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- Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
  People
  
  Population 3.77 mln
  
  Life expectancy 75 years
  
  Net migration 115,082
  
  Economy
  
  GDP $15.14 bln
  
  - per capita $4,014
  
  - growth rate 7%
  
  FDI, net inflows $2.11 bln
  
  Infrastructure
  
  Cellphone users 65%
  
  Internet users 28%
  
  High-tech exports 3%
  
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The World Development Report 2012: Conceptual turning point but no change in practice?

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The World Bank's 2012 World Development Report: Gender Equality and Development, is 458 pages long. By contrast, the German Development Institute's critique of the World Development Report is a 4 page brief, but these pages have punch.The gist of the paper is how the World Development Report shows that the Bank now acknowledges that "....social and cultural factors make it difficult for women to participate with equal rights in the social and political life of their societies." This statement more...

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D C on March 14, 2012

Kosovo's coal: A World Bank legacy

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This documentary, put together by Balkan Investigative Reporting Network and Crossing Bridges Productions, highlights the troubled relationship Kosovo has with coal: sitting on one of the richest veins of coal in the world, the region lacks power and yet is already suffering from pollution-induced health problems from its existing power plants. Nezir Sinani, of the Kosovar Institute for Development Policy, travels to where another World Bank funded coal plant is being built in Africa and more...

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D C on April 23, 2012

World Bank, Climate Finance, and Bangladesh

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This study shows that the biggest climate offenders are in fact the richest countries in the world, while low and middle income countries suffer from the effects. With the failure of climate talks at Cancun, the role of the World Bank as manager of funds for climate change adaptation and resilience funds has emerged. Coincidently, this happened at a time when the Bank was adapting itself to the changed geopolitics of financing and grappling to reinstate its dominance among developing economies. more...

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D C on February 01, 2012

The World Bank Group and Lebanon: A country study

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The study discusses the recent involvement of the Bank in Lebanon such as during the reconstruction phase following the 2006 war and during the political crisis that paralyzed the country between 2006 and 2008. It also discusses the Bank’s current strategy for Lebanon and its portfolio of public and private sector investments in the country. In addition to providing information on the Bank’s role in Lebanon, the study takes a critical position on some of the Bank’s policies and activities in more...

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D C on January 12, 2012

Introduction to the FCPF Readiness Package and the Carbon Fund Operational

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The Readiness package (or R-Package) is produced by countries at the end of the first phase, and is a collection of documents required by the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) at the end of the readiness phase. The development of the R-Package is in fact a critical moment to build confidence in the process, as countries will need to have their R-Packages reviewed if they want to submit an emissions reductions programs to the FCPF Carbon Fund. Since it is not likely that more...

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D C on October 18, 2011

World Bank lending to post-revolution Tunisia

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In response to Tunisia’s January 2011 revolution, the World Bank along with other development institutions announced their readiness to assist Tunisia in this critical transitional phase. To start with however, and as part of its recent $1.5 billion commitment to Tunisia over a period of two years, the World Bank approved its first major loan of $500 million to post-revolution Tunisia in the form of a Development Policy Loan (DPL) – a loan that would go directly towards budget support and which more...

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D C on September 08, 2011

Bad Influence: How McKinsey-inspired Plans Lead to Rainforest Destruction

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As two former McKinsey executives face accusations of insider trading in the US, the report raises further questions about the consultancy giant, examining the damaging influence of McKinsey’s advice on rainforest nations’ forest protection plans. McKinsey is the market leader in advising national governments on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) programmes, yet its advice has played a key role in distorting this process to a point where donor money could be used to more...

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D C on April 19, 2011

The World Bank's new access to information policy: Conceptual leap with limits

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In this publication of Bank Information Center (BIC), the author Bruce Jenkins argues that though The World Bank's new policy recognizes the centrality of transparency and accountability to the development process and includes principled commitments to strengthen public ownership and oversight of Bank-financed operations.At the same time, a number of provisions compromise these objectives. The policy overextends protection of deliberative processes to the detriment of stakeholder engagement. more...

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D C on November 25, 2010

World Bank safeguards review

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In the 1980s and 90s, in response to strong public criticism of its involvement in controversial projects - such as the Narmada Dam in India, which displaced over 300,000 people - the World Bank developed safeguards to help identify and minimize harms to people and the environment. Since that time, other international institutions have also created their own safeguards. These safeguards require borrowers to mitigate certain risks in order to receive bank financing. Traditionally, the World Bank more...

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D C on August 09, 2011

Civil society organizations question World Bank disbursement of $500 million to Brazil

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A letter from 40 civil society organizations to Latin America and Caribbean Vice President Pamela Cox argues that a second tranche of a DPL to Brazil must be held off until the Brazilian National Development Bank proves it is implementing the social and environmental standards needed.Some 40 Brazilian and Latin American civil society organizations are questioning the World Bank's decision to approve a $500 million disbursement on an environmental sector policy loan to Brazil despite an alarming more...

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Farhana Akter on January 07, 2011

Unlocking the World Bank’s access to information policy: Your key to the vault

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While the World Bank's Access to Information Portal contains a wealth of information, it is not very easy to navigate. You can start searching for information on any kind of project, by using the “Project and Operations” tab of the bottom of the webpage or directly submit a request for information using the toolbar on the right side of the page. Alternatively, there is a site for each country. Much information can also be found through the data and research produced by the World Bank. Access to more...

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Farhana Akter on December 29, 2010

World Bank and Climate Change

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The Bank Information Center's Climate Change Campaign will focus on shifting the World Bank Group's (WBG) energy sector strategy/portfolio away from fossil fuels and toward the financing of renewable energy and energy efficiency. BIC and its partners will utilize the window of opportunity provided by the World Bank Group’s 2009-2010 review of its Energy Sector Strategy to influence and impact World Bank policy to ensure that the WBG supports a global transition to lower-carbon energy production more...

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Nadia Afrin on August 13, 2009

Obama's Schooling the World Bank on Transparency

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Who would have imagined that transparency, participation and collaboration would be stated goals of any official U.S. government (USG) policy -- and not just in a rhetorical manner, but rather as an invitation for constructive engagement with American citizenry? The World Bank (WB), currently reviewing its policy on information disclosure, could stand to learn a thing or two about openness from the recent efforts of the United States Government.Bank Information Center Op-Ed, Published in more...

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Nadia Afrin on August 13, 2009

Turkmenistan’s pipeline prospects: China, Russia, India, or Europe?

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After years of isolation, Turkmenistan has been host to hundreds of official delegations from the world’s great powers, as Europe, Russia, China, and India pursue energy security with an eye toward the country's gas deposits. President Berdymukhamedov has forsaken at least some of his predecessor’s inward focus, in favor of a “multi-vector” natural resource strategy. The strategy relies on multiple hydrocarbon export routes, and the various gas importers each have a route in mind. Key pipeline more...

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Anuradha Bhattacharjee on August 15, 2008

Merger of the World Bank's environment and infrastructure networks

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While mainstreaming environmental and social sustainability into Bank operations has been a longstanding goal of internal reformers and external critics for the past 20 years, certain criteria have to be met before the latest development is celebrated. The World Bank plan to merge its environmental and social development units with the department that oversees large infrastructure investment could end up leaving the ''wolf guarding the henhouse''. The new ''Sustainable Development Network'' more...

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Karsten Weitzenegger on September 10, 2006

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