In mid March the committee of participants for the Forest Carbon Partnership Fund (FCPF)met. The Bank Information Center expressed concerns that FCPF process is occurring "without any significant participation by indigenous peoples or civil society".
Safeguards
Rights
News
World Bank's "environment" loan to Brazil: for what?
Once again the World Bank is lending money to Brazil, but without adequate transparency or participation of civil society.
Environment
News
Karachaganak: IFC still out of compliance
The International Financial Corporation is still out of compliance more than 6 months after findings by the Office of Compliance, Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO) found it to have disregarded its own regulation of toxic chemical emissions at Karachaganak Oil and Condensation Field in Western Kazakhstan.
Environment
News
Inadequate implementation of IFC standards
Two new resources have been released by the Forest Peoples Programme.
Accountability
News
Bank failing on environment: IEG finds lack of coherence
In July the World Bank's internal watchdog, the independent evaluation group (IEG), released an assessment of the Bank's record on environment between1990-2007. Delicate wording aside, the evaluation finds that the Bank has performed poorly when it comes to a coherent integration of environmental goals into its country strategies and investment portfolios.
Accountability
News
IFI inspection mechanisms slam Bank faults in Uganda and Nigeria
The Bujagali dam project in Uganda and the West Africa Gas Pipeline project in Nigeria have been roundly criticised by the World Bank's Inspection Panel.
Accountability
News
UN calls for human rights accountability
A UN report says the World Bank's investment arbitration facility is at odds with the protection of human rights.
IFI governance
News
IFC's intermediaries neglect environment: evaluation
The Independent Evaluation Group found 'high development outcomes' in approximately two-thirds of projects funded by IFC-financed financial intermediaries (FI) which serve micro, small and medium enterprises.
Environment
Background
Dialogue with NGOs and Lars Thunell, Executive Vice President and CEO, IFC
Dialogue with NGOs and Lars Thunell, Executive Vice President and CEO, IFC
Rights
News
Panel investigates Ghana's landfill complaint
In October the board accepted the Inspection Panel's recommendation for a full investigation into a complaint filed by the NGO Centre for Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE)
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IMF surveillance and climate change transition risks
New briefing by ActionAid USA and the Bretton Woods Project highlights research showing that IMF policy advice has undermined a just energy transition since the Paris Agreement was signed.