Disbursement of funds continues to be slow in the Forest Investment Program (FIP). The World Bank has responded to civil society groups’ criticism over the lack of consultation for FIP plans in Indonesia.
Indonesia
Environment
Analysis
A new dawn for climate investment as Climate Investment Funds sunset?
This week, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) gathers in Barbados for the eighth meeting since its inception.
IFI governance
Background
Emerging markets in transition: growth prospects and challenges
Notes of a meeting on emerging markets in transition at the World Bank-IMF annual meetings 2014
Private Sector
News
Civil society letter re: the IFC and lessons learned
A letter from civil society in response to the IFC's lesson learned briefing
Environment
Analysis
World Bank forests projects under fire
World Bank continues to strongly back REDD+ forest projects, which have been criticised for not consulting indigenous peoples or respecting land rights.
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
Finance
News
Final IDA 17 numbers shrink under scrutiny
The release of the final IDA paper in April confirmed that IDA 17 represents a 7.7 per cent decline in IDA resources. The replenishment saw a loan of $1 billion from China and less generous lending terms for IDA borrowers.
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.
Rights
News
World Bank blamed over 1965 Indonesia massacres
Images from an Oscar-nominated documentary exploring the history of Indonesia’s Suharto government and the killing of an estimated 1 million Indonesians during the 1960s has been screened on the walls of the World Bank to pressure it to acknowledge its support for Suharto.
Infrastructure
Analysis
World Bank courts controversial coal in India and Indonesia
Despite its increasingly strong rhetoric on tackling climate change the World Bank continues to fund contentious coal projects in India and Indonesia, including rejecting the findings of its accountability mechanism.
