Investments by the World Bank's IFC in financial intermediaries are alleged to have financed 'land grabs' in South East Asia and violations of indigenous people's rights in Honduras.
- Bretton Woods Project
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26 June 2013
Two Vietnamese firms bankrolled by Deutsche Bank and the International Finance Corporation – the World Bank's private lending arm – are leading a wave of land grabs in Cambodia and Laos, causing widespread evictions, illegal logging and food insecurity, according to a report.
The private investment arm of the World Bank, is going to back the medium-term expansion of ETC Group (ETG), incorporated in Mauritius and specializing trading in food and drink products.
- Indian Ocean Newsletter
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01 Mar 2013
Of the $4.2 billion that the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, invested in agribusiness and forestry in the same period, just three investments – or 2 percent – had any component related to land acquisition.
- World Bank
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11 October 2012
Sur les 4,2 milliards de dollars que la Société financière internationale (IFC), le guichet du Groupe de la Banque mondiale pour le secteur privé, a injectés dans l’agroalimentaire et la foresterie au cours de la même période, seulement trois opérations (2 % du total) avaient une composante liée à l’acquisition de terres.
- Banque Mondiale
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11 October 2012
Using or acquiring land for your company can indeed be a risky business and particularly when poor communities are affected.
"Toute la démarche consiste à donner les moyens aux communautés rurales pour que ce soient elles-mêmes qui décident quel terrain à donner à quel investisseur," explique ce représentant de la Banque Mondiale
- Le Soleil
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02 October 2012
A proposta da Corporação Financeira Internacional (CFI) do Banco Mundial de financiar a empresa Calyx Agro não foi vista com bons olhos por organizações sociais latino-americanas e europeias.
- Correio do Brasil
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06 July 2011
Groups from Latin America, Europe and around the world issue open letter calling on International Finance Corporation to reject a proposal to finance Calyx Agro's Latin American farmland grabs for foreign investors.
- farmlandgrab.org
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06 July 2011
Une lettre ouverte exhorte la Société financière internationale à rejeter une proposition de financement concernant une entreprise spécialisée dans l’acquisition de terres agricoles en Amérique latine pour des investisseurs étrangers.
- farmlandgrab.org
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06 July 2011
Una carta abierta de organizaciones de la sociedad civil pide a la Corporación Financiera Internacional del Banco Mundial que rechace una propuesta para financiar a Calyx Agro
- farmlandgrab.org
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06 July 2011
O Banco Mundial prepara-se para injetar 30 milhões de dólares num fundo que compra terra arável na América Latina em nome de algumas das pessoas mais ricas do mundo
- Matutações/GRAIN
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10 June 2011