New Bank report highlighting benefits of privatisation heavily criticised by NGOs, pointing to the impact on communities in the Philipines, left without water.
Philippines
Environment
Analysis
Clean Technology Fund (CTF)
Chapter of CIFs Monitor 8 on the Clean Technology Fund (CTF)
Environment
Commentary
Future of public climate finance: What should happen to the Climate Investment Funds?
In a new blog, posted on TripleCrisis the Bretton Woods Project outlines why the Green Climate Fund, rather than the Climate Investment Funds should be the main channel to distribute climate finance.
Environment
Background
The economic case for climate action
Minutes from a World Bank/IMF seminar on climate change during the World Bank/IMF annual meetings 2013.
Environment
Commentary
An easy call: IFC should quit MRL mining project
The IFC should terminate its support to MRL's Philippine mining venture for not following their guidelines, and more than that, for ignoring the Philippine law concerning indigenous peoples.
Environment
IFC ignores rights in the Philippines?
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank's private sector lending arm, has been accused of neglecting the rights of indigenous people in the Philippines.
Conditionality
News
Anyone with experience taxing sin?
The Philippine finance ministry asked for technical assistance from the both the IMF and the World Bank on the design of sin taxes.
Accountability
News
IMF Manila rep moved after data leaks
The IMF is replacing the head of its Manila mission, Joshua Felman, after he was linked to leaks of confidential information.
News
Philippines meeting to assess alternatives to globalisation
IBON Foundation Inc. and BAYAN (New Patriotic Alliance) are organising a conference from 8-11th November to discuss alternative strategies and paradigms to neo-liberal globalisation.
