Press Releases

Under Guise of Climate Action, the World Bank Launches Fresh Offensive on Land Rights

—FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE— April 30, 2025; 9:00 AM PDT Media Contact: Frederic Mousseau, fmousseau@oaklandinstitute.org, +1 510-512-5458 A new report exposes the exploitation…

Amidst Chaos of War, A New Report Exposes the Stealth Take-over of Ukrainian Agricultural Land

—FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE— February 21, 2023; 5:00 AM PST Media Contact: amittal@oaklandinstitute.org, +1 510-469-5228 One year into the war, a new report…

World Bank Riddled With Major Flaws : Doing Business Report Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg

–FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE— September 23, 2021 Washington DC, USA The World Bank has announced that it will discontinue the publication of its flagship Doing…

A Landmark Victory: World Bank Finally Ends Its Destructive and Corrupt Doing Business Report

—FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE— September 16, 2021, 7:00 PM PT Media Contact: Anuradha Mittal, amittal@oaklandinstitute.org +1 510-469-5228 The World Bank announced today it…

Ceasing Publication of the Doing Business Report

Letter to the World Bank Executive Directors March 11, 2021 We write as concerned members of the civil society organisations, academia and…

Driving Dispossession Webinar – September 17, 9:30 – 11:00 AM PT

Maungdaw, Myanmar – Farm laborers and livestock in a paddy field in Warcha village April 2016. Image: FAO / Hkun Land Institute…

World Bank Suspends Doing Business Report

—FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE— September 1, 2020 Media Contact:Anuradha Mittal amittal@oaklandinstitute.org +1 510-530-5126 The Doing Business Report (DBR) has been “paused” by the…

New Report Warns of an Unprecedented Wave of Land Privatization

—FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE— July 14, 2020 Contact:Anuradha Mittal amittal@oaklandinstitute.org +1-510-530-5126 Oakland, CA—Amidst a worsening climate crisis, the Oakland Institute’s new report, Driving…

Driving Dispossession: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

These Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) summarize some of the key findings and analysis of the Oakland Institute new report, Driving Dispossession: The…

Call to Revoke AGRA’s Agnes Kalibata as Special Envoy to 2021 UN Food Systems Summit

February 10, 2020 António Guterres Secretary-General, United Nations New York, NY USA Call to Revoke AGRA’s Agnes Kalibata as Special Envoy to…

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