World Bank Group

World Bank Group

Reports, briefs, and media around the activities of the World Bank. You can also learn more about the Our Land Our Business campaign here.

Our Take

World Bank Group

Reports, briefs, and media around the activities of the World Bank. You can also learn more about the Our Land Our Business campaign here.

Our Take
When European Institutions Sacrifice Farmers for Corporate Profit
Farmers protests in Brussels. Source: Confédération paysanne A wave of farmer protests has spread across Europe since January 2024. In several countries, including France, Belgium, Greece, Italy, Spain, Poland, Germany, and the Netherlands, farmers have mobilized through demonstrations and roadblocks to protest unfair competition, tax burdens, excessive regulation, and an overall lack of recognition and support. One example of the difficulties faced by farmers – one that many protestors point to – is the dumping of cheap Ukrainian chicken into Europe.
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Quand les institutions européennes sacrifient les paysans au profit de grands groupes agroindustriels
Manifestations d'agriculteurs à Bruxelles. Source : Confédération paysanne Une vague de manifestations d'agriculteurs se répand à travers l'Europe depuis janvier 2024. Dans plusieurs pays, dont la France, la Belgique, la Grèce, l'Italie, l'Espagne, la Pologne, l'Allemagne et les Pays-Bas, les paysans protestent contre la concurrence déloyale, les charges fiscales, la réglementation excessive et un manque général de reconnaissance et de soutien.
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Bankrolling the Carbon Cowboys: The World Bank's Carbon Insurance Plans
If the plans move forward, MIGA would not only be insuring a false climate solution that has spectacularly failed to reduce emissions over the past 20 years, but it would also provide insurance against host countries attempting to regulate the carbon trade.
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Be Ready to Further Corporate Exploitation - World Bank Resuscitates Defunct Doing Business Project
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.

Press Releases & Public Statements

World Bank Group

Reports, briefs, and media around the activities of the World Bank. You can also learn more about the Our Land Our Business campaign here.

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Under Guise of Climate Action, the World Bank Launches Fresh Offensive on Land Rights
A new report exposes the exploitation of the climate crisis by the World Bank to advance a global land grab agenda for corporate interests that will fuel dispossession across the Global South.Under the guise of accessing land for climate action, the Bank intends to open lands for agribusiness, mining, and carbon offsetting schemes – while undermining Indigenous and community land rights.The Bank’s agenda to change land tenure directly contradicts recommendations made by climate experts, who uphold agroecology and the protection of lands from
A Maasai pastoralist stands beside a beacon marking expansion of Ruaha National Park to consume his village and make communities trespassers in their own lands © The Oakland Institute
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World Bank Fails to Remedy Harms it Caused in Tanzania, Despite a Scathing Investigation by its Inspection Panel
Inspection Panel’s investigation confirms “critical failure” of the World Bank in planning and supervision of REGROW project, which resulted in “serious harm” to villagers in Tanzania.The project enabled the expansion of the Ruaha National Park, triggering forced evictions, and funded TANAPA rangers who committed human rights abuses in blatant violation of World Bank’s safeguards and operating procedures.The devastation wrought by the Bank’s financing impacts at least 84,000 people who face evictions.
Maasai women impacted by World Bank REGROW project
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The World Bank Must Be Held Accountable for Harm Inflicted on Tanzanian Communities by Tourism Project
The World Bank’s Board of Directors is currently reviewing a proposed Management Action Plan (MAP) to address the findings of the Inspection Panel investigation into the REGROW tourism project in Southern Tanzania.By enabling the expansion of Ruaha National Park from one to over two million hectares, the REGROW project destroyed the livelihoods of over 84,000 people who face forced evictions and are prohibited from farming and grazing.Paramilitary rangers, funded and equipped by the Bank, are responsible for human rights abuses, including torture
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World Bank Project Cancelled in a Landmark Victory for Tanzanian Villagers
In a major victory for Tanzanian pastoralists and farmers, the World Bank funded REGROW project, which enabled extrajudicial killings, human rights abuses, livelihood restrictions and forced evictions to expand Ruaha National Park (RUNAPA) is cancelled.Amidst an ongoing investigation by the independent Inspection Panel, the Bank first suspended the project in April 2024, citing the Tanzanian government’s noncompliance with safeguards for resettlement and grievance mechanisms.The cancellation comes after nine United Nations Special Rapporteurs exp