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Beyond the World Bank: The Fight for Universal Social Protection in the #GlobalSouth by Matthew Greenslade
Examines damage done by the #WorldBank's insistence on pursuing a poverty-targeted approach to #SocialProtection in lower income countries
https://bit.ly/4oULyI3
Beyond the World Bank: The Fight for Universal Social Protection in the #GlobalSouth by Matthew Greenslade
Examines damage done by the #WorldBank's insistence on pursuing a poverty-targeted approach to #SocialProtection in lower income countries
https://bit.ly/4oULyI3
December 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
OUT NOW
Beyond the World Bank: The Fight for Universal Social Protection in the #GlobalSouth by Matthew Greenslade
Examines damage done by the #WorldBank's insistence on pursuing a poverty-targeted approach to #SocialProtection in lower income countries
https://bit.ly/4oULyI3
Beyond the World Bank: The Fight for Universal Social Protection in the #GlobalSouth by Matthew Greenslade
Examines damage done by the #WorldBank's insistence on pursuing a poverty-targeted approach to #SocialProtection in lower income countries
https://bit.ly/4oULyI3
Today, we presented #AgriConnect -- @WorldBank's new effort to help smallholders move from subsistence to surplus by building the right ecosystem: strong cooperatives, better market links and access to finance and digital tools for farmers and small, medium agrifood enterprises.
December 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Today, we presented #AgriConnect -- @WorldBank's new effort to help smallholders move from subsistence to surplus by building the right ecosystem: strong cooperatives, better market links and access to finance and digital tools for farmers and small, medium agrifood enterprises.
📚 This report examines #Brazil’s business environment as a factor behind decades of weak productivity #growth, drawing on the #WorldBank’s three approaches. How does this perspective help explain Brazil’s economic performance?
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Business Environment and Productivity in Brazil
This report addresses the business environment in Brazil as one of the determinants responsible for the weak evolution of productivity in recent decades. After addressing this productivity performance...
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November 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
📚 This report examines #Brazil’s business environment as a factor behind decades of weak productivity #growth, drawing on the #WorldBank’s three approaches. How does this perspective help explain Brazil’s economic performance?
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policycenter.ma/publications...
Attending #MinamataCOP6 next week? Join us & the #WorldBank’s Africa Environmental Health & Pollution Management Program on Thursday, November 6 for a Knowledge Lab on #GenderResponsive approaches in artisanal & small-scale gold mining. #WomenInMining
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🔗 More info: www.planetgold.org/advancing-ge...
Advancing Gender-Inclusive Solutions in ASGM | planetGOLD
Minamata Convention on Mercury COP-6 Knowledge Lab
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October 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Attending #MinamataCOP6 next week? Join us & the #WorldBank’s Africa Environmental Health & Pollution Management Program on Thursday, November 6 for a Knowledge Lab on #GenderResponsive approaches in artisanal & small-scale gold mining. #WomenInMining
🔗 More info: www.planetgold.org/advancing-ge...
🔗 More info: www.planetgold.org/advancing-ge...
Across much of #Europe and Central #Asia, slowing productivity and demographic shifts are straining the labor market.
Bold reforms are needed to address the region’s jobs challenge. Learn more in the #WorldBank’s latest report: wrld.bg/Zcy950X7Sk7
Bold reforms are needed to address the region’s jobs challenge. Learn more in the #WorldBank’s latest report: wrld.bg/Zcy950X7Sk7
October 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Across much of #Europe and Central #Asia, slowing productivity and demographic shifts are straining the labor market.
Bold reforms are needed to address the region’s jobs challenge. Learn more in the #WorldBank’s latest report: wrld.bg/Zcy950X7Sk7
Bold reforms are needed to address the region’s jobs challenge. Learn more in the #WorldBank’s latest report: wrld.bg/Zcy950X7Sk7
.@WorldBank's new “Citizens at the Center” framework could pivot civic engagement from window‑dressing to core, write Lindsay Coates & Rachel Nadelman of @@arc-au.bsky.social.
But without bold leadership and funding, they warn it risks remaining aspirational:
https://bit.ly/3INxJfy
But without bold leadership and funding, they warn it risks remaining aspirational:
https://bit.ly/3INxJfy
The World Bank’s Civic Test
The World Bank is considering Citizens at the Center, a new framework that seeks to move civic engagement from a procedural add-on to a core part of development, with CSOs as partners and community pa...
