Human rightsCovers the impact of Bank and Fund work on people's rights. read more... BriefingsProgramme conditions, project safeguards: Quo vadis World Bank?This briefing clarifies the landscape of programme conditions and project safeguards and what it implies for a move towards responsible lending standards. read article... Consolidating ideology in law? Legal and judicial reform programmes at the World BankThe World Bank has vastly increased the resources it commits to good governance, with a large portion of that going to a complex and under-researched area: legal and judicial reform. Researcher Victoria Harris explores how the Bank uses such reforms to cement in place its preferred market-based development paradigm. read article... The elusive quest for ‘fiscal space’ The World Bank, the IMF and the UNDPFor the last several years the World Bank and IMF have squared off against governments, NGOs, UN agencies and even each other over the concept of ‘fiscal space’. This often nebulous and ill-defined term has caused much confusion. Nancy Alexander finds that at the heart of the matter is a difference of opinion over how and when governments should be allowed to invest in both infrastructure and basic services. read article... Items 1 to 9 of 184Dialogue with NGOs and Lars Thunell, Executive Vice President and CEO, IFCDialogue with NGOs and Lars Thunell, Executive Vice President and CEO, IFC read article... Piden al Banco que proteja los derechosEl Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU tuvo su séptima sesión en Ginebra en marzo del 2008, donde se publicaron una serie de informes pidiendo una mejor rendición de cuentas del Banco Mundial de acuerdo con el derecho internacional de los derechos humanos read article... Lógica con escapes: Las represas de tres paísesRecientes informes han hecho nuevas preguntas sobre los impactos de las represas financiadas por el Banco Mundial en Uganda y Lao PDR, al tiempo que al Banco en Mozambique muy probablemente se le estará pidiendo financiar un controversial proyecto liderado por China. read article... Camisea y el Banco Mundial: Una oportunidad pérdida para mejorarHace unas semanas Internacional Finance Corporation IFC del Banco Mundial aprobó un préstamo para el proyecto de exportación de gas de Camisea, denominado Camisea II en el Perú. Pese que el proyecto Camisea ha sido cuestionado en Perú por problemas ambientales, sociales, y ahora económicos, el ICF no dudo mucho en aprobar el préstamo para el consorcio del lote 56, cuyo operador es Hunt Oil (Peru NLG). read article... El Banco impotente ante los abusos en ChadEl Presidente de Chad, Idriss Déby, utilizó el intento del fracasado golpe de estado de febrero del 2008, para caer sobre los críticos del oleoducto Chad-Camerún apoyado por el Banco. read article... Palacio renuncia: ¿Hubo progreso en los derechos?Sigue adelante la renuncia de Ana Palacio, la Consejera General del Banco Mundial, quien dejará el cargo a mediados de abril del 2008. La noticia ha producido sentimientos de esperanza para el Fondo del Fideicomiso de Justicia y Derechos Humanos Nórdica. read article... World Bank powerless to end Chad abusesChadian president Idriss Déby has used February's failed coup attempt to clamp down on critics of the Bank-supported Chad-Cameroon pipeline. read article... Palacio resigns: progress on rights?The resignation of World Bank general counsel Ana Palacio who will step down mid-April has raised hopes that the Nordic Justice and Human Rights Trust Fund may now move forward. read article... |
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