IFC under pressure to offer compensation to alleged Bridge victims
Letter to World Bank Group Board regarding IFC’s response to project-related child sexual abuse at Bridge schools
Bonsucro’s Letter to Bridges Across Borders Cambodia
Impact Report – Against All Odds
2025 IMPACT REPORT AGAINST ALL ODDS 2025 IMPACT REPORT AGAINST ALL ODDS Message from the Executive Director Last year was brutal for the ideals we hold dear. Decades of hard-won human rights and environmental protections were rolled back, corporations gained new license to exploit vulnerable communities and fragile ecosystems, & climate commitments were abandoned. Sometimes, […]
Bauxite Mining in Guinea
What a Just Energy Transition Means to Communities at Risk from Bauxite Mining in Guinea
One year on: No remedy or accountability for survivors of sexual abuse at World Bank Group funded schools in Kenya
Joint Statement by Inclusive Development International and Accountability Counsel (March 13, 2025) – One year ago today, World Bank Group President Ajay Banga apologized to survivors of child sexual abuse at Bridge International Academies, acknowledging “the trauma they experienced” at the World Bank Group-funded schools and committed to supporting them. A March 2024 report from […]
China Global Newsletter | Edition 10
China Global Newsletter | Edition 10: January 2025 Is China a “last resort” for financing high-risk projects? As Chinese companies and banks expanded their global reach at the start of this century, a common narrative emerged that Chinese investors and financiers were willing to support projects that other investors saw as too risky. This narrative […]
Statement of International Civil Society Organizations in response to the abduction of Stephen Kwikiriza, community environmental defender in Uganda
This is a joint statement by over 115 international civil society organizations to call upon the Ugandan authorities to ensure the immediate and unconditional release of Stephen Kwikiriza, who has been held incommunicado since his abduction by plain clothed officers in Kampala on June 4th 2024. On June 4th 2024, Stephen Kwikiriza, a member of […]
External Investigation Into Alleged IFC Cover-Up Must Be Robust and Transparent
On March 13, 2024, World Bank Group (WBG) President Ajay Banga announced an external investigation of allegations of interference in the IFC Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) process as relates to IFC’s investments in Bridge International Academies. We welcome President Banga’s announcement. It represents a positive, albeit belated, response to a call made by 35 international […]
IFC Response to Child Sexual Abuse Investigation Fails Survivors; Evades Responsibility
Today the World Bank released a scandalous internal investigation of child sexual abuse allegations at private schools funded by its private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC). Although World Bank President Ajay Banga has expressed contrition, the IFC’s official management response fails to offer meaningful remedy to the survivors of abuse that it turned […]