In October the Bank Information Center held a strategy meeting for 80 people from NGOs and foundations concerned about the World Bank.
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Green project causes plant closure
Bulgarian NGOs are angry about the sale of a major copper smelter to a Belgian company as part of a World Bank environment project.
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Bank boss meets rights groups
Leading human rights NGOs met World Bank President Wolfensohn in June.
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Mining conference
A World Bank conference this July in Padang, Papua New Guinea, discussed “mining and the community in South-East Asia” but many NGOs known to represent mine-affected people were not invited.
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NGO approach debated
In March the Bank Board discussed the Bank’s approach to NGOs.
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IMF PR tour
The IMF is holding a meeting in late May in Ghana to explain its strategy to NGOs there.
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IFC slammed by Anthropologists Association
In April Jane Hill, President of the American Anthropological Association, wrote a strong letter to Bank Group President James Wolfensohn and Carol Lee, IFC Vice President and General Counsel.
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Sydney Workers’ Rights Push
World Bank officials at a conference in Sydney last November were pressed by AID/WATCH and trade union officials to introduce mandatory labour standards.
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Bankcheck RIP
The magazine Bankcheck, jointly produced by the International Rivers Network and the Development Group for Alternative Policies, has ceased production after 7 years of informative critical analysis of the World Bank and IMF.
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Social aspects of WB analysis under scrutiny
A lead article in Development Anthropologist contains a fascinating account of the World Bank’s approach to social issues.
