World Bank

Food and water drive Africa land grab
- UPI
- 29 April 2010
As African leaders, many out to line their own pockets, sign away their people's land to foreigners, the continent's people face not having enough food to eat.
WB’s seven principles are seven deadly sins of global landgrabbing and against farmers’ interests
- Asian Peasant Coalition
- 29 April 2010
The Asian Peasant Coalition and Peasant Movement of the Philippines slam World Bank’s “seven principles”.
La Banque Mondiale et l’accaparement de terres
- Tlaxcala
- 28 April 2010
La lutte contre l’accaparement de terres a au Mexique une longue histoire. Le rejet du “Procede” dans les communautés indigènes, l’occupation de grandes propriétés au Chiapas à la suite du soulèvement zapatiste, la résistance des paysans d’Atenco et tant d’autres conflits montrent que l’initiative de la Banque Mondiale dans notre pays ne passera pas.
World Bank accused of promoting land grabbing
- FOE
- 28 April 2010
If the UN is serious about ending hunger then it must heed its own advice, stop the advance of agribusiness in Africa and implement food sovereignty immediately, says Friends of the Earth.
Dangerous initiative by the World Bank to control land grabbing
- Radio Mundo Real
- 28 April 2010
Nnimmo Bassey from Nigeria said that these principles legitimize a new form of colonialism with grave dangers for millions of local livelihoods and the environment.
Call for ending all forms of land grabbing
- IDN
- 28 April 2010
Friends of the Earth International warns that voluntary principles on land acquisitions announced by the World Bank and supported by the UN will legitimize and promote land grabbing in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Banco Mundial y acaparamiento de tierras
- La Jornada
- 27 April 2010
La lucha contra el acaparamiento de tierras tiene en México una larga historia. El rechazo al Procede en las comunidades indígenas, la ocupación de latifundios en Chiapas a raíz del levantamiento zapatista, la resistencia de los campesinos de Atenco y tantos otros conflictos muestran que la iniciativa del Banco Mundial en nuestro país no pasará.
‘WB report aims at promoting agricultural land grabbing’
- The New (Pakistan)
- 27 April 2010
An upcoming World Bank (WB) report aims at giving legitimate cover to agricultural land grabbing in Pakistan.
Organisation paysanne du Bénin dénonce l'accaparement des terres
- LC2 (Bénin)
- 26 April 2010
Reportage sur la conférence de presse organisée par Synergie Paysanne, le 26 avril 2010 à Cotonou, Bénin
Des voix s’élèvent contre la vente abusive de terres
- Le Vif
- 26 April 2010
Des associations environnementales, d'agriculteurs et des organisations de solidarité ont lancé lundi un appel pour un arrêt immédiat de l'accaparement des terres par des Etats et des investisseurs privés, à l'occasion de la conférence annuelle de la Banque Mondiale sur le foncier.
Olivier De Schutter: “Principles for responsible investment in agriculture”
- UNCTAD
- 26 April 2010
I am worried. A consensus is emerging among international institutions about the need to guide investment in agriculture. But at the same time, many civil society groups and farmers’ organisations, including the most representative among them, denounce ‘land-grabbing’.
(Mis)investment in agriculture: The role of the International Finance Corporation in the global land grab
- Oakland Institute
- 26 April 2010
New report by Oakland Institute exposes the role of the World Bank’s private sector branch, International Finance Corporation, in fueling land grabs.