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September 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
.@WorldBank's new “Citizens at the Center” framework could pivot civic engagement from window‑dressing to core, write Lindsay Coates & Rachel Nadelman of @@arc-au.bsky.social.
But without bold leadership and funding, they warn it risks remaining aspirational:
https://bit.ly/3INxJfy
But without bold leadership and funding, they warn it risks remaining aspirational:
https://bit.ly/3INxJfy
The #worldbank's legitimacy is derived from #citizens- now more than ever. Here's why: www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/22/09/2...
The World Bank’s Legitimacy Is Derived From Citizens, Now More Than Ever
Vinay Bhargava and Blair Glencorse argue that it is time the Bank took civil society more seriously.
www.globalpolicyjournal.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The #worldbank's legitimacy is derived from #citizens- now more than ever. Here's why: www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/22/09/2...
🚨@WorldBank's mission is to fight poverty, yet @IFC_org is funding high-end unaffordable hospitals & exacerbating inequality? This approach will not deliver on the WBs target to reach 1.5 billion with access to quality healthcare! #UHC #PeopleOverProfits www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Rights Groups Call for Probe of World Bank Hospital Funding
More than 50 human rights organizations, nonprofits and international development experts are calling on the World Bank to investigate its health-care investments in Africa and Asia, citing Bloomberg ...
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September 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
🚨@WorldBank's mission is to fight poverty, yet @IFC_org is funding high-end unaffordable hospitals & exacerbating inequality? This approach will not deliver on the WBs target to reach 1.5 billion with access to quality healthcare! #UHC #PeopleOverProfits www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
🌍 WEST & CENTRAL AFRICA: At TICAD, leaders stressed UHC as vital for welfare & growth. With 200M+ children to be born in 25 yrs, strong systems could create 2.2M jobs & boost health.
The #WorldBank’s “Frontlines First, Fixing Finance, Future Fit” aims to expand care.
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The #WorldBank’s “Frontlines First, Fixing Finance, Future Fit” aims to expand care.
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Why Universal Health Coverage matters in West and Central Africa - P4H Network
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August 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
🌍 WEST & CENTRAL AFRICA: At TICAD, leaders stressed UHC as vital for welfare & growth. With 200M+ children to be born in 25 yrs, strong systems could create 2.2M jobs & boost health.
The #WorldBank’s “Frontlines First, Fixing Finance, Future Fit” aims to expand care.
p4h.world/en/news/why-...
The #WorldBank’s “Frontlines First, Fixing Finance, Future Fit” aims to expand care.
p4h.world/en/news/why-...
New in #ObserverSummer25: Civil society raises alarm as the @WorldBank’s ongoing energy review lifts WBG ban on nuclear and considers return to financing ‘upstream’ gas projects
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August 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
New in #ObserverSummer25: Civil society raises alarm as the @WorldBank’s ongoing energy review lifts WBG ban on nuclear and considers return to financing ‘upstream’ gas projects
@re-course.org
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@re-course.org
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The #WorldBank’s support and global models offer India the tools—it now needs cohesive policy to lead the #climatetransition. #carbonbudget
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A national carbon budget key to India's net zero push | Policy Circle
A national carbon budget would help India balance emissions, development goals, and green investments in line with global climate targets. #carbonbudget #environment #carbon
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July 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The #WorldBank’s support and global models offer India the tools—it now needs cohesive policy to lead the #climatetransition. #carbonbudget
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www.policycircle.org/environment/...
#Mongolia remains an upper-middle income country by the WorldBank's classification.
Classification is by per capita GNI, for 🇲🇳 in 2024, that was US$5,350
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Classification is by per capita GNI, for 🇲🇳 in 2024, that was US$5,350
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Understanding country income: World Bank Group income classifications for FY26
Every year on July 1, the World Bank Group updates the classification of world economies into four income groups based on the previous year's GNI per capita. This classification impacts development ai...
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July 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
#Mongolia remains an upper-middle income country by the WorldBank's classification.
Classification is by per capita GNI, for 🇲🇳 in 2024, that was US$5,350
blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/...
Classification is by per capita GNI, for 🇲🇳 in 2024, that was US$5,350
blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/...
