Los criticos aseguran que los estandares revisados de la CFI llevaran a un aumento y no a una disminucion de los casos de abuso social y del medio ambiente.
Indigenous peoples
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Bank failed to apply safeguards in DRC: Inspection Panel
A preliminary investigation by the Inspection Panel has reveled serious concerns about Bank programmes to develop the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Early repayment by paper firm relieves culpability for violence, says IFC
The International Finance Corporation has washed its hands of a violent eviction carried out by the Brazilian federal police in January on behalf of the pulp and paper company Aracruz Cellulose.
Environment
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IFC safeguard review finished: client risk over protecting rights
Critics assert that the IFC's new revised standards will lead to more not fewer cases of social and environmental abuse.
Environment
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UK reports on World Bank and IMF: More work to do
The UK's Department for International Development and Treasury released in late March annual reports on their relationship with the World Bank and the IMF respectively.
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IFC green gloss: new private sector guide to biodiversity
IFC launches private sector guide to biodiversity at convention in Curitiba
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La implementación del Banco Mundial deja que desear en asuntos de petróleo, gas
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Bank implementation falls short on oil, gas and mining
Civil society highlights the shortcomings of the Bank's management reponse to the extractive industries review.
Rights
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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.
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UK parliament hearings on World Bank, IMF
The UK all-party committee on international development held its evidence session on the annual meetings of the World Bank and IMF in October, with evidence heard from the Bretton Woods Project and the Rainforest Foundation, secretary of state for international development Hilary Benn, and representatives of the Treasury.
