World Bank’s Lending Arm Linked to Deadly Honduras Conflict

(Kate Woodsome, www.huffintonpost.com, January, 10 2014) – The World Bank’s private lending arm failed to apply its own ethical standards in disbursing millions of dollars to a palm oil company accused of turning a region of Honduras into a war zone, according to an internal bank investigation. The audit, released Friday by the World Bank’s Office of […]

Response Letter to World Bank President Jim Kim Regarding IFC Investment in the Financial Sector

This letter was written to respond to a World Bank reply on April 18 to a March civil society letter regarding the audit of the International Finance Corporation’s lending to the financial sector.   IDI, along with the over 50 groups that signed on to the letter, believe that the IFC’s response is inadequate and […]