New report from ActionAid Ghana and SOMO provides withering assessment of WorldBank’s role in Ghana’s gas development, as derisking for foreign investors has yielded rising government debt and higher energy costs
@somoamsterdam.bsky.social
More in #ObserverSummer25👇
tinyurl.com/GhanaGas
@somoamsterdam.bsky.social
More in #ObserverSummer25👇
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Ghana's gas debt provides cautionary tale as World Bank reconsiders support for upstream gas projects
After following World Bank energy reform model, government faced with crippling debts and high energy costs.
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July 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
New report from ActionAid Ghana and SOMO provides withering assessment of WorldBank’s role in Ghana’s gas development, as derisking for foreign investors has yielded rising government debt and higher energy costs
@somoamsterdam.bsky.social
More in #ObserverSummer25👇
tinyurl.com/GhanaGas
@somoamsterdam.bsky.social
More in #ObserverSummer25👇
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The #WorldBank's despicable role in bolstering for profit healthcare in #Kenya.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How the World Bank left African hospital patients "detained" and in crushing debt
It promised to improve health care for the poor through its investments with private equity firms.
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July 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The #WorldBank's despicable role in bolstering for profit healthcare in #Kenya.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Looking forward to our #RDW2025 Special Session next week on the #WorldBank's B-READY Project. With Sangheon Lee, Sukti Dasgupta, Khalid Maman Waziri @ilo.org Simon Deakin, Kamelia Pourkermani @jbs.cam.ac.uk. Thurs 3rd June, Session 5.6, Cinema Room, R2 South. Conference Agenda: bit.ly/3ZKqz0U
June 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Looking forward to our #RDW2025 Special Session next week on the #WorldBank's B-READY Project. With Sangheon Lee, Sukti Dasgupta, Khalid Maman Waziri @ilo.org Simon Deakin, Kamelia Pourkermani @jbs.cam.ac.uk. Thurs 3rd June, Session 5.6, Cinema Room, R2 South. Conference Agenda: bit.ly/3ZKqz0U
#Congo needs juice to modernize, yet #WorldBank's $1B investment in #BigHydro there is wrongheaded & perpetuates fealty of the people to central dictate.
#MicroHydro & #LocalGrid provisions are more sensitive to preservation of the watershed & aid #democracy.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#MicroHydro & #LocalGrid provisions are more sensitive to preservation of the watershed & aid #democracy.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
June 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
#Congo needs juice to modernize, yet #WorldBank's $1B investment in #BigHydro there is wrongheaded & perpetuates fealty of the people to central dictate.
#MicroHydro & #LocalGrid provisions are more sensitive to preservation of the watershed & aid #democracy.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#MicroHydro & #LocalGrid provisions are more sensitive to preservation of the watershed & aid #democracy.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#WorldBank's #LandConf2025 climate rhetoric masks a mining agenda that ignores #Indigenous resistance & tramples their right to say NO to exploitation of their lands.
Latest from Our Take: www.oaklandinstitute.org/our-take/wor...
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Latest from Our Take: www.oaklandinstitute.org/our-take/wor...
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The World Bank Fuels Landgrabs for Mining Under the Guise of Climate Action
The horrific toll of the war in the eastern DRC has put a global spotlight on the deadly role of “critical minerals” in fueling violence and displacement. Backed by Rwanda, the M23 militia has seized ...
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May 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
#WorldBank's #LandConf2025 climate rhetoric masks a mining agenda that ignores #Indigenous resistance & tramples their right to say NO to exploitation of their lands.
Latest from Our Take: www.oaklandinstitute.org/our-take/wor...
@mittaloak.bsky.social @acurrier.bsky.social
Latest from Our Take: www.oaklandinstitute.org/our-take/wor...
@mittaloak.bsky.social @acurrier.bsky.social
@oaklandinstitute.org launches new research suggesting WorldBank's land reform agenda real aim is to open lands for agribusiness, mining of transition minerals and carbon credit schemes
www.downtoearth.org.in/governance/w...
www.downtoearth.org.in/governance/w...
World Bank’s land reform agenda faces 'climate-washing' allegations ahead of key conference
A new report from the Oakland Institute has alleged that the World Bank is using climate action as a pretext to push land reforms that prioritise corporate inte
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May 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
@oaklandinstitute.org launches new research suggesting WorldBank's land reform agenda real aim is to open lands for agribusiness, mining of transition minerals and carbon credit schemes
www.downtoearth.org.in/governance/w...
www.downtoearth.org.in/governance/w...
