Human rightsIn 2003, Roberto Danino, the World Bank's legal council, argued that the Bank should begin to consider non-economic issues, such as human rights, as long as it is related to projects the Bank intends to support and is done in a non-partisan manner. However, since his departure from the Bank, the gap between the rhetoric and implementation of rights has grown wider. Human rights remain visibly absent from World Bank safeguards and while the International Finance Corporation, includes some labour rights and indigenous peoples rights in its performance standards, they remain vague. This topic area covers: the impact of World Bank policies and projects on human rights, including economic and social rights, compliance mechanisms, private finance and the extractives industries. read more background... Items 1 to 10 of 219Climate 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... ¿En peligro la responsabilidad social?La controvertida Alianza Mundial para el Fortalecimiento de la Responsabilidad Social (GPSA - Global Partnership for Social Accountability) del Banco Mundial, un nuevo mecanismo para proporcionar financiación directa a las organizaciones de la sociedad civil (OSCs), tuvo su primera convocatoria de propuestas de mediados de febrero a mediados de marzo de 2013. read article... Social accountability compromised?The World Bank's controversial Global Partnership for Social Accountability, a new mechanism for the Bank to provide financing directly to civil society organisations, opened its first call for proposals from mid February to mid March. read article... Safeguards: World Bank urged to incorporate human rights commitments "in all of its activities"As the consultations on the World Bank's safeguards review progress, indigenous peoples groups and NGOs raised concerns over the process. There were also increased calls for the Bank to respect human rights in its policies, including a report from a UN Special Rapporteur. read article... IFC Honduran client linked to death squadsThe International Finance Corporation (IFC, the Bank's private sector arm) loan to Honduran palm oil producer Corporación Dinant has come under increased scrutiny as new evidence submitted to the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (the IFC's accountability mechanism) in late February revealed Dinant's links to repeated forced evictions and the killings of almost 90 local campesinos (peasant farmers) and their supporters. read article... 'Undesirable' Red-Dead canal deemed "feasible"The Bank's public consultation on its $9.97 billion 'Red Sea - Dead Sea Water Conveyance' project, which aims to "save the Dead Sea from environmental degradation" and increase hydro-power whilst building "a symbol of peace", ended in March. read article... World Bank's safeguards review extendedThe first phase of the Bank's safeguard review has been extended to mid-April with global consultations planned, including on seven emerging areas. read article... Safe in Bank hands? World Bank safeguards review launchedThe World Bank finally launched the two-year review of its environmental and social safeguard policies in October. read article... World Bank accused of racial discriminationAn online petition launched by an international group of current and former Bank staffers, justice for blacks, calls upon Human Rights Watch, the Bank’s governing board and the US government to investigate the Bank’s flagrant inability to uphold its policy of “zero-tolerance policy for discrimination”. read article... Climate Investment Funds Monitor 6 October 2012The 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... |
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