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Oakland, December 1, 2014World Bank, Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA) Project TeamCc.Federica Saliola, Program Manager, World Bank Global Indicators Group, Development EconomicsFarbod Youssefi, Program Coordinator, World Bank Enabling the Business of Agriculture ProjectGrahame Dixie, Advisor, World Bank Agriculture & Environmental ServicesSubject: Concern over the “Consultation” Process of the Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA) ProjectDear EBA Project Team,As a member of the Our Land Our Business campaign, we are writing to express our concern about the Civil Society consulta

---For Immediate Release--- Contact:Nyikaw Ochalla, Anywaa Survival Organization, [email protected], +44 (0)7939389796Anuradha Mittal, [email protected], +1-510-469-5228Group Calls for Independent Inquiry by the UN into the Treatment of Indigenous and Minority Peoples in Ethiopia; Including Displacement by Commercial AgricultureOakland, CA – The Anywaa Survival Organization (ASO) and the Oakland Institute (OI) are calling for a fact finding mission and full independent inquiry by the UN Human Rights Commission and related UN Special Rapporteurs on Ethiopia’s human rights situation

---For Immediate Release---ContactNyikaw Ochalla, Anywaa Survival Organization, [email protected], +44 (0)7939389796Anuradha Mittal, [email protected], +1-510-469-5228 Urgent Need for an Independent Inquiry on Ongoing Human Rights Abuses in Ethiopia Oakland, CA – The Anywaa Survival Organization (ASO) and the Oakland Institute (OI) are calling for a fact-finding mission and full independent inquiry by the UN Human Rights Commission and related UN Special Rapporteurs on Ethiopia’s human rights situation and the treatment of indigenous and minority peoples in Ethiopia.Since the 2007

--For Immediate Release--A Statement from the Oakland Institute on the Conference on Land Policy in AfricaContact:Anuradha Mittal, [email protected], +1-510-469-5228 The Conference on Land Policy in Africa starts today, November 12, 2014, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

---For Immediate Release---Contacts:Anuradha Mittal, The Oakland [email protected], +1-510-469-5228Nyikaw Ochalla, Anywaa Survival [email protected], +44 (0)7939389796 Ethnic Conflict Engineered by Ethiopia’s Plantation Schemes Access the Full ReportAccess the Photo Gallery Oakland, CA – Today, the Oakland Institute (OI), in collaboration with the Anywaa Survival Organisation (ASO), released Engineering Ethnic Conflict: The Toll of Ethiopia’s Plantation Development on the Suri People, the latest in its series of comprehensive investigative reports about land g

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACTAnuradha Mittal, 510-469-5228; [email protected] the FAQ on Carbon Violence: The Darker Side of Green here Oakland, CA: New research uncovers the “darker side” of the global green economy, revealing brutal consequences of much-lauded carbon offset schemes.A new report released today by the Oakland Institute, The Darker Side of Green: Plantation Forestry and Carbon Violence in Uganda, debunks popular claims that carbon trading represents a “win-win” for rural communities and the environment.

---For Immediate Release--- Civil Society Rejects the World Bank’s 2015 Doing Business RankingsWorld Bank’s Rankings Denounced as an Illegitimate Report Card Contact:Anuradha Mittal, 510-469-5228, [email protected](Oakland, CA): Some 260 civil society organizations from around the world have joined forces to send a resounding rejection to the World Bank’s 2015 Doing Business report, which is to be released on October 29.Since 2002, the Bank’s Doing Business project has been benchmarking and ranking countries on the ease of doing business.

Pour diffusion immédiate: lundi 6 octobre 2014CONTACT:Frédéric Mousseau, [email protected], +1 510-512-5458 Paysans et ONGs descendent dans les rues dans plus d’une dizaine de villes pour exiger la fin des politiques de développement corrompues de la Banque MondialeDes « résistances créatives » seront mises en scène les 10 et 11 Octobre à l’occasion des réunions annuelles de la Banque Mondiale à Washington, DC et dans le monde entier.** #WorldvsBank | www.ourlandourbusiness.org **Washington, DC - Le 10 Octobre 2014, des ONG, organisations paysannes et représentants de la société c

---For Immediate Release--- Lire en francaisFarmers, Indigenous Peoples, and NGOs Take to Streets in Ten Cities Demanding an End to World Bank’s Morally Bankrupt Development Groups Will Stage "Creative Resistance" Outside of Bank’s Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.—and around the World—on October 10th & 11th #WorldVsBank | www.ourlandourbusiness.org Contacts:Anuradha Mittal, [email protected], 510-469-5228Alnoor Ladha, [email protected], 917-971-7968Washington, D.C.

For immediate releaseWorld Bank Turns Its Back on Rights Protections for the PoorGlobal civil society response gathers momentum (New York, London, New Delhi, July 29, 2014) - Civil society organisations around the world are decrying a leaked draft of the World Bank's proposed new policies to avoid harmful impacts from the development projects that it finances.