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.
Inclusive Development International has released a new report, “‘I Will Do Anything to Stay Here’: What a Just Energy Transition Means to Communities at Risk from Bauxite Mining in Guinea.”
As the bank tries to streamline overlapping functions, board members sought to assure civil society groups that communities negatively affected by the institution’s projects will have the same level of access to accountability functions.
Advocates are calling for an independent review of the case of alleged sexual abuse of more than 20 students from IFC-funded Bridge International Academies in Kenya.
Standard Chartered is being investigated through the OECD’s formal complaints mechanism for its financing of four coal-fired power plants in the Philippines, which non-profits allege have caused environmental, economic and health-related harms to local communities.
Nearly two decades after hundreds of Cambodian families were forced off their land by a Thai sugar giant, they’re finally getting justice with a long-overdue settlement. But during that time, the families endured cruel conditions and the pain of leaving their livelihoods behind.
In a session on investigating the impact of alternative energy at the recent Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) conference in the US, a panel of experts revealed that a combination of direct reporting on affected communities plus deep supply chain research was the best formula for achieving impact.
