Evicted & abandoned: How the World Bank broke its promise to protect the poor

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A fisherman near Mundra, India, prepares the net for the next day's fishing trip. Locals say a World Bank Group-backed project in the area has depleted fish stocks. (Photo: Sami Siva / International Consortium of Investigative Journalists)
ICIJ & Huffington Post | 16 April 2015

Evicted & abandoned: How the World Bank broke its promise to protect the poor

ICIJ and The Huffington Post estimate that 3.4 million people have been physically or economically displaced by World Bank-backed projects since 2004.

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  • 16 April 2015

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