Some CSOs are using the media to paint an inaccurate and distorted picture of the World Bank Group’s work and they are questioning the motives of the conference, says the World Bank's Klaus Deininger.
The World Bank continues to facilitate land-grabbing in poor and developing countries around the world, according to new research released on Monday.
World Bank officials say they will further support the county in the development of staple crop processing zones, while a US company indicates interest in 25,000 ha rice project in Rima irrigation scheme, Sokoto.
La Banca mondiale sta svolgendo un ruolo centrale nell'accaparrameto globale di terre, dicono i movimenti contadini ed i loro alleati internazionali.
- CRBM, FIAN, Focus, FOE, GRAIN, La Via Campesina, TNI
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23 April 2012
Nous nous joignons aux mouvements des paysans dans la lutte contre l’accaparement des terres et pour contrer les tentatives de la Banque mondiale et de ses alliés de présenter l’expropriation des terres des paysans comme une opération responsable.
- CRBM, FIAN, Focus, FOE, GRAIN, La Via Campesina, TNI
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23 April 2012
The World Bank is playing a leading role in a global land grab, says farmers' movement and its international allies.
- CRBM, FIAN, Focus, FOE, GRAIN, La Via Campesina, TNI
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23 April 2012
According to worldbankpresident.org, Nigeria's finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala - not exactly a foe of land grabbing - may be in the lead to become the next president of the World Bank.
Economistas del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) y el Banco Mundial (BM) manifestaron su preocupación por la creciente extranjerización de tierras en países con alto potencial de producción agrícola.
Neil Crowder of Chayton Capital tells the BBC that farming in Africa can be very profitable - just wait till you hear how much he expects investors will make. But will it also benefit Africans?
The bottom line is that it is the responsibility of the host governments to set policies and a legal framework that protect their citizens’ interests – by encouraging investment, and protecting the rights of affected individuals.
IMF/World Bank paper looks at how foreign investors are buying up farmland in developing countries.
The demonstrators say the global lender’s principles of responsible agricultural investment, known as RAI, fail in their stated objective to protect rights of small farmers.
