Environment

Analysis

Climate Investment Funds Monitor 9

Latest update on the World Bank-housed Climate Investment Funds ahead of their June meetings. Covers key trends in projects related to clean technology, resilience to climate change, forests and renewable energy

Environment

Analysis

Scaling up Renewable Energy Program (SREP)

Update on the Scaling up Renewable Energy Program (SREP) from CIFs Monitor 9

Environment

Analysis

Forest Investment Program (FIP)

Update on the Forest Investment Program (FIP) from CIFs Monitor 9

Environment

Analysis

Clean Technology Fund (CTF)

Updates on the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) from CIFs Monitor 9

Environment

Analysis

Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR)

Updates on the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) from CIFs Monitor 9

Social services

Analysis

Going, going, gone?

IFC accused of “McDonaldisation” of education, with investment in low-fee private schools, despite evidence of negative impacts on inequality.

Land

Analysis

Corporatising agriculture

World Bank’s Benchmarking the Business of Agriculture rankings are unlikely to benefit the world’s smallholder farmers, but could instead facilitate corporate land grabs.

IFI governance

Analysis

World Bank-IMF spring meetings 2014

Bretton Woods Project coverage of the 2014 spring meetings with links to analysis of the communiqués and notes of key civil society and official meetings.

IFI governance

Analysis

Spring meetings 2014: communiqués coverage

Detailed analysis of the communiqués from the 2014 World Bank and IMF spring meetings.

Private Sector

Analysis

Follow the money

New Bretton Woods Project report reveals World Bank Group channelling crucial development resources to banks instead of directly investing in pro-poor projects.

Infrastructure

Analysis

Costly dams criticised

In March the Bank approved funding related to the controversial Inga 3 dam project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, while an academic study finds large dams often are neither cost efficient nor carbon neutral.

Environment

Analysis

World Bank’s climate change crusade: rhetoric or reality?

The World Bank is focussing significant time and resources into promoting itself as an agent for tackling climate change, but is still funds dirty energy through coal and gas projects, most recently in China.