South AsiaAfghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. read more... Items 1 to 9 of 53Sri Lankan small farmers slam World BankLocal farmers and agriculture activists in Sri Lanka have slammed World Bank intervention in the agricultural sector, saying it has caused the eradication of small-scale cultivation and resulted in high food prices, in particular rice and wheat. read article... IMF humiliates Bangladeshi officials over tax lawThe Dhaka-based New Nation newspaper reports in January that the IMF has over stepped its bounds in trying to convince the government to reform its tax policy. read article... Addressing the legacy of big damsTwo recent publications by NGO International Rivers unearth how the legacy of past World Bank dam projects remains unaddressed. read article... IMF flees BangladeshAn IMF mission visited Dhaka in September 2007 to sign a PSI and put another chain around the country's neck. But the people of Bangladesh did not behave as the mission expected. They said a loud “NO” to the IMF mission. read article... Activists torpedo IMF deal in BangladeshBangladesh’s caretaker government, which has been in power since a political crisis over elections in late 2006, has faced controversy over its negotiations with the IMF for a new programme following the end of Bangladesh’s PRGF in June. read article... Bank re-engages in Indian damsIn September the Bank approved a $00 million loan for the 412 megawatt Rampur dam read article... World Bank dams provoke hunger strikes in PakistanIn February affected communities, and local NGOs undertook a hunger strike in protest against the implementation of the Bank funded water project of the Taunsa Barrage Emergency Rehabilitation and Modernisation. read article... Indian forestry project violates safeguardsAn Indian forestry project is found to violate Bank safeguards. read article... |
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