http://bicusa.org/en/WhatsNew.aspx The latest content posted to the Bank Information Center website 10 http://www.infodev.org/images/infodev.gif http://bicusa.org/en/WhatsNew.aspx While the international financial institutions report sharp lending increases due to the global financial crisis, concerns over lack of transparency and accountability remain. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.11015.aspx Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:54:55 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.11015.aspx The state of Rondonia, Brazil is subject to ongoing land conflicts between large land owners, small farmers and the state. The proposed hydroelectric dams on the Madeira River and the promise of jobs will only accelerate uncontrolled migration to the region. Weak governance results in frequent, violent confrontations over natural resource use. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.11013.aspx Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:32:51 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.11013.aspx Government representatives from the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) plan to establish an infrastructure council in April 2009, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet told BNamericas. The council is expected to be created at the next Unasur meeting, scheduled for April 20 next year, when Bachelet will also leave her post as the organization's pro tempore president. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.11012.aspx Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:28:01 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.11012.aspx http://bicusa.org/en/Article.11011.aspx Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:19:31 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.11011.aspx A new agreement between Brazil, the World Bank and the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies is intended to train Brazilian state governments on reforms to local regulatory and licensing frameworks to facilitate great foreign direct investment in infrastructure projects. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.11009.aspx Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:05:23 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.11009.aspx A new book of articles edited by Ricardo Verdum of the Brazilian Instituto de Estudio Socioeconomicos (Inesc) explores the trends in financing for megaprojects in South America. The book highlights the shifting balance between IFIs such as the World Bank, the IDB and CAF toward new institutions such as BNDES, as well as the competition between IIRSA and UNASUR. The book emphasizes the urgency for greater transparency and accountability in information and decision making about large, high risk infrastructure in the region. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.11006.aspx Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:50:57 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.11006.aspx http://bicusa.org/en/Article.11005.aspx Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:29:19 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.11005.aspx The $200 million road project in Putumayo, Colombia is an anchor project for the IIRSA Amazonas Corridor and will unlock commercial traffic between the ports of Tumaco and Belem, as well as between Bogota and Quito. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.11004.aspx Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:33:56 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.11004.aspx The Madeira Energy S/A (Mesa) business consortium, responsible for the construction of the Santo Antônio 3,100 MW hydroelectric dam, the first of several mega-dams planned for the Madeira in the Brazilian state of Rondônia, was fined R$ 7,7 million ($US 3.3 million) by the Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (Ibama) as a penalty for their responsibility in the ecological accidente that resulted in the death of 11 tons of fish. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.11003.aspx Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:49:27 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.11003.aspx The Inter American Development Bank set aside more than $900,000 to conduct a feasibility study into the road linking Guyana with Brazil. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.11002.aspx Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:08:25 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.11002.aspx Meanwhile, IFC mining investments in Guinea face uncertainty after the government revoked half of the IFC-backed Simandou concession, and over the future of the massive Guinea Alumina Project as Guinea's president dies. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.11001.aspx Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:11:34 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.11001.aspx The October meeting between the Brazilian and Bolivian bilerateral technical commission on the Madeira Hydroelectric Dam and related projects focused on new technical research related to the cross-border health effects of the project. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.11000.aspx Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:37:03 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.11000.aspx The Andean Development Corporation (CAF) has approved a US$300mn loan to Peru for additional works on the Interoceánica Sur highway, the financial entity reported in a release. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10999.aspx Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:58:08 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10999.aspx The financial crisis and environmental risks have affected the willingness of banks to finance the mega-hydroelectric project which would cost R$21 billion. Santander and Banif are facing difficulties in attaining funds for San Antonio Dam; and Itau has already given up on Jirau and San Antonio. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10998.aspx Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10998.aspx The presidents of Huanuco, Ucayali and Ancash signed a letter of commitment on the issue of forming a single region together. The deciding referendum will take place in November 2009 http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10997.aspx Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10997.aspx IDB replenishment of a popular subsidy for the preparation of high risk infrastructure projects in Latin America anticipates the increased funding of infrastructure to stimulate the economy. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10996.aspx Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:01:43 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10996.aspx http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10994.aspx Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:04:28 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10994.aspx IDB has approved a technical cooperation donation of US$400,000 to support a study to improve the infrastructure and operation of border crossings between Colombia and Ecuador, the entity reported in a release. