Press Coverage

Trapped in the rubble, the Palu earthquake shows the cost of the World Bank’s pro-business agenda in Indonesia

Source: Lifegate October 17, 2018 The World Bank’s pro-business agenda has led to lax and risky construction rules in Indonesia, a fact…

Off the land: How the World Bank is facilitating rural dispossession

Third World Economics 16 – 30 September 2018 Through its Enabling the Business of Agriculture programme, the World Bank is paving the…

The wrongdoings of the Doing Business Rankings and the Corporate Take-Over of Agriculture

Source: Bretton Woods Project March 14, 2018 Frederic Mousseau Under the campaign ‘Our Land Our Business’, NGOs, trade unions, farmers’ organisations, consumer and…

The Elephant in the Room’: New World Bank Report Only Confirms Its Complicity In Sucking Resource-Rich African Nations Dry

Source: Atlanta Black Star February 16, 2018 D. Amari Jackson For more than a decade, the World Bank—the international financial institution that…

It’s Time to End the World Bank’s Biased Business Regulation Ratings

Source: Inequality.org January 18, 2018 After years of criticism from labor unions and other progressive groups, the Bank’s own chief economist is…

Chart of the Week #3: Why the World Bank Should Ditch the “Doing Business” Rankings—in One Embarrassing Chart

Source: Center for Global Development January 18, 2018 Justin Sandefur and Divyanshi Wadhwa Last week the World Bank’s Chief Economist, Paul Romer,…

How World Bank Unfairly Influenced its Own Competitiveness Rankings

Source: Business Standard January 13, 2018 Josh Zumbrun & Ian Talley | WSJ The World Bank’s chief economist said he would recalculate…

After 15 Years, World Bank’s Doing Business Report Still Missing the Mark

Source: Bretton Woods Project December 7, 2017 In October, the World Bank published its 15th Doing Business Report (DBR), Reforming to Create…

UN Expert Urges World Bank to Amend its Constitution to Effectively Advance Human Rights

Source: OHCHR September 14, 2017 GENEVA (14 September 2017) – The World Bank’s commitment to development can and should go beyond financing…

Sementi Tradizionali Sotto Attacco

Source: Fondazione Nigrizia Onlus January 30, 2017 di Marta Gatti Spinti dal lobbing dei giganti dell’agrochimica, sempre più paesi africani introducono leggi…

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