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Frederic Mousseau

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Be Ready to Further Corporate Exploitation - World Bank Resuscitates Defunct Doing Business Project
July 13, 2023
World Bank's latest Business Ready or B-Ready project, announced on May 1, 2023, resuscitates the defunct Doing Business Report (DBR). Since its creation two decades ago, the DBR has been used to drive policy and regulatory changes that favor businesses and corporations at the expense of the people and the planet.
Chart showing exports by income group
The Black Sea Grain Initiative: When the United Nations Brokers Profits for Corporations, Bankers, and Oligarchs
May 19, 2023
The top destination for Ukraine's agricultural exports is the European Union, with China being second. Spain is the largest recipient in Europe. Instead of offering relief, Ukrainian exports are threatening the livelihoods of millions of European farmers.
Chart showing top 10 shareholders of major pesticide and fertilizer companies
38 Billion Dollar Question – Who is Driving the Destructive Industrial Agriculture Model?
September 20, 2022
Among the largest institutional investors in fossil fuels, Blackrock and Vanguard are also major shareholders of eight of the largest agrochemical companies.
Passion of a Lifetime Auction listing on Gooding & Company website.
Who pays the price of King Leopold’s Bugatti?
September 4, 2020
On September 5, 2020, a private collection of some of the world’s fanciest cars, belonging to Hubert Fabri, a Belgian millionaire, will be auctioned at a sale at the Hampton Court Palace in London.
Image: Highland scene in Amhara, Ethiopia with US dollars overlaid. © The Oakland Institute
A Response to Klaus Deininger’s Blog Post The World Bank’s Land and Poverty Conference: 20 years on
March 22, 2019
Dear Mr. Deininger, Your recent blog post surprisingly contradicts the prescriptions and policy guidance that your organization, the World Bank, gives to governments around the world, particularly in Africa.
The Release of Ethiopian Political Prisoners: Stifled Voices amidst False Promises
January 23, 2018
For years, the Ethiopian government has denied that there are political prisoners in the country. This is despite its consistent use of the draconian Anti-Terrorism Proclamation to stifle dissent and detain thousands of politicians, journalists, religious and indigenous leaders, and students.
A bulldozer flattens the earth after forests have been cleared in West Pomio. Local Pomio landowners are protesting against the biggest land grab in PNG history. Under a lease system called SABLs (special agricultural and business leases) forests are being destroyed and customary land is being stolen. Credit: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace
Rainforest or the Illegal Logger – Who is Really Under Threat in Papua New Guinea?
November 28, 2017
“The forestry industry is on the brink of disaster” warned Bob Tate, the head of the Papua New Guinea Forest Industries Association (PNGFIA) on November 22, 2017.
Logging camp in Fergusson Island, Milne Bay. Credit: Paul Hilton/Greenpeace.
Laundering Illegal Timber: How Tropical Wood Stolen Through Land Grab Makes its Way to the Furniture Store
June 8, 2017
With 3.1 million cubic meters of tropical wood exported, primarily to China, Papua New Guinea (PNG) became in recent years the world’s largest exporter of tropical wood, surpassing Malaysia, which had held the top spot for the past decades.
World Bank Doing Business 2017 Report Cover
Neoliberalism for All: The World Bank’s Doing Business 2017
November 3, 2016
“Equal Opportunity for All” subtitles the annual Doing Business report released last month by the World Bank. The choice is rather cynical for an instrument that has become a key driver of the neoliberal reforms promoted by the Bank around the world.
Tackling World Hunger: Still Headed the Wrong Way
October 14, 2012
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s report, State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012, was released on October 9, 2012. Although one might be tempted to celebrate the decrease in the number of undernourished people from nearly 1 billion in 2009 to 870 million today, this new report is not a harbinger of good news.