Community leaders from Bataan and Quezon are in Bangkok to demand remedies from the World Bank for more than 120,000 Filipinos affected by coal plants it helped finance, as their complaint against the bank’s private-sector arm enters its ninth year.
Philippine civil society groups are urging the World Bank to redirect an estimated $38.8 million in returns from its investment in Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) toward remedies for communities affected by coal-fired power plants financed by the bank.
For the first time in history, the World Bank has completely rejected the findings of its internal watchdog, prompting the head of the monitor to resign. The watchdog found that the bank had violated its own policies and failed to do proper due diligence before investing $400 million into Cambodian microfinance firms.
Indigenous communities in Ratanakiri province called on the Ministry of Land Management on Thursday to finalize the return of more than 700 hectares of land they say was cleared by a Vietnamese agribusiness.
Communities in Indonesia are trying to stop a major German cement producer from building a mine and factory under a unique supply chain law that adds to a growing number of cases legal experts say may influence European businesses in Asia.
Janine Ferretti’s resignation follows a controversial ruling that civil society fears reflects a dark future for the bank’s accountability commitments.
Indonesia’s environment ministry has issued a new approval for a controversial zinc and lead mine in an earthquake-prone region of Sumatra Island, less than a year after a Supreme Court ruling forced it to rescind its earlier approval. Critics of the project have slammed the U-turn, pointing out that nothing has fundamentally changed in that time.
An independent task force convened by the World Bank Group’s board has published a draft report setting out options for integrating the institution’s various accountability mechanisms, sparking concerns among accountability experts and civil society over potential risks.
Students from Warren Wilson College are supporting the expansion of our Follow the Money data tools through a new collaboration between Warren Wilson’s Data Science students and Inclusive Development International.
Women’s rights groups in Indonesia’s Dairi regency have been at the forefront of a legal challenge against a zinc mining company, which ultimately prevailed in court and set a legal precedent in the country in May 2025.
