Le jour de l’ouverture de la Conférence sur la terre 2024 de la Banque mondiale, des organisations de productrices et producteurs alimentaires à petite…
Frederic Mousseau World Bank’s latest Business Ready or B-Ready project, announced on May 1, 2023, resuscitates the defunct Doing Business Report (DBR).…
—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…
Source: Inter Press Service Andy Currier The writer is Research Associate at the Oakland Institute in San Francisco, USA. SAN FRANCISCO, USA,…
–FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE— September 23, 2021 Washington DC, USA The World Bank has announced that it will discontinue the publication of its flagship Doing…
—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…
—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…
–FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE— September 23, 2021 Washington DC, USA The World Bank has announced that it will discontinue the publication of its flagship Doing…
—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…
Letter to the World Bank Executive Directors March 11, 2021 We write as concerned members of the civil society organisations, academia and…
Maungdaw, Myanmar – Farm laborers and livestock in a paddy field in Warcha village April 2016. Image: FAO / Hkun Land Institute…
—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…
Frederic Mousseau World Bank’s latest Business Ready or B-Ready project, announced on May 1, 2023, resuscitates the defunct Doing Business Report (DBR).…
Can a market-based economy lead to alleviation of poverty and create shared prosperity? Elsadig Elsheikh — Director, Othering & Belonging Institute, University…
By: Andy Currier On March 17th 2020, 25-year-old peasant advocate and artist Marlon Madlos was riding on the back of a…
The VFV Law, the Farmland Act, and the LAAR Law are designed to encourage the legal takeover of lands that millions of farmers and Indigenous people rely on for their livelihoods.
A recent report by the Oakland Institute examines the MCC compact with Sri Lanka and raises alarm over the irreversible consequences of embarking on land privatization – when most of the land is public in the country.
Despite the unprecedented nature of the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Bank continues to drive “private sector solutions to development” under the faulty assumption that catering to multinational companies will trickle down and benefit all.