Covid-19 pandemic highlights the urgent need for ICSID and wider ISDS reforms as cases threaten to undermine state efforts to protect public health.
IFC denies responsibility for harms to the community in dam case despite investigation findings.
World Bank board approves Tanzania education loan amid pregnant schoolgirls re-admission ban.
Bretton Woods Institutions found to share responsibility for social unrest leading to serious human rights violations.
World Bank and IFC identified as key funders of projects that endanger human rights defenders.
UN releases Guiding Principles on human rights impact assessments of economic reforms, begging the question of how the IMF will respond.
Report links IFC to environmental harm and human rights violations resulting from cattle industry expansion in Paraguay.
As the World Bank publishes a report calling for labour market deregulation, global trade unions fight back.
Joint letter to IFC chief executive officer raises questions on worker protections.
CSO framework evaluates consequences of private sector activity on right to health.
Bank responds to allegations with investigation into whether its China lending could be going to internment camps.
IFC announces changes to environment and social safeguards after historic United States Supreme Court ruling.
Notes from the Civil Society Policy Forum session on 12 April on the changing international tax landscape from a feminist perspective and challenging IFIs’ role in shaping it at the World Bank and IMF's 2019 Spring Meetings.
Defenders in Development Campaign welcomes IFC’s position on retaliation against human rights defenders in development but call for more specific actions
The World Bank-funded International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes has published its proposed changes to its rules for resolving disputes between states and foreign investors, with ongoing consultation.
Malaysian workers certify union of choice despite efforts of IFC-backed company.
