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U.S., U.K., and France disagree on compensation for victims at an IFC-funded chain of for-profit schools.

Bridge International Academies was in the midst of a key financing round when allegations of child sex abuse emerged. They fought back hard.

In a small room at a safe house owned by a human rights group in rural Liberia, away from prying eyes and passing ears, Decontee explains why she quit her job on the Salala plantation. It was hard work, setting out at 5:30 in the morning every day to trek through the rows of tall […]

THE internal watchdog of the International Finance Corp. (IFC), may have violated its own environmental and social protection policies when it provided funding for coal projects in the country, according to the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ). IFC is the World Bank Group’s private sector arm. PMCJ said IFC’s…

Companies with ties to Myanmar’s military are benefitting from over $13 billion in ESG-labeled investments, according to financial records and other information compiled and published this week by Inclusive Development International and ALTSEAN-Burma.

Cambodian families who were forcibly displaced by Phnom Penh Sugar Company have received a promised payment from Australia’s ANZ bank, which financed the sugar company from 2011-2014

Cambodian families who were forcibly displaced by Phnom Penh Sugar Company have received a promised payment from Australia’s ANZ bank, which financed the sugar company from 2011-2014

The petitioners accuse the Bank of giving ‘backdoor support’ to the infrastructure project that is deemed to be dangerous to the environment and local communities.

TotalEnergies is seeking an insurance broker for its EACOP project, representing another angle of attack for opponents.

Uganda has shortlisted four companies for an exploration round following its second oil exploration tender ever