The International Finance Corporation approved a loan of $20 million to the Dominican Republic's largest Export Processing Zone operator, Grupo M, for a new development on the border with Haiti.
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IFC boss makes human rights pledge
Human rights issues will be a part of project and company assessment, says the head of the World Bank arm which provides finance to private companies.
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Pipeline approval sparks renewed criticism of Bank role
An outcry from NGOs has followed the World Bank Group decision to invest in a Central Asian oilfield and pipeline development.
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Chadians "mourn" while World Bank and oil companies celebrate pipeline
The coalition of Human Rights Associations in Chad has called for a national day of mourning on October 10, the date of the official inauguration of the Chad Cameroon Oil Pipeline.
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Leak reveals Bank oil pipeline threat to pillar of Georgian economy
Friends of the Earth has obtained clear evidence of the risks the proposed Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC)…
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IFC to “consider” inclusion of core labour standards
At a 23 September meeting during the IMF and World Bank annual meetings, the International Finance Corporation committed to adopt all of the core labour standards as standard conditions for future loans.
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Controversial extractives review nears endgame
Emil Salim, the 'Eminent Person' in charge of the Bank's Extractive Industry Review (EIR), has…
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IFC decision pending on controversial Haiti free trade zone
The Board of the International Finance Corporation, the World Bank’s private-sector arm, is in the final stages of approval for a loan for development of the first of a series of proposed free trade zones along the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
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Bank silent on corporate corruption in Lesotho
Controversy over the call for debarment of a Canadian contractor is proving a litmus test of the Bank's commitment to apply the same standards to corrupt Northern companies as it does to Southern governments.
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Bank funded Enron corruption: US Senate
A US Senate Committee found that the World Bank and US government institutions financed "questionable payments" by Enron for a Guatemalan power project.