The World Bank has long failed to implement its policy on how to treat those displaced by the projects it funds, currently some 3.
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World Commission report has far-reaching implications
On 16 November the World Commission on Dams (WCD) launched its final report.
Infrastructure
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Bank president faces Narmada activists
In October the Indian Supreme Court ruled that construction could restart on the Sardar Sarovar dam.
Rights
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China project shakes Bank
The campaign by pro-Tibetan and other groups to press the World Bank to drop the China Western Poverty Project caused a major political battle at the institution during June.
Rights
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Bank assessment policies discussed
The latest issue of News and Notices for World Bank Watchers discusses World Bank social and environmental assessments and calls for a new “dynamic assessment” procedure.
Rights
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Panel Slams Bank On China Project
The Wall Street Journal ran an article on 4 May stating that “the World Bank badly mishandled an anti-poverty project that would resettle 58,000 Chinese farmers onto hotly disputed farmlands traditionally inhabited by ethnic Tibetans, according to a report by an internal bank watchdog panel”.
Infrastructure
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Pak Mun Dam Controversy Fuelled
The Thai authorities and the World Bank, the main funders for the Pak Mun dam project, hailed the dam as a big success, but the World Commission on Dams (WCD) recently released a critical evaluation.
Infrastructure
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Thai dam compensation demanded
The World Bank should compensate communities affected by the Pak Mun Dam in Thailand, argues a new report by International Rivers Network.
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Bank resettlement policy conversion
In July some NGOs received letters from Maninder Gill at the World Bank seeking comments on the proposed conversion of its Operational Directive (OD) on Resettlement.
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Poverty project endangers Tibetans
In early June the World Bank rushed to defend the proposed China Western Poverty Project from charges that it would disrupt the lives of ethnic Tibetans and had undergone too limited environmental scrutiny.