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10993.aspx Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:42:23 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10993.aspx African Development Bank also contributing record loans to address power shortage. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10992.aspx Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:20:39 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10992.aspx Meanwhile, the IFC’s advisory services in revising the region's mining policies reinforce concerns over the lack of transparency of these types of operations. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10991.aspx Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:36:49 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10991.aspx It is important for the President of the Council of Ministers, Yehuda Simon, to meet with employers' associations and hear their suggestions, since the implementation of the "Anticrisis Plan" requires the participation of both the public and private sectors, said Guillermo Vega Alvear, president of Perucámaras, who participated in the morning meeting with the Premier. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10990.aspx Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10990.aspx Meanwhile, people displaced by the project finally receive monetary compensation, nearly four years after being impoverished through a resettlement process that denied them the option of the land compensation they were entitled to. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10989.aspx Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10989.aspx Plummeting copper prices have caused investors to shy away from the $1.5 billion Kafue Lower Gorge Dam, which is designed exclusively for use by foreign mining companies. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10986.aspx Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:59:23 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10986.aspx Concerned parties threaten to file a court case against the Egyptian government if they do not receive satisfactory answers. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10985.aspx Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:30:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10985.aspx A Mines and Communities (MAC) article spotlights two independent reports critical of the Phulbari coal mining project in northwest Bangladesh. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10984.aspx Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:26:22 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10984.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10983.aspx Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10983.aspx Open letter regarding the South American Regional Infrastructure Integration Initiative (IIRSA), to the politicians in charge (South American governments) and its financiers (CAF, BNDES, European Union, Fonplata, Santander) http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10981.aspx Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10981.aspx The Phulbari Coal Project threatens numerous dangers and potential damages, ranging from the degradation of a major agricultural region in Bangladesh to pollution of the world's largest wetlands. The project's Summary Environmental Impact Assessment, and its full Environmental and Social Impact Assessment are replete with vague assurances, issuing many promises of future mitigation measures. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10979.aspx Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:34:44 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10979.aspx Free market policies as part of the Structural Adjustment Programs that the World Bank attached to their aid throughout the 1980s are partially to blame for increased world hunger. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10978.aspx Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10978.aspx Civil society groups argue that the fund is essential to any new global climate agreement involving the large-scale transfer of financial resources to help poorer nations reduce emissions that cause global climate change. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10977.aspx Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10977.aspx Network charges that poor quality of 2nd draft implies that President Kuroda has been unable to convince the ADB bureaucracy to uphold and support his vision of the ADB as the leading regional development organization on poverty alleviation and climate change. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10972.aspx Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:44:36 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10972.aspx A recent meeting between the World Bank and the Yemeni Planning Minister focused on preliminary negotiations on a proposed water sector project. However, the central question remains whether the Bank is ensuring water access for the poor. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10967.aspx Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:22:04 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10967.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10964.aspx Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10964.aspx The 2nd draft, contrary to Asian Development Bank President Kuroda’s standard-setting public assertions that no weakening of the policy would occur, represents a significant dilution of the Bank’s existing safeguards. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10963.aspx Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:07:18 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10963.aspx Bujagali deal full of risk for one of world’s poorest countries. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10962.aspx Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:15:48 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10962.aspx A network of West Java and Jakarta civil society organizations have uncovered serious flaws in the design of the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Integrated Water Resource Management Investment Project (ICWRMIP) and are urging the ADB's Board of Directors to pull out from investing into the proposed project unless a "significant, meaningful, strongly and broadly supported re-assessment of the entire program is undertaken." http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10961.aspx Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:09:41 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10961.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10960.aspx Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10960.aspx Six months after CAO found the IFC out of compliance with its own environmental and social norms in Karachaganak, no relief for local residents. No serious effort was made by either the KPO- a consortium of oil companies or IFC to mend the situation. