World Bank

Oxfam reaction to World Bank Carbon Pricing statement

22 September 2014
World Bank Group’s billion dollar private sector health initiative in Africa is failing to reach the poor

9 September 2014

A billion-dollar flagship scheme to support private sector-led health care in Africa is bypassing poor people and concentrating instead on high-end urban hospitals catering mainly for the rich.
New investigation finds ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy leads to IFC blunders in Honduras human rights scandal

13 August 2014

An internal investigation released last night finds that World Bank Group staff kept quiet about a plantation company’s role in a violent land conflict in Honduras, when proposing loans to one of Central America’s top ten banks which funded it.
Tackling climate change builds prosperity and saves lives: Oxfam welcomes World Bank report 'Adding Up the Benefits'

24 June 2014

Oxfam welcomes today's World Bank report 'Clima
Development Committee & Verdict on the 2014 Spring Meetings

12 April 2014

Oxfam’s Nicolas Mombrial said:
Christine Lagarde and Jim Kim at the IMF-World Bank spring meetings

10 April 2014

Oxfam's Nicolas Mombrial said: “The IMF and World Bank have admitted the dangers of skyrocketing inequality, but they’re not showing any concrete signs of dealing with the problem.
Challenge to World Bank and IMF to get serious about extreme inequality

9 April 2014

Following Oxfam’s January report revealing that just 85 people owned the same wealth as the bottom half the world’s population, Forbes has updated its “billionaires' list”, showing that extreme inequality has worsened– just 67 people at the top now own half the wealth.
A Dangerous Diversion

7 April 2014

The Lesotho health public–private partnership (PPP) has been described as opening a new era for private sector involvement in healthcare in Africa.
Oxfam reaction to World Bank $100 billion increase in lending

1 April 2014

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim today announ
World Bank funding a company implicated in human rights abuses in Honduras

10 January 2014

An internal investigation has revealed that the World Bank has invested in a palm oil and food company implicated in serious rights abuses in Honduras.

World Bank

Oxfam reaction to World Bank Carbon Pricing statement

World Bank Group’s billion dollar private sector health initiative in Africa is failing to reach the poor

New investigation finds ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy leads to IFC blunders in Honduras human rights scandal

Tackling climate change builds prosperity and saves lives: Oxfam welcomes World Bank report 'Adding Up the Benefits'

Development Committee & Verdict on the 2014 Spring Meetings

Christine Lagarde and Jim Kim at the IMF-World Bank spring meetings

Challenge to World Bank and IMF to get serious about extreme inequality

A Dangerous Diversion

Oxfam reaction to World Bank $100 billion increase in lending

World Bank funding a company implicated in human rights abuses in Honduras