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Press Release: World Bank turns Its back on rights protections for the poor, global civil society response gathers momentum

Press Release: World Bank turns Its back on rights protections for the poor, global civil society response gathers momentum New York, London,…

Press Release: The World Bank and the IMF Open up Ukraine to Western Interests

Press Release: The World Bank and the IMF Open up Ukraine to Western Interests Monday, July 28, 2014 Oakland, California–A new report…

Ukraine: The World Bank and The IMF In The Ukraine Conflict

The World Bank and the IMF Open up Ukraine to Western Interests

Oakland, California–A new report from the Oakland Institute, Walking on the West Side: the World Bank and the IMF in the Ukraine…

West Eyeing Ukraine’s Huge Agribusiness

Source: In Depth News July 28, 2014 TORONTO (IDN) – The way international financial institutions jumped in on the heels of the…

Corporatization of Ukraine Agriculture Seen In New Oakland Report

Source: Black Star News July 28, 2014 A new report from the Oakland Institute, “Walking on the West Side: the World Bank…

The World Bank’s Doing Business Rankings: Relinquishing Sovereignty for a Good Grade

Launched in 2003, the World Bank’s annual Doing Business (DB) ranking system rates 189 countries on the “ease of doing business” within…

What is World Bank’s Business with Agriculture?

How the Benchmarking the Business of Agriculture (BBA) Project Will Harm Smallholder Farmers In 2012, the G8 called for the World Bank…

World Bank ‘Development’ Driving – Not Solving – Inequality, Poverty and Concentration of Wealth

The thing about “international development” is that it’s a bit of a murky, catch-all term. It’s got a good feel to it…

Is the World Bank enabling agribusiness land grabs?

Experts and government officials from around the world have gathered at the World Bank in Washington, DC to chart a course to…