Agence France Presse June 21, 2009. The economic weakness in the developing world after recent years of robust growth heightens the risks of social unrest and deepening poverty, according to the World Bank.
Robin Broad, John Cavanagh, AlterNet. October 10, 2008. Look no further than the World Bank to see how many economic, social and environmental problems so-called experts can make worse.
EurodadSeptember 22, 2008. Despite admitting that corporations are screwing up water services, the World Bank still thinks privatization is a "real business opportunity."
Janet Redman, Institute for Policy Studies. July 11, 2008. The World Bank's new Climate Investment Funds will do nothing to help the climate; they'll just give the bank more clout.
Daphne Wysham, Shakuntala Makhijani, Foreign Policy in Focus. April 2, 2008. The bank is turning dirty carbon credits into gold -- bad news for those seeking a real solution to the climate crisis.
Daniel Howden, The Independent UK. January 17, 2008. A month ago it vowed to fight deforestation. Now research reveals it funds the rainforest's biggest threat.
Andrew Gumbel, Independent UK. August 14, 2007. What are the effects of the Bush administration's systematic thwarting of efforts to fight climate change?
Sarah Anderson, Foreign Policy in Focus. May 31, 2007. The man who tried to equate resistance to corporate globalization with the terrorism of al Qaeda now takes over the World Bank following Paul Wolfowitz's scandal-ridden tenure.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. May 30, 2007. Lindsay Beyerstein: The nomination of Robert Zoellick to replace Wolfowitz as head of the World Bank is yet another case of rewarding a Bush crony with a cushy position.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. May 29, 2007. Cliff Schecter: Bill Frist spares the Bush Administration further embarrassment by withdrawing his name from consideration for the World Bank presidency.
Adam Howard, AlterNet: PEEK. May 16, 2007. One of the most infamous architects of the Iraq War may have finally come to the end of his troubled tenure at the World Bank.
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. May 9, 2007. Add Wolfowitz to the rapidly growing list of Bush alums whose career trajectory suddenly plummets upon the disclosure of a pattern of lying obvious to most observers but not to the president himself.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. May 9, 2007. Nadia Martinez: The World Bank continues in its downward spiraling crisis of legitimacy, at least in Latin America.
Naomi Klein, The Nation. April 28, 2007. Let's not repeat the absurd narrative that Wolfowitz's indiscretions have ruined an otherwise laudable antipoverty organization.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. April 23, 2007. Steve Clemons: Probably not, but the scandal raises serious questions about Shaha Riza's security clearance.
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. April 18, 2007. It seems that the decadent cronyism and malignant imperial stance of the Bush administration have been extended to one of the world's leading international institutions.
Susie Bright, SusieBright.com. April 17, 2007. Want to know what really goes on at the World Bank? Read a copy of Bank Swirled, an underground satirical newspaper published by World Bank employees.
Susie Bright, SusieBright.com. April 15, 2007. Want to know what really goes on at the World Bank? Then Bank Swirled, an underground satirical newspaper published by World Bank employees, is a must-read.
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