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10959.aspx Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:04:03 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10959.aspx Civil society organizations (CSOs) from 10 South American countries have invited the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to engage in dialogue about the use and misuse of Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) in a two-day workshop to be held in Bogota, Colombia (Dec. 2 and 3, 2008). The workshop will feature presentations on the IDB's progress in developing a strategic decision making system that includes clearer rules for SEAs. CSOs will present lessons learned and recommendations for more effective use of SEAs drawn from a decade of experience with high risk infrastructure projects. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10958.aspx Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10958.aspx Represents: Brunei Darussalam, Thailand, Fiji, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Malaysia, Tonga, Vietnam http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10956.aspx Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:00:03 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10956.aspx http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10955.aspx Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:33:12 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10955.aspx Represents: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Paraguay, Uraguay http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10954.aspx Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:12:37 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10954.aspx Represents: Australia, Cambodia, Kiribati, Republic of Korea, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10953.aspx Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:45:33 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10953.aspx Represents: Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Israel, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, The Netherlands, Romania, Ukraine http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10952.aspx Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:21:06 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10952.aspx Represents: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10951.aspx Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:37:36 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10951.aspx Represents: Colombia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Philippines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10949.aspx Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:45:12 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10949.aspx Represents: Algeria, Afghanistan, Ghana, Islamic Republic of Iran, Morocco, Pakistan, Tunisia http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10948.aspx Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:23:42 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10948.aspx http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10947.aspx Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:32:12 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10947.aspx http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10946.aspx Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:31:15 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10946.aspx http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10945.aspx Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:17:19 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10945.aspx http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10944.aspx Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:47:11 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10944.aspx EBRD's Environmental and Social Policy came into effect on November 12, 2008. Projects approved past this date will have to meet higher diligence standards. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10943.aspx Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:10:40 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10943.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10942.aspx Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10942.aspx Internal ADB evaluation finds unsatisfactory returns, lack of focus for selection, weak safeguards. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10939.aspx Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:21:05 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10939.aspx ADB consults with civil society organizanizations this week on their social and environmental lending criteria. Critics worry that the strategy will not reduce poverty in the region. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10938.aspx Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:56:11 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10938.aspx The President of the Directors of IIRSA and current Director of the Ministry of Planning of Colombia, Carolina Renteria, reported on Monday, November 10 the decision to reject a hearing on IIRSA requested by 20 civil society organizations from 8 countries. The CSOs submitted a proposal to create mechanisms to ensure the participation of civil society in the planning process of integration within the framework of IIRSA, in addition to other potential integration processes as well as for the implementation of Strategic Environmental Studies (SEA) for groups of IIRSA projects. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10936.aspx Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10936.aspx In this edition you will find the following articles: 1) Change and Continuity for the BICECA website; 2) Colombia: Pasto Mocoa Highway - IDB Commitment to Sustainability under Scrutiny; 3) Perú: The restoration of the rights of indigenous peoples has a long way to go; 4) Ecuador: Big Push for Manta-Manaos Corridor. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10935.aspx Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:30:05 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10935.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10934.aspx Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:37:05 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10934.aspx The brief details the World Bank's climate change policy, different carbon funds, and the World Bank's climate change mitigation and adaptation work in South Asia. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10931.aspx Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:04:19 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10931.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3939.aspx Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:00:43 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3939.aspx Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil suman esfuerzos para pedir una Audiencia con el Comité de Dirección Ejecutiva del IIRSA (CDE IIRSA) en pos de lograr mayor participación en la planificación de integración de la región y la aplicación de Estudios Ambientales Estratégicos para grupos de proyectos IIRSA. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3937.aspx Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:09:21 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3937.aspx The World Bank Group is adhering to its pledge for greater engagement in the Middle East and North Africa. However, data on the development impacts on the poor are lacking, while other data suggest that many Bank projects in the region are at risk. