A number of new reports have come out in criticism of the IFC's recent revision of its lending standards.
Safeguards
Environment
News
Finaliza la revision sobre las salvaguardas de CFI: riesgo antes que la protección
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.
IFI governance
Background
Briefing on the implementation of new IFC performance standards
Briefing on the implementation of new IFC performance standards at the World Bank-IMF spring meetings in Washington, 20 April 2006.
Rights
Commentary
UK’s largest ethical bank won’t touch World Bank private sector bonds
Leading development and environment NGOs, including Christian Aid and Friends of the Earth, have today…
Rights
News
Audit finds MIGA at fault in DRC mine
The independent audit of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman was made public in February.
IFI governance
News
Where did the Inspection Panel go?
After a relatively quiet year in 2005, the Inspection Panel will move back into the limelight over the coming months as it issues a series of reports and decisions on requests for investigation. The Bretton Woods Project talked with Eduardo Abbott, Executive Secretary of the Panel secretariat about Wolfowitz, the attack on safeguards, and the impact that the Panel is having on the Bank.
Rights
News
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
News
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.
IFI governance
News
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.
Environment
News
IFC green gloss: new private sector guide to biodiversity
IFC launches private sector guide to biodiversity at convention in Curitiba
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