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FInancing Repression

Our new report "Financing Repression" reveals how public development banks are funneling billions of dollars to the most repressive countries in the world, where people cannot publicly voice their concerns and civil society groups are unable to operate freely.

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DEVELOPMENT BY
THE PEOPLE,
FOR THE PEOPLE

Together with hundreds of members and partners around the world, we are working to advance community-led development and push development banks to respect people and the planet.

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THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE STRUGGLES

In our quarterly newsletters, you can find updates from our members and partners around the world, inspiring stories about community-led struggles, useful resources, and much more!

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DEMYSTIFYING DEVELOPMENT FINANCE

Development banks present themselves as champions in the fight against climate change and key drivers of sustainable development. But is this true?

Research and case studies from all over the world show that these institutions are actually exacerbating the problems they claim to solve.

STORIES & UPDATES

With our members and partners, we work to ensure that frontline communities have the information, power and resources to determine their own development paths, and to use their own voice to hold development banks and international companies accountable for their impacts on people and the planet.

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Article for Mongabay on
Sacrifice Zones featuring
CRE Collaborator Stories

How communities in sacrifice zones suffer environmental injustices in Mexico, Chile, Nigeria and Indonesia. To dismantle sacrifice zones, governments and corporations must prioritize people over profit, implement robust environmental safeguards, and respect the rights and autonomy of affected ...

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Joint statement: Urgent Call on the IFC and the EBRD for Remedy and Accountability at Indorama Agro, Uzbekistan

On April 3, 89 civil society organizations signed a joint statement calling on the IFC and the EBRD to ensure remedy and accountability, for the severe and systemic violations at Indorama Agro cotton project, Uzbekistan. You can find the statement in English below and in Uzbek ...

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Public development banks: sustainers of inequality

In this op-ed, originally published by Resumen, Loreto Vasquez Salvador (ACUE) questions the role of public development banks play and the neocolonial paradigm they keep replicating, while using the slogan of a "just" energy transition.

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Kenya: the true impact of the AfDB-funded Menengai geothermal project

In the heart of Kenya's Rift Valley, the Menengai geothermal project—despite being presented as a green, sustainable solution advancing a “just” energy transition—is causing serious noise, air, and environmental pollution while negatively impacting the communities living near the construction ...

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Public Development Banks must prioritise indigenous peoples and communities in climate projects

In this blog, Manson Gwanyanya calls on development banks to prioritise Indigenous Peoples and communities in climate projects.

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Coalition’s updates

Moving forward with collective work in Latin America: Roadmap 2025-2027

The 2025-2027 Roadmap for regional work in Latin America is the result of multiple strategic conversations, consultations and surveys of the Coalition, through the Secretariat, with its members in the region.

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Stitching a quilt of resistance: the second phase of the Community Resource Exchange pilot

In this blog, we present some of the key changes we are introducing in the second phase of the CRE Pilot.

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An unforgettable journey with the Coalition for Human Rights in Development

In this blog, Aryampa Brighton (Youth for Green Communities) shares about his journey with the Coalition and how we worked together to support communities affected by oil projects in Uganda. This blog is part of a series celebrating our 10 years of collective work.

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Members Map

The Coalition has over 100 members based in around 50 countries.
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OUR COLLECTIVE WORK

The members and partners of the Coalition for Human Rights in Development work together to ensure that development is community-led and that it respects, protects, and fulfills human rights.

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