Press Coverage

US Corporations a Driving Force Behind ‘Unprecedented Wave’ of Global Land Privatization: Report

Source: Common Dreams July 14, 2020 by Julia Conley, staff writer “Unfettered capitalism has brought us to this disaster. We must halt…

Privatisation ‘Wave’ Hurts Poor as Pandemic Heightens Risks

Source: Reuters July 14, 2020 Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation BANGKOK, July 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A push to privatise land…

How Agri-Business Corporations Influence UN Institutions

Source: IDN-InDepthNews February 16, 2020 SAN FRANCISCO (IDN) – As Dr. Agnes Kalibata arrived in Rome on February 10, 2020 to meet…

World Bank, IMF and EBRD push for controversial land reform in Ukraine

Source: Bretton Woods Project December 12, 2019 A November article on news site Common Dreams analysed a bill that became a draft…

Mass Dispossession Through the Commodification of Land

Source: Amandla African News Weekly June 26, 2019 Under a new scheme, the World Bank seems intent on dismantling customary land laws…

World Bank Dispossessing Rural Poor

Source: IPS April 18, 2019 KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Apr 18 2019 (IPS) – The World Bank’s Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA) project, launched…

The World Bank is driving a failed strategy in the DRC

Source: The Africa Report April 23, 2019 In the DRC, the Bukanga Lonzo Debacle shows that agro-industrial parks are a false solution…

New Report Shows How World Bank Enables Corporate Land Grabs

Source: April 24, 2019 Alnoor Ladha, Truthout At the World Bank’s annual meeting this month, the Bank’s new president and former Trump…

The highest bidder takes it all: The World Bank’s new scheme to privatise land in the Global South

Source: The Bretton Woods Project April 4, 2019 Frédéric Mousseau SUMMARY The World Bank is launching an unprecedented attack on the commons…

Un Nouvel Indicateur Foncier Au Service De La Logique Néolibérale

Source: SOS FAIM March 27, 2019 – Défis Sud – Doing Business (DB) d’abord, Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA) ensuite. Les…

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