EnvironmentThis topic area covers: the impact of Bank and Fund policies and activities on the environment, including the impacts of individual projects; programmatic and sectoral lending; and Bank and Fund policy research. Subjects covered include: oil, gas and mining; forests, large hydroelectric projects; energy issues; agriculture; the Global Environment Facility (GEF); the World Bank's involvement in carbon trading; safeguard policies; environmental compliance with World Bank policies and international mechanisms ; and related infrastructure issues. read more background... Items 1 to 10 of 658UK civil society meeting with UK World Bank Executive Director Gwen Hines 9 April 2013Notes of a meeting with UK executive director to the World Bank Gwen Hines in April 2013 read article... Climate Investment Funds Monitor 7 April 2013The Climate Investment Funds (CIFs) are financing instruments designed to pilot low-carbon and climate-resilient development through the multilateral development banks (MDBs). They are comprised of two trust funds - the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) and the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF). read article... Working paper: The private sector and climate change adaptation International Finance Corporation investments under the Pilot Program for Climate ResilienceThis paper looks at PPCR projects implemented under the World Bank's private sector lending arm, the International Finance Corporation, highlighting important questions concerning the design, implementation and operation of projects financed from public climate funds using private sector actors. In summary, the analysis suggests that the integration of private sector projects into national planning processes and strategies is crucial. read article... Colombia case study: results measurement and poverty eradicationThis session examined Colombia's private sector partnerships and poverty eradication programme. read article... All you need to know: World Bank-IMF spring meetings 2013The 2013 spring meetings of the World Bank and IMF will take place from 18 to 20 April in Washington, DC. You will be able find links below to analysis of the communiqués as well as notes of some of the civil society and official meetings, as they become available. read article... Financial and housing crises, the Bank's safeguards and the right to adequate housingThis session featured a presentation from UN special rapporteur on the links between financial and housing crises, safeguards and the right to adequate housing. read article... Bending the arc of povertyThe session focused on the World Bank's development strategy, poverty eradication goals, global inequality, and the threat of climate change. read article... The challenges of advancing sustainability at the World BankThis panel discussion reflected on the major sustainability challenges facing the World Bank through exploring two World Resources Institute areas - a portfolio analysis on 2012 projects, and the interaction between country systems and World Bank safeguard approaches. read article... Spring meetings 2013: communiqués coverageCoverage of the communiqués from the G24, G20, IMFC and Development Committee at the 2013 spring meetings of the World Bank and IMF. read article... World Bank executive directors roundtable with CSOs 16 April 2013Minutes of an open roundtable with EDs that occurred during the 2013 spring meetings. read article... |
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