Oxfam International has published a guide for groups wanting to do work around Poverty Reduction Strategy processes in their countries.
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Development Gateway
Briefing examining the rise of the "Knowledge Bank" and how the World Bank has been threatened by, and now taken advantage of, the internet. Paper originally prepared for Oxford International Conference on Education and Development, September 2001.
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Engineers, campaigners condemn Bank for Dams Commission follow-up
The World Bank was praised for helping establish the World Commission on Dams, a body which included fierce critics and ardent proponents of dams. Now, however, it is under fire from both sides for failing to implement the Commission’s suggested new approaches to water and energy planning. The Bank’s new draft water strategy “seriously misrepresents” the Commission’s findings.
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IFC reviews social and environmental policies
The policies that govern the International Finance Corporation’s approach to core social and environmental issues are currently under review.
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Tanzanian authorities attempt to silence activists on Bulyanhulu case
Tanzanian authorities have arrested Rugemeleza Nshala, President of the Lawyers Environmental Action Team (LEAT), and raided the house of another LEAT lawyer, Tundu Lissu in connection with their investigations into abuses and irregularities at the World Bank-backed Bulyanhulu gold mine.
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Critics respond to Bank demands
The World Bank and anti-globalisation activists have now traded three rounds of demands and counter-demands since September this year.
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Arrests of Tanzania mine activists
In late November the Tanzanian authorities took action against an organisation which has been investigating the death and dispersal of artisanal miners at a project backed by the World Bank Group.
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Extractive Industries Review gets harsh reception
NGOs say the World Bank’s Extractive Industries Review (EIR), launched at a workshop in Brussels at the end of October, has severe shortcomings.
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Book examines World Bank campaigns
Civil society work on the international financial institutions is analysed in a new book.
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IFIs must respect human rights
The World Bank and the IMF are bound by obligations enshrined in international human rights covenants, and must incorporate human rights considerations in the formulation and review of their Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs).
