04 Nov 2007
People's Tribunal against WB, IMF and ADB announced in Bangladesh
BanglaPraxis, http://banglapraxis.wordpress.com/
http://banglapraxis.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/people's-tribunal-against-wb-imf-adb-announced-in-bangladesh/
November 4
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23 Oct 2007
How to aid destruction
Robert Goodland / the Guardian
My former employers, the World Bank, are damaging the planet and punishing the poor
Robert Goodland
Tuesday Octobe
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17 Oct 2007
The World Bank's New President Should Address its Dam Past, Change its Future Path
IRN
International Rivers Network Press Release
October 17, 2007
Contact:
Ann-Kathrin Schneider (in Washington
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18 Sep 2007
Environmentalists slam ABN–AMRO/World Bank Eco-3 Plus Note
The World Bank bonds and notes are not ethical
Environmentalists slam ABN – AMRO & World Bank Eco-3 Plus Note
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13 Sep 2007
KASHAGAN OIL OPERATIONS SHOULD NOT RESUME - NGOs express grave concerns about environmental, health and social impacts of the Kashagan oil field development
Friends of the Earth Europe, Friends of the Earth France, Campaign to Reform the World Bank,
CEE Bankwatch, Globus
Atyrau, Brussels, Paris, Prague, Rome 13 September 2007 - A coalition of NGOs monitoring the detrimental impacts of the
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12 Aug 2007
At World Bank, Climate Change Isn't Part of The Equation
Judy Pasternak, The Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times
Judy Pasternak
August 12, 2007
WASHINGTON — At the World Bank — heavily influenced by its la
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01 Aug 2007
Actions at the IMF and the World Bank meetings: Washington DC, October 19-21, 2007
For more information:
www.octoberrebellion.org
The misery, marginalization, and impoverishment forced on millions by
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14 Jul 2007
World Bank panel probing West Africa gas pipeline
Reuters Sat 14 Jul 2007
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A World Bank panel is probing possible violations
of bank procedures around its funding for the
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11 Jul 2007
World Bank's friendship with corporate sector
Shalmali Guttal, Down to Earth, Vol. 16, No. 5, July 11, 2007
Every year, the World Bank channels about US $18-20 billion to developing countries in the form of loans and grants with
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26 Apr 2007
Ecuador expels World Bank envoy
BBC news
26 April 2007
Ecuador\'s President Rafael Correa has ordered the expulsion of the World Bank\'s representative in the
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25 Apr 2007
Wolfowitz deputy under fire over climate
Krishna Guha, Financial Times, April 24 2007 22:29
One of Paul Wolfowitz’s two handpicked deputies, Juan José Daboub, tried to water down references to climate chan
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20 Mar 2007
FINANCE: Never Too Poor to Spend?
Emad Mekay
WASHINGTON, Mar 20 (IPS) - The World Bank is encouraging foreign investors and businesspeople to start pursuing the worl
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15 Mar 2007
Dam project brings Laos cash and controversy
Ioannis Gatsiounis International Herald Tribune
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2006
SOP HIA, Laos Near this dusty village of 51 houses, amid remote hills in the center of landl
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14 Mar 2007
New European campaign challenges the World Bank
On Monday 5 March over 65 non-governmental organisations from across Europe launched a new campaign to challenge the Wor
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11 Mar 2007
WB offers $125-M loan to Maynilad concessionaire
GMANews.TV
03/11/2007 | 04:58 PM
The World Bank said it is still interested to offer $125-million loan to support the new Maynil
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10 Mar 2007
Europeans asked to pull strings at World Bank
Emad Mekay
WASHINGTON, Mar 10 (IPS) - Campaigners across Europe have called on their governments to withhold funds from the World B
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28 Feb 2007
New Report: The Carbon Neutral Myth
- Offset Indulgences for your Climate Sins -
Carbon offsets (for example, paying people to plant a tree for your plane trip) are the modern day indulgences, sold to
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30 Nov 2006
World Bank approves loan for controversial pulp mill
The World Bank decided on November 21 to finance the large pulp mill project, built by a Finnish pulp company Metsä
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20 Oct 2006
Save our climate not their profits - 'teach-in' protest during climate conference in Amsterdam
On October 16, 2006 a group of 50 citizens and civil society organizations e
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16 Oct 2006
The World Bank's energy financing
For many decades the World Bank has supported large and centralised thermal and hydropower projects and the privatisatio
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11 Apr 2004
UK’s largest ethical bank won’t touch World Bank private sector bonds
Press release|Bretton Woods Project
11th April 2006 - Leading development and environment NGOs, including Christian Aid and Friends of the Earth, hav
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17 Jul 2003
ASN Bank withdraws investments from the European Investment Bank and the World Bank
Following a detailed sustainability analysis, ASN Bank directly put an end to its investments in the European Investment
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