The World Bank has been very active at the Johannesburg summit.
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NGOs criticise the Bank’s water strategy
The Bank’s draft Water Resources Sector Strategy has been faulted by critics for distorting the findings of the World Commission on Dams, continuing to support high-cost megaprojects and emphasizing privatisation.
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Book gives platform to activists
A new book sets out the demands and analytical positions of many of the protesters against economic globalisation.
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Forest Policy "fails to address deforestation"
NGOs working on forest issues have charged that the Bank's revised draft Forest Strategy ignores advice given by both civil society and the Bank’s own Technical Advisory Group.
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Malawi Economic Justice Network Civil Society Briefing Issue 16
Malawi Economic Justice Network Civil Society Briefing Issue 16
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SAPRIN findings overwhelming, but Wolfensohn tells NGOs to “change their tune”
Authors of the recently released Structural Adjustment Policy Review Initiative Network report find that SAPs have contributed to the further empoverishment and marginalization of local populations and increased economic inequality. Bank president James Wolfensohn responds that he wishes critics would focus on where the Bank is going and not where it has been.
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The Ugandan PRSP Experience
Meeting with Rick Rowden, RESULTS, 31 May 2002
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New IFI newsletter in spanish
A new bulletin, Info-IFI, aims to inform Spanish-speaking readers about the actions of the Multilateral Development Banks.
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Boycott of WB bonds reaches Europe
European youth group ASEED organised a four day meeting in March to discuss the European development of the World Bank Bond Boycott campaign.
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IFC backs Laos gold mine
Serious environmental and social concerns have been raised about a Rio Tinto gold mine in Lao PDR which is to receive $30 million from the International Financial Corporation.
