Stories and advocacy

If it generates debt, it is not development
If it generates debt, it is not development. Who is readjusting the international financial system and for what purpose?Â
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FIC23: Civil Society Insights
This month, public development banks from all over the world met in Cartagena, Colombia, for the Finance in Common 2023 Summit with a stated ...

FIC23: Beyond propaganda
Beyond propaganda: activists from all over the world join the Finance in Common Summit to denounce real impact of development finance
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CSOs declaration – Civil Society Declaration – Finance in Common Summit 2023
As the world’s PDBs gather for the Finance in Common Summit in Cartagena, Colombia, over 40 civil society organizations, communities and human ...

Recommendations on reprisals for the EBRD E&S Policy review
A group of 17 CSOs from around the world addressed a letter to the EBRD, presenting a series of recommendations on how the Bank should address ...

Kenya: conservation project leads to human rights violations and reprisals
In Korbesa, a village in the region of Isiolo in Eastern Kenya, a conservation project is leading to violent attacks against the local ...

Communities in Liberia fight back against the International Finance Corporation
For the Indigenous communities living near the Salala rubber plantation in Liberia, life is a daily struggle. The milky latex extracted from the ...

Joint statement: AfDB should open spaces for civil society and communities
On 24 May 2023, over 45 African and international organizations called on the African Development Bank (AfDB) to open spaces for civil society ...

Letter to new UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development
On May 22, a group of 70 different organisations and networks from around the world addressed a letter to Professor Surya Deva to congratulate ...

For Locals, India’s Coal Rush Means a Black Future
By Vidya Dinker - originally published in The Diplomat on 19 May 2023
On April 3, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his ...

The Indigenous communities struggling to save the Apayao river in the Philippines
Check out this powerful blog by Jillie Karl Basan on the struggle to save the Apayao river and defend the rights of the local Indigenous communities.

Learning together: communities in Zimbabwe join forces to demand their rights
In the mineral-rich district of Mutoko (northern Zimbabwe), local communities are facing serious rights violations connected to mining projects, ...
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