Today, on World Day Against Child Labor, we're highlighting BIC's findings from an IFC-supported low-carbon cement project in Senegal. Child protection must be built into project design, risk management, and supply chains, not treated as an afterthought.
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Please join BIC this afternoon during the #WorldBankGroup
#SpringMeetings as our Executive Director, Elana Berger, joins a discussion examining the implications of the One World Bank Group initiative to merge its environmental and social (E&S) standards.
Join us next Friday as BIC's Deputy Director, Carla García Zendejas, guides a conversation convening practitioners and International Finance Corporation (IFC) management on enabling effective remedy through its interim Remedial Action Framework (RAF).
The World Bank Group's merger of its accountability mechanisms is a major moment for institutional accountability. Success depends on strengthening accountability, delivering remedy, and centering communities.
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As IFC reviews its Sustainability Framework, it has an opportunity to strengthen disability inclusion. Updated standards should address the disproportionate barriers, risks, and harms faced by persons with disabilities
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As the #Inter-AmericanDevelopmentBank #AnnualMeetings begin this Wednesday, attention turns to #SouthConnection, a new regional infrastructure initiative in South America. BIC and partners outline key risks and reforms to strengthen safeguards and governance.
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Join us next Tuesday for an in-person conversation on accountability, remedy, and Indigenous land rights during the 2026 #SpringMeetings of the #WorldBank/#IMF.
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Tomorrow, the House Rules Committee will consider the FY27 NSRP bill. Current House and Administration funding proposals fall short of U.S. commitments to IDA and the African Development Fund, while undermining MDB climate efforts.
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We’re excited to share that Bank Information Center has launched a new website: bankinformationcenter.org
This marks an important step in how we share our research, amplify our findings, and connect global policy discussions to the communities affected by development finance.
As the FY27 appropriations process progresses, BIC calls on Congress to meet U.S. commitments to concessional MDBs and remove language that attacks the MDBs’ climate commitments.
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Opinion: The World Bank Group's accountability overhaul could improve remedy and institutional learning, but only if integration strengthens rather than weakens existing protections.
