Oxfam International (OI) has launched a new campaign, Education Now: Break the Cycle of Poverty, calling for high-quality universal primary education by 2015.
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Indonesian farmers criticise Bank project
The Yayasan Duta Awam Foundation (YDA) has conducted a 15 month grassroots investigation of the Bank-financed Integrated Swamps Development Project.
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IMF/WHO collaboration
IMF staff have met Dr Bruntland, head of the World Health Organisation, to identify mechanisms for IMF-WHO collaboration.
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Little new in IMF/WB pilots
Several of the pilot ESAF collaboration studies between the IMF and world Bank are in trouble, and new countries may need to be selected.
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India power loan cleared
In February the World Bank’s Board cleared a $210 million dollar loan to the state of Andhra Pradesh, India after the United States Government decided to stop blocking the loan.
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Kyrgz mine spill lessons
A serious cyanide spill at an IFC- and MIGA-backed mine this May raises questions about the Bank Group environmental procedures for mines.
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Social policy limitations
Bob Deacon, Director of the Globalization and Social Policy Programme (based in Sheffield and Helsinki) criticised the World Bank’s stand on social policy at a recent Overseas Development Institute discussion meeting in London.
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NGO network on health and adjustment
A new European network has been established to work on the health impacts of debt and adjustment and promote good health policies.
Rights
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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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New Education Strategy
The Human Development Department of the World bank is preparing an Education Sector Strategy Paper (ESSP).
