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Profiling Problem Projects: Making the Case for Change at the International Finance Corporation
This collection of case studies is the product of collaboration between
a number of non-governmental organizations. Each piece is the work product
of the authoring organization and does not necessarily represent the views
of the Center for International Environmental Law. For further information
on individual case studies, see the contact details listed at the end
of each piece.
A link to a PDF-formatted version of each case study is also located at
its conclusion.
Also available: A link to a Handbook on the Office of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman of the International Finance Corporation and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency is available at the end of this page.
Analysis of IFC's Role and Impact
By Alex Wilks, Bretton Woods Project
The Chad Cameroon Petroleum Development
and Pipeline Project: Risky Business
By Susanne Breitkopf, Urgewald
Oil Drilling in the Guatemalan Rainforest:
A Skeleton in the IFC's Closet
By Francesco Martone, Campagne per la riforma della Banco Mondiale
The Jordan Industrial Joint Gateway Project:
A River Runs Through It
By Abd al-Rahman Sultan & Charles Lenchner, Friends
of the Earth Middle East
The Kumtor Gold Mine: Spewing Toxics
From On High
By Doug Norlen, Pacific Environment and Resources Center
Liberian Agricultural Project: Can't See
the People for the Trees
By Graham Saul, Bank Information Center
Panama's Corredor Sur: Turning the Bay of
Panama into a "Fecal Swamp" (En
Español)
By Felix Wing Solis, Fundacion para el Desarrollo
de la Libertad Ciudadana & Claudia Saladin, Center for International
Environmental Law
Peru’s Yanacocha Gold Mine: The IFC’s Midas
Touch?
By Shanna Langdon, Project Underground
Uganda’s Bujagali Dam: A Case Study in Corporate
Welfare
By Lori Pottinger, International Rivers Network
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