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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 other actors accountable for their impacts on people and the planet. Find out more reading the latest updates on our work and our collective campaigns!
Senegalese groups challenge banks on coal power plant
Coalition member Lumiere Synergie pour le Developpement (LSD) and Takkom Jerry Plyvalence Culturelle et Environmentale filed a complaint today to the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Dutch public investment Fund (FMO) and the West African Development Bank (BOAD)’s complaint mechanisms for non-compliance of the construction of the coal power plant of 125 MW in Sendou, Senegal with their environmental and social safeguards policies. Read the press release here.
Corrigiendo al Presidente del Banco Mundial sobre las Grandes Represas
Peter Bosshard, Director Ejecutivo Interino de International Rivers (miembro de la Coalición para los Derechos Humanos en el Desarrollo), responde a las declaraciones de Jim Kim, Presidente del Banco Mundial, sobre los impactos de las represas y el asesinato de Berta Cáceres. Para acceder a la traducción al español de la nota publicada originalmente en The Huffington Post, acceder aquí.
Indigenous Peoples in Crosshairs of Development
Peter Bosshard, interim ED of Coalition member International Rivers, explains how indigenous communities are particularly at risk of landgrabbing and face increasing repression, even death when standing up for their rights. Read the article here.
Banco Europeo de Inversiones retira apoyo de $40 millones a Honduras
El subgerente técnico de la Empresa Nacional de Energía Eléctrica (ENEE), Leonardo Deras, informó que el Banco Europeo de Inversiones le quitó el apoyo de 40 millones de dólares que iban a ser invertidos en crear líneas de transmisión en la zona norte y occidental de Honduras. Todo debido a que no se aclara el asesinato de la dirigente indígena Berta Cáceres, ocurrido el pasado 3 de marzo. La ENEE buscará otras fuentes de financiamientos, pero por el momento le darán prioridad construir una...
First BRICS bank loans spark debate over environmental protection
NDB project funding has been the subject of intrigue and concern among civil society organizations (CSOs) since the bank’s formal launch in Fortaleza, Brazil, in 2014. Yet news of these first ‘green’ loans has done little to ease their fears. The problem, CSOs say, is that since the NDB still lacks a proper social and environmental policy framework, it cannot safeguard against the adverse impacts of its projects – no matter how green they claim to be. Read more here.
AIIB to co-fund transportation projects with other development banks
The Chinese-lead Asian Infrastructure and Development Bank's first projects will be a highway in Pakistan, a road project in Tajikistan, and a ring road in Almaty, Kazakhstan, according to people with knowledge of the projects and tender documents. All three projects are co-funded with other development banks like the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank, and others, which allows the AIIB to "have something to show and establish a project portfolio that will help them get a better credit...
Civil society groups express great concern over BRICS Bank
As government ministers from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa gather in Washington, DC for the third board of governors meeting of the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) April 13 and 14, civil society groups in BRICS countries appealed to their governments and NDB management to operate transparently and to work with civil society to develop adequate social and environmental standards. Read the Release here
4/15 Tell the World Bank to Safeguard People & the Planet!
While the World Bank's motto is to "End Poverty" and promote sustainable development, too often Bank investments disregard the human rights and priorities of poor communities, leaving them worse off. As the World Bank prepares to host finance ministers from across the globe this month, join us to call on the Bank and its member countries to end impoverishment by strengthening safeguards for people and the planet. Join us Friday, April 15 12pm – 1pm outside the World Bank at Edward Murrow Park...
Necesidad de transparentar los préstamos para el desarrollo en México
Entrevista realizada a Mariana González, Investigadora del Área de Transparencia y Rendición de Cuentas de Fundar, Centro de Análisis e Investigación (México), miembro de la Coalición para los Derechos Humanos en el Desarrollo. Se aborda el tema de la Transparencia en préstamos para el desarrollo y se comentan los resultados del estudio “Diagnóstico sobre la transparencia de los préstamos para el desarrollo en México” elaborado por Fundar....
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🌿 Forum is shedding light on CSO reflections regarding the @ADB_HQ Draft ESF and proposed changes in safeguards policy.
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