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3936.aspx Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:27:01 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3936.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3935.aspx Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:59:33 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3935.aspx Talco, a major aluminum mining company controlled by Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon, is being investigated by the IMF to address issues of extreme mismanagement of funds and lack of openness. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3934.aspx Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3934.aspx A newly released joint report between Bank Information Center (BIC) and Global Witness critically assesses the World Bank Group's and the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) success in increasing transparency in extractive industries in resource-rich countries. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3933.aspx Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3933.aspx Una coalición de 630 organizaciones pertenecientes a 104 países ha emitido una declaración reclamando una respuesta que sea verdaderamente global a la crisis mundial, y formulan varios principios para conseguirlo. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3932.aspx Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:20:44 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3932.aspx A coalition of 630 organizations from 104 countries have issued a statement demanding a truly global response to the global crisis and laying out a set of principles for doing so. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3930.aspx Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:07:27 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3930.aspx In the wake of the global financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is experiencing a resurgence as the world’s "financial crisis firefighter." The upcoming G20 financial summit has placed the IMF as the central institution in charge of “crisis management” and reform of the international financial architecture. While there is much talk of “overhauling” the IMF through fundamental reforms, the same leaders who say this are also talking about broadening the scope of the IMF’s power and influence. Undoubtedly empowered by the contagion of financial meltdown in middle-income countries, the IMF is now scurrying around the globe signing new multi-billion dollar loan deals with a spate of new countries, most notably the Eastern European “Baltic tiger” countries. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3929.aspx Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:31:02 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3929.aspx Este megaproyecto de $800 millones destaca una vez mas que las grandes inversiones en energía no-renovable y “sucia” parecieran ensombrecer y contradecir las relativamente mas pequenas y dispersas actividades del BID dedicados a frenar el cambio climatico. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3928.aspx Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:38:36 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3928.aspx Six months after the Office of Compliance, Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO) of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) found the IFC out of compliance with its own regulations for toxic emissions at the Karachaganak Oil and Gas Condensate Field in western Kazakhstan, the case remains open with the CAO because the IFC has failed to bring into compliance significant failures in the IFC’s environmental monitoring of activities at the Karachaganak field. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3926.aspx Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:28:23 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3926.aspx The Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cleared Managing Director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn of abuse of power. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3925.aspx Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:25:30 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3925.aspx The International Finance Corporation's (IFC) website on extractive industries government payment disclosure has made progress, but certain gaps in data availability remain. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3924.aspx Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3924.aspx Sign-on to the civil society letter, BY OCTOBER 28, supporting the fundamental and far-reaching transformation of the international financial and economic system. The letter supports the major international conference convened by the UN to review the international financial and monetary architecture, its institutions and its governance. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3923.aspx Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:34:35 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3923.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3922.aspx Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:21:35 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3922.aspx The governments of the United States and Peru have reached an agreement to reduce Peru’s debt payments in exchange for protecting Peru’s tropical forests. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3921.aspx Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:36:33 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3921.aspx Committee aims to address the negative impacts of climate change in the region of Tumbes. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3920.aspx Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:51:21 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3920.aspx The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is investigating whether its Managing Director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn abused his power. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3919.aspx Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:47:38 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3919.aspx The presidents of the IDB, CAF and FLAR met with the intention of giving signals to the region that there are significant resources to make them available to Latin American countries beyond the resources available regularly. The total amount of contingency resources put together by the three institutions accounts for $9.3 billion to provide greater liquidity to financial markets in the region. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3918.aspx Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:51:08 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3918.aspx Los presidentes del BID, CAF y FLAR se reunieron con la intención de dar señales a la región de que hay recursos importantes para ponerlos a disposición de los países Latino Americanos más allá de los recursos que existen regularmente. Un total de US$9,300 millones en recursos de contingencia entre las tres instituciones para dar mayor liquidez a los mercados financieros de la región. