bank?This briefing clarifies the landscape of programme conditions and project safeguards and what it implies for a move towards responsible lending standards. read article... The IFC's lessons of experience & the Chad-Cameroon oil and pipeline projectIn September 2006 the IFC published its first issue of a new publication entitled Lessons of Experience. However, the IFC's lessons drawn from the external compliance monitoring group in the Chad-Cameroon project read more like a tool to market the concept of external monitors to IFC clients than lessons meant to design a more effective role for the external monitor in improving implementation of social and environmental commitments. read article... 94 itemsWorld Bank-IMF spring meetings 2008At this year's spring meetings, the World Bank faced increasing opposition to its plans to tackle climate change, while the IMF was forced to admit that the lack of democracy in its governance is probably why it missed the boat on the credit crisis. read article... Facilitating whose power? WB and IMF policy influence in Nigeria's energy sectorDespite rhetoric to the contrary, the World Bank's energy portfolio still fails to reap the double dividend of renewable energy technologies that would tackle both energy poverty and climate change. Nigerian economic policies shaped by World Bank and IMF recommendations, policy agreements and conditionality have so far lead to a dysfunctional electricity privatisation process, a heavy and as yet unfulfilled reliance on reform of the gas sector, and the failure to make any widespread practical progress on pro-poor, decentralised renewable energy read article... World Bank powerless to end Chad abusesChadian president Idriss Déby has used February's failed coup attempt to clamp down on critics of the Bank-supported Chad-Cameroon pipeline. read article... Highlights of BWI-UK network meeting with Caroline Sergeant, 7 February 2008Highlights of NGO meeting with alternative executive director to the World Bank, Caroline Sergeant read article... Bujagali dam under second investigationAs a result of claims submitted by the Ugandan NGO, National Association of Professional Environmentalists, the Bujagali dam is under investigation again read article... Panel investigates Ghana's landfill complaintIn October the board accepted the Inspection Panel's recommendation for a full investigation into a complaint filed by the NGO Centre for Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) read article... Bank violates own policies in CongoThe findings of an Inspection Panel investigation into the Bank's failure to comply with its own safeguard policies in its support for forest sector reforms in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was discussed by the board in January read article... IFC offloads illegal timber traderthe IFC has offloaded its 3.35 per cent equity stake, worth up to $7.5 million in the Singapore-based global commodities trader, Olam International read article... |
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