European Development Bank: Backward Step On Rights, Says HRW
5 March 2014 | Eurasia Review
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) new draft Environment and Social Policy would fail to weed out abusive development projects, seven human rights and bank watchdog organizations said today in a joint statement. The bank’s consultation on the draft policy closes on March 5, 2014. It then has an opportunity to revise the policy before sending it to the bank’s board for approval in the coming months.
Ukraine’s woes deepen as EBRD warns of power price doubling
4 February 2014 | Energo
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Big loans to big players
30 January 2014 | Mada Masr
To many outsiders looking in, the seemingly resounding “yes” vote in Egypt’s recent constitutional referendum might suggest that, three years on from the January 25 protests that kick-started the country’s revolution, the democratic transition is healthily moving forward.
Hydropower Struggle: Dams Threaten Europe’s Last Wild Rivers
29 January 2014 | Der Spiegel
Europe’s last remaining wild rivers flow through the Balkans, providing stunning scenery and habitat to myriad plants and animals. But hundreds of dam projects threaten to do irreparable harm to the region’s unique biospheres — to provide much needed electricity to the people who live there.
EBRD hiding head in the sand on Egypt democracy
29 January 2014 | The Daily News Egypt
Individual rights, gender equality, freedom of religion, freedom of thought and opinion, freedom of press, the right to go on strike — all these and other rights and freedoms are enshrined in the new constitution that Egyptians voted overwhelmingly in favour of.
A Lesson for Dr. Kim and the World Bank as It Ponders the Kosovo Coal Project
27 January 2014 | Huffington Post
When Dr. Kim, President of the World Bank, and leaders of other international financial institutions ponder funding new coal power projects this year — like the one in Kosovo — there’s one word that should be seared into their memories: Sostanj.
