Bankwatch Mail 14

In this special issue on the World Bank Extractive Industry: Anniversary of Kumtor Accident Highlights Extractive Industry Problems * Why and How? * A quick overview of the reasons for and methods by which the World Bank supports oil and gas development * A Storm in the Making: Romanians Mobilise Against Gold Mining * World Bank Influence Undermines Credibility of EIR Process * World Bank-Funded Project Opens Door for Mining in Protected Areas: Ecuador.s Prodeminca Project * World Bank Pipeline in Georgia and Azerbaijan Illustrates Problems with Extractive Industries * As Papua New Guinea Mining Continues, So Do Troubles * Digging and Drilling Out of Poverty? The World Bank and Extractive Industries