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3917.aspx Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:21:12 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3917.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3916.aspx Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:50:54 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3916.aspx Intrusion exposes vulnerability of the World Bank Group's computer network by compromising confidential information. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3915.aspx Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:16:25 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3915.aspx International Rivers has just released a new report "Power Surge," which chronicles the social and environmental debt created by a boom in hydropower development in Laos. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3913.aspx Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:59:05 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3913.aspx In a deal brokered by the United Kingdom's development secretary, the selection of the next World Bank president will be open to candidates from any country. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3912.aspx Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:33:07 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3912.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3910.aspx Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:45:02 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3910.aspx To broaden its use among civil society organizations in China, the Bank Information Center’s World Bank Toolkits for Activists is now available in Chinese. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3909.aspx Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:47:53 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3909.aspx Read the special Annual Meetings edition of the Bretton Woods Update, co-produced with Afrodad, Bank Information Center, Choike, and Eurodad. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3908.aspx Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:57:47 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3908.aspx In this edition you will find the following article: IIRSA CCT Meeting on Infrastructure and the Amazon: IIRSA’s future in doubt (also in Spanish on our Spanish language page) http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3907.aspx Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3907.aspx On Sept. 4, the Technical Coordinating Committee of IIRSA (CCT) hosted a small day-long meeting to discuss infrastructure and the Amazon. The meeting was motivated by a growing perception that IIRSA and related investment trends in the Amazon region are inducing perverse and unsustainable effects that are undermining the legitimacy of the infrastructure integration initiative. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10920.aspx Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10920.aspx En esta edición Usted encontrará el siguiente artículo: Reunión de IIRSA-CCT sobre infraestructura y la Amazonia: El futuro de IIRSA en duda http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3906.aspx Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:18:43 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3906.aspx Report by 2007 panel accuses the World Bank of causing "grievous and irreversible damage to those they intend to serve" in India. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3905.aspx Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3905.aspx The World Bank Group (WBG) loans to countries in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) increased by 30% between FY07 and FY08. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3904.aspx Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3904.aspx Read all the headlines concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3903.aspx Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3903.aspx The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved a US$50 million loan for expansion of oil and gas extraction operations in the Timan-Pechora basin of the northern Komi Republic in Russia. Various civil society groups have raised concerns of the major project's implications for the environment and the indigenous Komi-Izhemts people's rights. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3902.aspx Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3902.aspx The "Weekly Roundup" is a compilation of select news articles, blogs or other media concerning the international financial institutions from the past week. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3901.aspx Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3901.aspx Following the August 25 reopening of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline after the armed conflict in Georgia, the BTC has faced several technical and strategic issues when it comes to its future and viability. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3900.aspx Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3900.aspx Amazonian civil society organizations demand that the World Bank adhere to international standards by increasing the participation of indigenous peoples in meetings on forests and climate change. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3899.aspx Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3899.aspx En un acto de lo mas violento en la historia de la democracia de Bolivia, una campaña realizada por los Prefectos de la oposición en el país intentaron desestabilizar el gobierno de Evo Morales, quitando la vida a 30 personas y dejando varias docenas más heridas en la provincia Amazónica de Pando. La mayoría de los gobiernos regionales expresan su condena, Estados Unidos está silencioso. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3898.aspx Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:34:35 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3898.aspx In the worst violent act in the history of Bolivia's democracy, a campaign by opposition Prefects in Bolivia seeking to destabilize the MAS government, took the lives of as many as 30 people, and wounded dozens more, in the Amazonian province of Pando. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10917.aspx Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10917.aspx Brazil's environment minister fought off charges that a new international Amazon conservation fund set to receive a large contribution from Norway could threaten the nation's sovereignty. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10916.aspx Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.10916.aspx The project will divert water from the Nile to the reclaimed lands in the West Delta region, while the introduction of the private sector for the first time in Egypt could leave small farmers behind. http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3897.aspx Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://bicusa.org/en/Article.3897.aspx