The World Bank should compensate communities affected by the Pak Mun Dam in Thailand, argues a new report by International Rivers Network.
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World Bank “coopted NGOs”
The Economist (11th December 1999) carried a lengthy article on NGO campaigning on international institutions.
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Useful web bulletins
Bretton Woods Updates are archived on the web. Enter topic names under site search to find articles from back issues, plus more links.
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Prague 2000
A small group of NGOs has begun to discuss common initiatives towards the World Bank/IMF annual meetings in Prague next September.
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Bank to seek capital increase
It looks likely that the World Bank Group will seek a rare capital increase for its International Bank for Reconstruction and Development arm.
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Civil society engagement in Consultative Groups
UK NGO Christian Aid has begun a research project on the role of civil society groups in Consultative Group and Round Table donor coordination and planning bodies.
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Call to halt aid after Timorese massacres
Massacres perpetrated and condoned by the Indonesian army have led to calls to halt World Bank and IMF aid programmes to Indonesia.
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Oil-Palm Watch
Indonesian NGOs, concerned about the spread of oil palm plantations since the onslaught of the crisis, have formed “Sawat (Oil Palm) Watch”.
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Strikers in Colombia in protest at IMF and debt
In late August Colombian labour unions began an indefinite national strike in protest at the government’s political, social, and economic agenda and calling on the government to declare a moratorium on the payment of its internal and external debt.
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Major Bank pollution prevention handbook out
After 5 years of preparation the World Bank and IFC have jointly published a Pollution Prevention and Abatement Handbook.