The #WorldBank's land agenda isn’t about #ClimateAction – it’s about corporate profit.
Catering to agribusiness & extractive industries, it threatens land, food, & #climate justice worldwide.
New report: www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/clima...
@mittaloak.bsky.social @brettonwoodsproject.org
Catering to agribusiness & extractive industries, it threatens land, food, & #climate justice worldwide.
New report: www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/clima...
@mittaloak.bsky.social @brettonwoodsproject.org
May 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The #WorldBank's land agenda isn’t about #ClimateAction – it’s about corporate profit.
Catering to agribusiness & extractive industries, it threatens land, food, & #climate justice worldwide.
New report: www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/clima...
@mittaloak.bsky.social @brettonwoodsproject.org
Catering to agribusiness & extractive industries, it threatens land, food, & #climate justice worldwide.
New report: www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/clima...
@mittaloak.bsky.social @brettonwoodsproject.org
#Worldbank's fresh offensive on land rights EXPOSED in Climatewash. New report reveals how Bank is exploiting the #climatecrisis to push global land grab agenda that benefits corporations at expense of local & Indigenous communities.
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@mittaloak.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
#Worldbank's fresh offensive on land rights EXPOSED in Climatewash. New report reveals how Bank is exploiting the #climatecrisis to push global land grab agenda that benefits corporations at expense of local & Indigenous communities.
oaklandinstitute.org/report/clima...
@mittaloak.bsky.social
oaklandinstitute.org/report/clima...
@mittaloak.bsky.social
"The International Monetary Fund & World Bank continue to [choose] the failed path of cuts [to] essential public services... in the nations that can least afford it."
ActionAid's Roos Saalbrink calls out the #IMF & #WorldBank's #Austerity policies for countries in crises 👉 bit.ly/4lSQ2yI
ActionAid's Roos Saalbrink calls out the #IMF & #WorldBank's #Austerity policies for countries in crises 👉 bit.ly/4lSQ2yI
The United Nations should handle debt resolution as the IMF Spring Meetings fall short amid push for more "heartless" public budget cuts, says ActionAid - ActionAid USA News
The 2025 Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have yielded outcomes that offer little hope of addressing the
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April 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"The International Monetary Fund & World Bank continue to [choose] the failed path of cuts [to] essential public services... in the nations that can least afford it."
ActionAid's Roos Saalbrink calls out the #IMF & #WorldBank's #Austerity policies for countries in crises 👉 bit.ly/4lSQ2yI
ActionAid's Roos Saalbrink calls out the #IMF & #WorldBank's #Austerity policies for countries in crises 👉 bit.ly/4lSQ2yI
Looking forward to our Special Session at #RDW2025 on the #WorldBank's Business Ready Project. With Sangheon Lee, Sukti Dasgupta @ilo.org Simon Deakin, Kamelia Pourkermani @jbs.cam.ac.uk. A welcome opportunity to discuss the design and influence of the new B-READY index. bit.ly/RDW2025
9th Regulating for Decent Work Conference
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April 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Looking forward to our Special Session at #RDW2025 on the #WorldBank's Business Ready Project. With Sangheon Lee, Sukti Dasgupta @ilo.org Simon Deakin, Kamelia Pourkermani @jbs.cam.ac.uk. A welcome opportunity to discuss the design and influence of the new B-READY index. bit.ly/RDW2025
Join Open Ownership at the #WorldBank's #AntiCorruption Global Forum in Washington, D.C. or online on 8-9 April 2025.
Our Executive Director @thomtownsend.bsky.social is moderating a session on #BeneficialOwnership reform, with country examples.
➡️ www.openownership.org/en/blog/open...
Our Executive Director @thomtownsend.bsky.social is moderating a session on #BeneficialOwnership reform, with country examples.
➡️ www.openownership.org/en/blog/open...
April 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Join Open Ownership at the #WorldBank's #AntiCorruption Global Forum in Washington, D.C. or online on 8-9 April 2025.
Our Executive Director @thomtownsend.bsky.social is moderating a session on #BeneficialOwnership reform, with country examples.
➡️ www.openownership.org/en/blog/open...
Our Executive Director @thomtownsend.bsky.social is moderating a session on #BeneficialOwnership reform, with country examples.
➡️ www.openownership.org/en/blog/open...