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

Publications

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Willful Blindness: How the World Bank's Doing Business Rankings Impoverish Smallholder Farmers

Established in 1944 with the objective of reducing poverty, the World Bank, headquartered in Washington, DC, is an international financial institution that provides financial and technical assistance as well as advisory services to enhance development in poor and transitioning countries. Despite its praiseworthy goals, the World Bank’s activities and undue influence over policy making in developing countries have come under heavy criticism over...

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Land Deal Brief: The Role of the World Bank Group

The World Bank Group (WBG) promotes large-scale land investment in developing countries as a “win-win” situation where investors profit and “host” nations benefit from economic development, improved agricultural infrastructure, and employment opportunities. Since the 2008 food and financial crises, the number of land investment deals in developing countries has skyrocketed, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa.

(Mis)Investment in Agriculture: The Role of the International Finance Corporation in the Global Land Grab

Oakland Institute’s report exposes the role of the Bank’s private sector branch, International Finance Corporation (IFC), in fueling land grabs, especially in Africa.

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Press Releases and Public Statements

La Sociedad Civil se une en América Latina para retar las Reuniones Anuales del Banco Mundial

Civil Society Asks 3 Critical Questions of the World Bank at its 2015 Spring Meetings

Civil Society Denounces World Bank’s Conference on Land & Poverty

Stop Enabling Land Grabs: Agriculture Doesn’t Need World Bank’s Business Indicators.

The World Bank’s Sham Conference on Land and Poverty

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Media

UN Expert Urges World Bank to Amend its Constitution to Effectively Advance Human Rights

OHCHR

Sementi Tradizionali Sotto Attacco

Fondazione Nigrizia Onlus

Call to the World Bank: Enable Farmers, Not Agribusiness

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

Why do the World Bank's New Indicators, "Enabling the Business of Agriculture" Pose a Threat to African Agriculture?

Community Alliance for Global Justice

World Bank Aims to Hand Over Seed Industry to Agribusiness

teleSUR

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