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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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KfW: Irresponsible Banking

Our new report reveals the stark gap between the human rights commitments of KfW - Germany's public development bank - and the reality on the ground. In particular, it shows how KfW is failing to take adequate steps to ensure people can freely and safely participate, express their opinions, or oppose its projects.

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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 & ADVOCACY

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.

Check out the latest updates on our work, find out about our latest campaigns and advocacy efforts, and join our collective campaigns!

Civil Society Organizations Ask the Inter-American Development Bank to Strengthen the Revision Process of Its Access to Information Policy

A group of +25 organizations, members and allies of the Coalition for Human Rights in Development, sent a letter to the Inter-American Bank Development (IDB), to strengthen the review process of its Access to Information Policy (AIP) and present their recommendations. The IDB began this ...

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Linking and learning with human and environmental rights activists from South Caucasus and Central Asia

By Shoira Olimova, Medea Turashvili, Nina Lesikhina - originally published by the International Accountability Project “Through information sharing, we are able to know basic understanding and potential impacts of a specific proposed project. It is also important to listen to the ...

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Recommendations to ADB from Communities Facing Reprisals

Ahead of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual Meeting, 45 civil society groups signed a joint letter with a series of recommendations for the ADB on how to prevent and address reprisals. September 21 - In light of the ongoing stakeholder consultations on the ADB Safeguard Review process, ...

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Stop reprisals against environmental defender Sukhgerel Dugersuren

Over 130 civil society organizations have signed a joint letter to urge the authorities in Mongolia to stop reprisals against human rights defender Sukhgerel Dugersuren and to ensure that environmental defenders in the country can protect the environment without fearing reprisals.

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CSOs response to the World Bank consultation on the proposal for a Financial Intermediary Fund for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response

Thirty-three organisations from around the world have signed a statement arguing that the World Bank has not learnt crucial lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic and broader health financing evidence. Download the statement here In May, the World Bank (WB), in collaboration with the World ...

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Coalition’s updates

In this section, you can find updates about our Coalition’s processes and structures (e.g.: updates from the Steering Committee, our strategy-setting process, etc.).

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Members Map

The Coalition has over 100 members based in around 50 countries.
Click here to check who our members are and learn more about their work.

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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