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Civil Society Denounces World Bank’s Conference on Land and Poverty

Source: Truthout March 18, 2015 Oakland, CA – Every spring for the last fifteen years, the World Bank has organized the “Conference onLand and Poverty,” which brings together corporations,…

Civil Society Denounces World Bank’s Conference on Land & Poverty

Farmer organizations, indigenous groups, trade unions and other civil society organizations, under the umbrella of Our Land Our Business, call World Bank’s…

Africa’s only hope is Zim’s land reform model

Source: BH24 February 16, 2015 By Bernard Bwoni A recent report by the Oakland Institute revealed that there are billionaires from the…

Are Africans in the Diaspora short-sighted?

Source: The Patriot February 16, 2015 OF LATE, some Zimbabweans who are now resident (or citizens) in the UK, have been disposing…

The World Bank’s Sham Conference on Land and Poverty

The World Bank’s Sham Conference on Land and Poverty Friday, February 13, 2015 Every year for the last fifteen years, the World…

World Bank urged to axe its ‘doing business’ ranking

Source: Radio Australia February 10, 2015 Listen to the interview The ranking compares 189 nations, including most Pacific nations, on the ease…

Groups demand the U.S. Executive Director of the World Bank to Act to Phase Out Business Indicators

Tuesday, February 3, 2015. Contact: Anuradha Mittal, +1 510-469-5228, amittal@oaklandinstitute.org Aldo Caliari, +1 202-635-2757 x 134, acaliari@coc.org Groups demand the U.S. Executive Director…

Open Letter from Anuak Ethiopian Refugees to the President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim

Source: January 31, 2015 Dear Mr. President, We are the Requesters, Anuak refugees and asylum seekers based in Kenya (Dadaab, Kakuma and…

The World Bank Is Refereeing a Race to the Bottom

Source: Foreign Policy in Focus December 5, 2014 The World Bank’s landmark annual publication, Doing Business, ranks countries around the world based on…

On 1st December 2014 the Our Land, Our Business campaign sent the following open letter to The World Bank

Oakland, December 1, 2014 World Bank, Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA) Project Team Cc. Federica Saliola, Program Manager, World Bank Global…