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Land Campaigners Criticise World Bank Doing Business and Benchmarking of the Business of Agriculture in Africa

Source: Standard Times Press August 18, 2015 As a promoter and financer of large-scale land investments in agriculture, the World Bank Group…

MALI: Un Bon élève en Afrique Sub-Saharienne

Sénégal: LES REFORMES FAVORISENT L’ACCAPAREMENT DES TERRES

My Home, My Land

My Home, My Land is a graphic representation of much of the Oakland Institute’s work on land grabs. Illustrated by the Institute’s…

When Fear and Favor Rule: The World Bank’s Systemic Land Displacement

Source: The Feminist Wire May 6, 2015 According to the UN’s Trade and Environment Review, food security, poverty, gender inequality, and climate…

Investigative Report Finds World Bank Displaced 3.4 Million People

Source: The Real News May 5, 2015 View Full Article at The Real News

Civil Society Asks 3 Critical Questions of the World Bank at its 2015 Spring Meetings

Source: Standard Times Press April 21, 2015 #OLOB | www.ourlandourbusiness.org Contact: Anuradha Mittal, amittal@oaklandinstitute.org, +1 510-469-5228Alnoor Ladha, Alnoor@therules.org, +27 60 853 9810Joseph…

CIVIL SOCIETY ASKS 3 CRITICAL QUESTIONS OF THE WORLD BANK AT ITS 2015 SPRING MEETINGS

#OLOB | www.ourlandourbus.wpengine.com Contact: Anuradha Mittal, amittal@oaklandinstitute.org, +1 510-469-5228 Alnoor Ladha, Alnoor@therules.org, +27 60 853 9810 Joseph Rahall, jorahall@yahoo.com, +232 76 601979 Oakland,…

New Name, Same Game

In March 2014, the multicontinental campaign Our Land Our Business was launched to demand the end of the World Bank’s Doing Business…