The IFC will invest $20m for a 19.7% stake in Zambian farmland operator Agrivision, with existing equity partner Norfund and Zeder topping up their respective investments.
- Business Day
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24 June 2015
La Banque mondiale n’a pas pris de mesures suffisantes pour empêcher ou dissuader les gouvernements d’intimider les personnes critiques à l’égard des projets financés par la Banque, a déclaré Human Rights Watch dans un rapport publié aujourd’hui.
- Human Rights Watch
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22 June 2015
The World Bank Group has done little to prevent or dissuade governments from intimidating critics of the projects it funds, or monitor for reprisals, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today
The UK government publishes the first issue of its Land Policy Bulletin, produced by its Land: Enhancing Governance for Economic Development (LEGEND) programme.
A $250 million loan package is being prepared to support foreign investment in farms in Mindanao
Ces dix dernières années, la Banque mondiale a régulièrement failli à ses engagements, avec de graves conséquences pour certaines des populations les plus pauvres et les plus vulnérables de la planète.
It is difficult to overstate the degree to which the IMF and World Bank’s neoliberal economic policies contribute to extreme vulnerability for farmers and peasants.
Depuis 2004 la Banque mondiale a financièrement soutenu des projets qui ont eu pour effet de forcer 3,4 millions de personnes à quitter leurs terres ou leur logement.
- Le Courrier International
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16 April 2015
ICIJ and The Huffington Post estimate that 3.4 million people have been physically or economically displaced by World Bank-backed projects since 2004.
Au Cambodge, au Honduras, en Inde et au Guatemala, des ONG relatent des faits de répression, d'accaparements de terres et de violences ayant entraîné des morts suite aux prêts de la Société financière internationale.
NGOs launch collective call for revamp of World Bank’s private sector arm amid accusations it has ‘lost control of the way money is spent’ and is funding land grabs in Honduras and Cambodia.
The Asian Peasant Coalition denounces the World Bank on its “16th Conference on Land and Poverty” that brings together corporations, governments and some civil society groups
