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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…

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…

Perú: El “Niño Modelo” para el Banco Mundial en América Latina

Source: teleSUR October 13, 2015 Nate Singham The World Bank praised the development model of Peru despite flagrant violations of human and…

Peru: The ‘Poster Child’ for the World Bank in Latin America

Source: teleSUR October 13, 2015 Nate Singham The World Bank praises the Peruvian development model despite blatant environmental and human rights violations.…

LAS VERDADERAS CARAS DEL BM Y FMI

Source: VELAVERDE October 12, 2015 Pablo Reyes Prado The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) have appeared around here after…

The World Bank and IMF meet in Peru

Source: WBEZ’s Worldview October 9, 2015 The 2015 World Bank and IMF meetings begin tomorrow in Peru. It’s been nearly 50 years…

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Civil Society Comes Together in Latin America to Challenge the World Bank’s Annual Meetings

Civil society organizations, Indigenous communities, and social movements come together to challenge the World Bank’s neoliberal agenda, which has caused massive environmental…