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Posted February 1, 2021 by Lorena Cotza

Pulling the ‘cotton’ over Uzbek eyes at latest EBRD investment

By Nina Lesikhina, Bankwatch Community support coordinator On 10 February 2021 the EBRD expects its Board of Directors to approve a loan of USD 70 million to Indorama Agro for the development of the cotton farming sector in Uzbekistan. According to the bank, the project is expected to strengthe

Posted February 5, 2018 by webmaster@rightsindevelopment.org

Strategizing for a different development in Africa

In November, over 40 representatives of human rights and environmental organizations across the continent came together in Pretoria, South Africa to examine the contours of development finance and investment in Africa today and to strategize how to advance a different type of development – one

Posted February 14, 2017 by Carmina Obanil

World Bank Geothermal Project Continues to Disregard Indigenous Rights

On February 16, the World Bank Board is scheduled to review a proposed Action Plan to remedy harm caused to four Maasai villages which were resettled in 2014 to make way for the Olkaria IV geothermal development in Kenya’s Rift Valley, a project financed by the World Bank, the European Investment Ban