A summary of anti-mining activity in Guatemala and an update on the Marlin mine investigation by the CAO.
Conflict
Rights
News
Evaluations of education, countries “under stress”
The World Bank’s Operations Evaluation Department is in the early stages of evaluations of the Bank’s work in education and in so-called low-income countries under stress.
Rights
Background
Gender in post-conflict reconstruction: The World Bank track record
A panel discussion on the World Bank's gender work on conflict prevention and reconstruction
Rights
Analysis
World Bank, IMF: Helping peace or creating conditions for war?
Recent involvement in countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq has put World Bank and IMF post-conflict operations in the spotlight. While some believe multilateral finance is essential, others argue that the Bank and the Fund are acting primarily as pawns of powerful diplomatic and economic interests.
Rights
Analysis
World Bank, IMF and armed conflicts
Recent involvement in countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq has put the World Bank and the IMF work post-conflict in the spotlight, with serious implications for their mandates and work methods.
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News
Bank and Fund figure out Iraq lending
Recent weeks have further clarified how the World Bank and the IMF are planning to…
IFI governance
News
Bank/Fund annual meetings 2003 round-up
Short assessment of key issues and decisions at Dubai annual meeting.
Rights
Background
The World Bank and conflict
Given the recent discussion on the potential roles for multilateral agencies in Iraq, how does the World Bank operate in post-conflict situations?
Rights
Background
Iraq and Afghanistan update
The World Bank relocated Iraq-based staff to Amman after one member died in the bomb…
Rights
News
Questions raised over World Bank post-conflict work
The World Bank is caught in a new political storm in Cambodia for cancelling $6.3 out of an $18 million loan for the demobilisation and reintegration of Cambodian soldiers. Meanwhile the Bank is criticized for refusing to directly back disarmament.