World Bank

«La nouvelle alliance, initiative de la banque Mondiale, est en train de favoriser l’accaparement des terres »
- Flamme d'Afrique
- 26 Mar 2015
Une interview avec ZAKARIA SAMBAKHE, de ACTIONAID
Retour sur l’action du 25 Mars à Bruxelles contre les accaparements de terre soutenus par la Banque mondiale
- CADTM
- 26 Mar 2015
Le 25 mars 2015 s’est tenue une action pour dénoncer l’implication de la Banque mondiale dans le phénomène des accaparements de terre
NGOs criticise World Bank involvement in agricultural land grabbing
- Brussels Times
- 26 Mar 2015
Belgian NGOs organised a protest on the occasion of the World Bank’s annual conference on land and poverty which is taking place in Washington, DC this week.
Des ONG dénoncent le rôle de la Banque mondiale dans l'accaparement des terres paysannes
- Belga
- 25 Mar 2015
Des ONG belges ont mené une action de protestation devant la tour des finances de Bruxelles dans le cadre de la campagne internationale "Our land our business".
World Bank's Conference on Land & Poverty is a cruel farce
- The Ecologist
- 20 Mar 2015
On Monday, March 23th the World Bank's Conference on Land and Poverty begins in the US. But farmer organizations, indigenous groups, trade unions and others denounce the whole exercise as a sham that is all about accelerating corporate land grabs and robbing the poor that the Bank was founded to assist.
Civil society denounces World Bank's conference land & poverty
- OLOB
- 17 Mar 2015
Farmer organizations, indigenous groups, trade unions and other civil society organizations, under the umbrella of Our Land Our Business, call World Bank’s annual Conference on Land and Poverty a sham.
Local land rights may be in danger from push for palm oil in Liberia
- Mongabay
- 12 Mar 2015
Investment in agricultural production and trade often harms the rights of local and indigenous peoples while failing to contribute significantly to economic development, according to a new report from the Rights and Resources Institute.
Stop #landrights fraud!
- Oakland Institute
- 03 Mar 2015
Civil society rejects the World Bank’s sham Conference on Land and Poverty and denounces the Bank’s role in global land grabs.
Militarisation and alternative biofuel drives Ethiopian land-grab
- Digital Journal
- 03 Mar 2015
The approach taken by Ethiopia and India to reaching development goals and fulfilling environmental promises by leasing or buying large tracts of fertile land affects land, water and indigenous people.
World Bank dam and foreign land-grab force out Ethiopian tribes
- Digital Journal
- 24 February 2015
World Bank and China join Ethiopia's government to relocate 200,000 villagers of the Omo River and Lake Turkana Valley to replace them with super-irrigation plantations.
Who’s winning the struggle for land in Cambodia?
- Oxfam America
- 29 January 2015
Changes and sudden loss of lands for indigenous people have far-reaching implications besides livelihood, income, and food. Despite pressure on indigenous communities, people are finding ways to defend their rights.
Remise en cause des lois foncières et semencières en Afrique
- AFSA/GRAIN
- 22 January 2015
Le lobby qui cherche à industrialiser la production alimentaire en Afrique modifie aussi la législation semencière et foncière pour qu'elle serve les intérêts de l'industrie agroalimentaire.