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World Bank on gender: walking the equality talk?

4 August 2014

The World Bank is increasingly highlighting barriers to women accessing economic and social rights. However, it has been accused by NGOs of neglecting gender equality in the new draft of its safeguards policy framework.

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Evicted Nigerian residents denied full investigation by World Bank’s Inspection Panel

Some 9,000 evicted residents of a Lagos community have been denied justice by the World Bank's Inspection Panel as Amnesty International says the Bank is "complicit" in the process.

19 August 2014

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Accountability mechanism strongly criticises IFC loan to Honduran bank

An audit by the IFC’s accountability mechanism says the IFC failed to adequately address environmental and social risks when it approved a $70 million loan to Honduran bank Ficohsa.

13 August 2014

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Tajikistan’s proposed mega-dam spells disaster for local communities

Whilst the World Bank’s assessment gives the green light to the world’s tallest dam in Tajikistan, a Human Rights Watch report highlights severe damage to local communities.

12 August 2014

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Consultation launched on new draft World Bank safeguards

The World Bank has released a first draft of its new safeguards framework for consultation, despite concerns from civil society organisations and indigenous peoples groups.

4 August 2014

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6 August 2014

Who’s poor? New estimates of PPPs led to halving of World Bank’s poverty numbers

A May World Bank-led statistical operation has used a new method to estimate purchasing power parities, allowing it to more than halve the estimated number of people living on below $1.25 per day.

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22 July 2014

World Bank criticised for rejecting Doing Business reform

In response to the World Bank’s rejection of significant reform to its revised Doing Business Report methodology, civil society organisations wrote a letter in July to Bank president Jim Yong Kim.

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14 July 2014

Luiz Vieira joins the Project

Luiz has joined the Project as Coordinator. Previously he served for eight years as the chief of mission for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Timor Leste.

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