News & Updates

A new analysis reveals the International Financial Corporation (IFC) and its Capitalization Fund made an estimated US$39 million in total return from its investment in a Philippine bank, whose financing of coal-fired power plants left a trail of destruction affecting more than 120,000 people. 

Inclusive Development International is excited to announce that we’re bringing our transformative Follow the Money research and advocacy model to Climate Week NYC with a practical workshop. 

Communities in the Dairi Regency of North Sumatra, Indonesia have filed a lawsuit with the Jakarta State Administrative Court, challenging the approval of a new environmental permit for the Dairi Prima Mineral zinc and lead mine.

Inclusive Development International joined over 100 civil society partners in calling on the Board of the World Bank Group to ensure that the review of IFC/MIGA sustainability framework produces greater alignment with international best human rights practices, non-regression of existing policies, improvements to the framework’s implementation, and better consultation with impacted communities.

Inclusive Development International and our partners sent an open letter to the U.S. House and Senate Foreign Relations Committees and Appropriations Sub-committees today demanding Congressional oversight and accountability of the U.S. DFC for its failure to adequately respond to an independent investigation of its role in enabling child sexual abuse harms at DFC-financed private schools in Kenya.

Inclusive Development International joined civil society partners in calling on the Independent Accountability Mechanisms Network (IAMnet) to respond to the World Bank Group Board’s decision to invalidate the IFC Compliance Advisor Ombudsman’s (CAO) investigation of IFC’s microfinance investments in Cambodia.

Last week, the World Bank Group’s Board of Directors overruled its own independent accountability mechanism–the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO)–and allowed the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the institution’s private sector arm, to avoid accountability for the microfinance debt crisis it has contributed to in Cambodia. In response, CAO Director General Janine Ferretti has resigned.

Inclusive Development International and over 20 civil society organizations have published recommendations to ensure that the European Investment Bank Group’s new Complaints Mechanism Policy is an effective forum for impacted communities seeking remedy.

Inclusive Development International’s new case study highlights how electric vehicle makers can strengthen their supply chain due diligence and promote human rights in the mining sector.

Inclusive Development International submitted additional comments to the International Finance Corporation (IFC) regarding its ongoing Sustainability Framework review, calling for a stronger approach to ensuring community support for high-risk projects.