Real estate developer Yoma Strategic Holdings is ramping up its push into Myanmar, including in agriculture where it has formed a holding in which the World Bank's IFC holds 20%.
- Straits Times
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12 Mar 2014
International and Honduran CSOs condemn the response of the International Finance Corporation to the highly critical findings of the Compliance Adviser/Ombudsman regarding the IFC’s investment in Corporación Dinant in Honduras
La mésaventure qui vient d’arriver au Honduras à la Société financière internationale, le bras armé de la Banque mondiale pour financer le secteur privé, aurait pu servir de base à la trame d’un scénario pour un thriller financier comme Hollywood en a le secret.
- Financial Afrik
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13 January 2014
Local groups call on governor of Jambi province to cancel PT Asiatic Persada’s permit after Wilmar’s sale of the company stalls IFC-mediated talks.
Al tiempo que el Directorio Ejecutivo del Banco Mundial sigue favoreciendo los fondos de capital privado, se afirma que los intermediarios financieros de la CFI han financiado 'apropiación de tierras" en el sudeste asiático y violaciones de los derechos de la población indígena en Honduras.
- Bretton Woods Project
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08 July 2013
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