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The Bank Information Center (BIC) partners with civil society in developing and transition countries to influence the World Bank and other international financial institutions (IFIs) to promote social and economic justice and ecological sustainability. BIC is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization that advocates for the protection of rights, participation, transparency, and public accountability in the governance and operations of the World Bank, regional development banks, and IMF.

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Press releases

GTI welcomes World Bank commitment to improved transparency; looks forward to policy implementation, GTI/Bank Information Center, December 23, 2009 (BIC website)

GTI applauds World Bank on improved disclosure policy, though significant weaknesses remain, Bank Information Center, November 3, 2009 (BIC website)

IFC launches civil society consultations in Istanbul, Bank Information Center, October 6, 2009 (BIC website)

Civil society to address World Bank at Annual Meetings in Istanbul, Bank Information Center, September 29, 2009 (BIC website)

Press kit: House Committee on Financial Services hearing on access to information at the World Bank, Bank Information Center, September 8, 2009 (BIC website)

World Bank to tackle review of information disclosure policy, Bank Information Center, March 17, 2009 (BIC website)

World Bank loans exacerbate climate change, Bank Information Center, February 10, 2009 (BIC website)

IFC and leading international banks do not have a robust framework for minimizing human rights risks, Center for International Environmental Law, Bank Information Center, August 7, 2008 (CIEL website)

Record 2007 IDB Lending Comes at Expense of Environment, Communities April 7, 2008, Amazon Watch Bank Information Center, Friends of the Earth (Acrobat pdf, 24 KB)

Asian Development Bank Pulls Out of Controversial Coal Project in Bangladesh, April 2, 2008, BanglaPraxis, Bank Information Center, International Accountability Project, Urgewald, World Development Movement (Acrobat pdf, 64 KB)

International Appeal for the Publication of the Final Report of the Ministerial Commission on the Review of Mining Contracts in the Democratic Republic of Congo -- Press Release November 7, 2007, Multiple Organizations (Acrobat pdf, 26 KB)

Groups Urge World Bank to Strengthen Guidelines for Controversial Mining Projects Press Release by Multiple Organizations, September 6, 2007

“Prove it”: Groups challenge World Bank to demonstrate the development impacts of its gold mining investments Press Release by Multiple Organizations, September 19, 2006 (Acrobat pdf 58.7 KB)

Civil Society Launches Transparency Charter for International Financial Institutions Press Release by Global Transparency Initiative, September 17, 2006 (Acrobat pdf 17.5 KB)

International People’s Forum celebrates successful event Press Release by Organisers of the International Peoples Forum vs IMF-WB, September 18, 2006 (Acrobat pdf 18.0 KB)

World Bank Energy Framework Sells Climate and Poor People Short – NGOs Press Release by Multiple Organizations, September 17, 2006 (Acrobat pdf 25.2KB)

Too Little Too Late Press Release by IPF Conveners' Committee, September 16, 2006 (Acrobat pdf 12.2 KB)

Civil society call for boycott of IMF/World Bank Meetings Press Release by INFID and Bank Information Center, September 15, 2006 (Acrobat pdf 16.2 KB)

Singaporean and Indonesian authorities crack down on civil society--Credibility of WB-IMF Annual Meetings threatened Press Release by Multiple Organizations, September 7, 2006 (Acrobat pdf 13.8 KB)  

    BIC in the news

    Articles written by bic staff

    Civil Society Sounds Off on IFC Policies in Istanbul by Chad Dobson and Rebecca Harris, October 28, 2009 (Huffington Post website)

    World Bank: A Carbon Bigfoot by Rebecca Harris, International Herald Tribune/New York Times Global Edition, August 3, 2009 (New York Times website)

    Put the Brakes on the Bank: Carbon Finance in Indonesia by Chad Dobson and Rebecca Harris, July 30, 2009 (Huffington Post website)

    Hard Data on Climate Change by Rebecca Harris, The Washington Post, July 27, 2009 (Washington Post website)

    The Bank of Babel: Why the World Bank should stop (only) speaking English by Rebecca Harris, June 30, 2009 (Foreign Policy website)

    Obama's Schooling the Bank on Transparency by Chad Dobson and Rebecca Harris, June 23, 2009 (Huffington Post website)

    Civil Society to the World Bank: Adopt Transparency 2.0 by Chad Dobson and Rebecca Harris, May 5, 2009 (Huffington Post website)

    Yemeni group says lack of translation inhibited transparency, By Rebecca Harris, April 22, 2009 (BIC website)

    Transparency violations common theme for World Bank Inspection Panel, By Toby McIntosh and Rebecca Harris, April 21, 2009 (freedominfo.org)

    Voices Struggling to Be Heard: Access to Information and the World Bank by Chad Dobson and Rebecca Harris, April 20, 2009 (Huffington Post website)

    Changing of the Guard at the IMF by Soren Ambrose and Bhumika Muchhala, October 31, 2007 (Foreign Policy In Focus website)

    Where Oil Flows...Debt Grows full page ad in Financial Times, November 14, 2006 (End Oil Aid website)

    ADB's fight for survival: Time to Take Stock by Mishka Zaman, Down to Earth

    Not Banking on Much: ADB's priority is business, not helping out by Mishka Zaman (Down to Earth Website)

    Rhetoric Must Match Action by Mishka Zaman, ADB Review, July 2006 (ADB webiste)

    A Neocon at the World Bank? by Manish Bapna, New York Times, March 18, 2005 (New York Times website) 

    The Multilateral Development Banks and Burma by Yuki Akimoto, The Irrawaddy magazine, April 2004 (Irrawaddy website)

    How to spend wisely in Afghanistan by Anne Carlin, New York Times, January 26, 2004 (New York Times website)

    Afghanistan: Move forward wisely, not quickly by Anne Carlin, International Herald Tribune, January 28, 2004 (International Herald Tribune website)

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