World Bank Program-For-Results in Practice: A Case Study in Vietnam
BIC's case study of the World Bank's Rural Water Supply and Sanitation program in Vietnam highlights both the early promise and the peril of Results-based lending.
Civil Society Reacts to the World Bank Safeguards Draft
See our roundup of media coverage, press releases, civil society statements, letters to the World Bank and more.
Image: Weasel Words in the World Bank Safeguards Draft (Urgewald)
Press Release: World Bank Breaks its Promise Not to Weaken Protections for the Poor and Planet
Over widespread objections from civil society, the World Bank’s board of directors gave a green light to a weak new set of environmental and social safeguard policies.
Photo: Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
New Country Partnership Framework Page
Check out information about the World Bank’s new country engagement approach and how civil society can be involved
Civil Society Organizations Submit Recommendations on the World Bank Group’s New Country Engagement Approach
Recommendations focus on inclusive citizen engagement, analysis of risk and inequality, and criteria for successful results-based programming.
Photo: Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank CC BY-NC-ND
The Push For a Climate Change Safeguard at The World Bank Is Picking Up Steam and Gaining Ground
See a map of the growing force of civil society organizations around the world calling for a strong climate change policy in the World Bank Safeguards
CSOs to President Kim – Include Policy Lending Now in World Bank Safeguard Review
A letter from over 30 civil society organizations urges World Bank President Kim to include Development Policy Lending (DPL) in the ongoing Safeguard Policy Review.
Photo: © Kemal Jufri / Greenpeace
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countries to influence the World Bank and other international financial institutions to promote
social and economic justice and ecological sustainability.
Policy Campaigns
BIC protects economic, social, cultural, and environmental rights. Currently, our principal campaign is for the World Bank’s Safeguards review.
Capacity-Building & Tools
BIC regional programs organize workshops on issues like access to information and coordinate on project monitoring with civil society partners around the world.
Project Monitoring
BIC monitors high-risk or otherwise problematic projects throughout the world financed by Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) like the World Bank Group.
Action Alert: Protest the Dismantling of World Bank Safeguard ProtectionsWhen: Thursday, 18 September at 10.00 Where: Avenue Marnix 17, 1000 Brussels, Belgium 30 years ago activists in India’s Narmada Valley protested against a mega-dam project funded by the World Bank. The protections their…
Unions Call on World Bank to Adopt as Strong a Labour Standard as Other Development BanksITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow has urged World Bank President Jim Yong Kim to ensure that the institution he leads adopts a labour standard lending requirement that is as comprehensive as those adopted by other mul…
World Bank PforR in Vietnam Highlights Both Early Promise and Peril of Using Borrower SystemsThe World Bank can do better in strengthening and using borrowers’ own systems for managing risk. On this objective, there is widespread agreement. Where there is less consensus is how the Bank can best achieve thi…