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Bill Gates Supports Destructive, Corporate Africa Agenda: Study

Source: teleSUR May 24, 2016 A new report exposes how Western AID agencies including Bill Gates’ are supporting controversial agribusiness policies in…

Five Western Donors Shape a Corporate Agenda for African Agriculture

Media Contact: Anuradha Mittal, Oakland Institute amittal@oaklandinstitute.org, + 1 510 469-5228 Oakland, CA—The Unholy Alliance, Five Western Donors Shape a Pro-Corporate Agenda…

Opinion: World Bank Reinvents Tainted Aid Program for Ethiopia

Source: IPS – Inter Press Service March 29, 2016 Elizabeth Fraser I was taught that responsibility means admitting your mistakes and being…

Under New Disguise World Bank Still Condones Land-Grab and Displacement in Ethiopia–Report

Source: BurkinaStyle March 21, 2016 Moral Bankruptcy: World Bank Reinvents Tainted Aid Program for Ethiopia, a new report released today by the…

World Bank Resurrects Program Tied to Evictions, Study Claims

Source: ICIJ March 21, 2016 Sasha Chavkin A $600 million World Bank loan to Ethiopia’s authoritarian government lacks proper oversight and “reinvents”…

Failing to Address Land Rights Violations Caused by Its Own Programs, the World Bank Launches Its 17th Conference on Land and Poverty

By: Alice Martin-Prével The 17th World Bank “Conference on Land and Poverty,” bringing together governments, academics, corporations, and NGOs, gets underway on…

Why the World Bank Is Missing the Point on Agricultural Development

By: Alice Martin-Prével Agricultural development is central to addressing some of the biggest challenges today: climate change, hunger, poverty, need for rural…

Opinion: The Broken Promises of the Peruvian Development Model

Source: IPS-Inter Press Service October 30, 2015 Alice Martin Prevel Lima was the host, in October 2015, of the International Monetary Fund…

LO QUE DEJARON EL BM Y EL FMI

Source: Revista Vela Verde October 27, 2015 Pablo Prado El informe que el Oakland Institute nos hizo llegar hace unas semanas antes…

Lima: 5,000 Protest against World Bank, IMF, And TPP

Source: NACLA October 19, 2015 Michael S. Wilson A diverse group of protestors raise issues about extractivism and the Trans Pacific Partnership…