Press Coverage

World Bank’s confab on land & poverty is a sham – CSOs

Source: GhanaWeb March 22, 2015 Farmer organisations, indigenous groups, trade unions and other civil society organisations, under the umbrella of “our land…

World Bank’s Conference on Land & Poverty is a Cruel Farce

Source: The Ecologist March 21, 2015 Oliver Tickell20th March 2015 On Monday the World Bank’s Conference on Land and Poverty begins in…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

TakePart: “Is the World Bank Helping the Poor—or the World’s Banks?”

Source: Be Magazine November 21, 2014 TakePart) While business-suited officials of the World Bank Group hold their annual conference in Washington, D.C.,…

World Bank rankings fail the needs of the Pacific – Pacific NGO

Source: Mai Life November 21, 2014 The recent praise handed down to some Pacific Islands from the World Bank’s 2015 Doing Business…

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