development finance

Global call to development banks: don't fund projects that violate human rights

July 14, 2016

Source: Paola Totaro, Thomson Reuters Foundation

Growing number of national governments have been criminalising activities of land and human rights activists

LONDON, July 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - International development banks should ensure their investments do not violate human rights or risk the lives of the activists who defend them, a group of global campaigners said on Thursday.

Institution: EBRD, EIB, World Bank Group

Theme: Social & economic impacts, Development

Tags: development, development finance, human rights, Global South

Aid Transparency Index: improvements for Europe's multilateral development banks but still a long way to go

As the 2016 Aid Transparency Review shows some improvement for the two main European lenders, they are still far from reaching satisfying transparency standards.

Tags: accountability aid effectiveness aid transparency index development finance Publish What You Fund transparency

Institution: EBRD, EIB

Theme: Development

Report finds development banks fail people harmed by their projects

January 27, 2016

A new report launched today documents the hurdles communities and workers face in obtaining remedy from development banks whose projects cause them harm. The 11 civil society organizations that authored the report, Glass Half Full? The State of Accountability in Development Finance, call on development banks and the governments that run them to strengthen their systems for providing remedy to those harmed by the activities financed by the banks.

Institution: EBRD, EIB, World Bank Group, ADB

Theme: Social & economic impacts, Development

Tags: accountability, development finance, grievance mechanisms, Caucasus, Central Asia, EU neighbourhood, Global South

Transforming development finance? Europe's multilateral lenders fail on aid transparency

The recently published 2015 Aid Transparency Review concludes that the European Union is off track from meeting its aid transparency commitments. Europe’s two multilateral development banks are indicative of the altogether rather disappointing outcome.

Tags: accountability aid aid effectiveness development finance IATI Mopani open data transparency EU neighbourhood Global South