IFC still failing to track impact of investments on local communities, reports say | Devex

Two new reports, one of which is by the IFC’s own watchdog, have criticized the World Bank’s private sector lending arm for negating its duty to make sure the high risk investments it makes to intermediaries are not causing environmental and social damage to communities further down the financing line. READ FULL ARTICLE ▶

Out of control: The World Bank’s reckless private sector investments in Southeast Asia exposed

Dozens of harmful and high-risk projects in Southeast Asia have received hidden funding from the World Bank Group, an ongoing investigation by Inclusive Development International has revealed. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private-sector arm, is surreptitiously channeling money to these projects through for-profit financial intermediaries, such as commercial banks and private equity […]