International Financial Institutions Program
For more information about CIEL's International Financial Institutions Program, contact Jocelyn Medallo.

Keeping Development Finance Accountable
The International Financial Institutions (IFIs) Program works to ensure that human rights are respected and the environment protected in the context of development finance. By promoting the principle of local participation in decision making, seeking stronger social, environmental and disclosure standards, and facilitating development and use of mechanisms to hold financial institutions accountable for their activities, CIEL seeks to promote a more sustainable and community-centered paradigm of development. Learn more about CIEL's International Financial Institutions Program
Latest International Financial Institutions Program News
- Civil Society and Entrepreneurs Call on World Bank to Clean Up Energy Lending
- New CIEL blog post asks #Whatwillittake for the World Bank to uphold human rights?
- The World Bank's private sector financing arm doesn't know the environmental and social impacts of nearly half its portfolio
- Civil society fears World Bank poised to weaken its social and environmental policies and procedures
CIEL Worldview Blog:
International Financial Institutions
Read what CIEL staff have to say at our CIEL Worldview Blog - International Financial Institutions category.
International Financial Institutions Program Featured Publication
Fossilized Thinking: The World Bank, Eskom, and the Real Cost of Coal
Analysis of the World Bank Eskom loan to fund a large energy project in South Africa and how the World Bank’s Energy Strategy Review and approach to analyzing coal projects does not factor all costs associated with coal-based power projects. (Amerasinghe & Porter) (March 2011)

