East Asia & Pacific

Rights

Commentary

Whoever loses, the Bank always wins

The World Bank developed its campaign to 'combat' climate change through curbing carbon emissions from deforestation in tropical countries, but nobody noticed that the Bank, through its lending and development policies, has been promoting deforestation in tropical countries like Indonesia.

1 February 2008 | Guest comment

Rights

News

Bank violates indigenous rights

The World Bank-funded Nam Theun 2 (NT2) dam in Lao PDR is under scrutiny once again from NGOs, UN representatives and 'international experts' for its violation of human and indigenous peoples' rights, and its failure to achieve the development and environment goals it has promised

1 February 2008

IFI governance

News

Chinese tipped as Bank chief economist

Lin Yifu, or Justin Lin, was expected to be appointed as the Bank's chief economist, after the post had lain vacant for nearly four months.

1 February 2008

Finance

Background

Seminar on the new aid architecture in health: the way forward

Highlights of a seminar on the new aid architecture in health as part of the Programme of Seminars on 19 October at the World Bank-IMF annual meetings 2007.

23 October 2007 | Minutes

IFI governance

News

Bankspeak of the year 2006

Bankspeak of the year for 2006.

31 January 2007 | Humour

Land

Commentary

World Bank reconstruction role in Timor-Leste creating problems

Guteriano Nicolau S. Neves of the La'o Hamutuk Institute in Dili argues for a critical appraisal of the World Bank's role in the reconstruction of Timor Leste.

31 January 2007 | Guest comment

Rights

Commentary

Good governance or bad practices?

Maria Clara Couto Soares of ActionAid Brazil and Joy Chavez of Focus on the Global South reflect on their mistreatment at the hands of the Singaporean authorities at the 2006 World Bank-IMF annual meetings.

23 November 2006 | Guest comment

Rights

News

World Bank-IMF annual meetings 2006

The annual meetings of the World Bank and the IMF in Singapore faced controversy over the ‘blacklisting’ of civil society participants.

20 September 2006

IFI governance

News

World Bank - IMF annual meetings 2006

Highlights of key civil society and official events at the World Bank - IMF annual meetings in Singapore, 17 - 20 September 2006.

11 September 2006

Rights

News

Indonesia to host International Peoples Forum vs the IMF & World Bank

Asian movements together with an international group of networks, movements, campaigns and NGOs will be convening an International Peoples Forum vs the IMF and the World Bank on September 15 to 17 in Batam, Indonesia. The Forum will be a convergence of activities and actions that articulate critiques, express protest and assert alternatives to the roles, policies and operations of these institutions.

28 July 2006

IFI governance

News

Inspection Panel condemns Bank forestry project in Cambodia

A leaked Inspection Panel report heavily criticises a Bank's forestry management project in Cambodia.

19 June 2006

Rights

News

World Bank “pushing big dams” across Asia

Bank upscales its funding for large scale hydro in Pakistan and Inda, fails to adequately assess resettlement in China, and tries to take credit for increased investment in renewable energy and energy investment merely by increasing its funding for large high risk dam projects.

20 January 2006