Tag:World Bank

Oil & Gas

Spring Meetings: Global South activists clamour World Bank gas reforms

Global activists and concerned citizens coordinated by the Big Shift Global campaign on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, transformed the entrance of the World Bank...

Michael Simire - April 17, 2024

Climate Change

Spring Meetings: World Bank, others urged to shift from fossil fuels to renewables

The Big Shift Global campaign, a group of 50 organisations across the Global South and North, are calling on the Multilateral Development Banks, the World Bank...

Michael Simire - April 9, 2024

Water & Sanitation

Katsina, World Bank earmark N10bn for water, sanitation services

The Katsina State Government says it has earmarked N10 billion to improve water, sanitation and hygiene services under the Sustainable Urban and Rural Water...

Michael Simire - January 30, 2024

Conservation

Groups want World Bank to stop financing anti-people wildlife project in Tanzania

Civil society groups across Africa have petitioned the World Bank to stop financing a project in Tanzania that purports to protect the environment but...

Michael Simire - November 10, 2023

Climate Change

David Archer: Avoid our mistake, don’t let World Bank host loss and damage fund

At the Global Partnership for Education, we paid a high price to be hosted by the World Bank. A loss and damage fund should...

Michael Simire - November 5, 2023

Cover

World Bank to administer Loss and Damage Fund – Al Jaber hails agreement, campaigners kick

COP28 President-designate and Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Dr Sultan Al Jaber, welcomed an agreement reached in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, November 4,...

Michael Simire - November 5, 2023

Business

Marrakech: Beyond the World Bank, IMF meeting rooms

The world recently gathered in Marrakech, Morocco for the annual World Bank/International Monetary Fund (IMF) meetings. The meetings, which had been scheduled for 2020 were...

Michael Simire - October 30, 2023

Water & Sanitation