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Opinion: At the World Bank, “Efficiency” is Code for “Weak Accountability”

Only two of the 18 complainants who filed a case against the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) over their investments in Cambodian microfinance institutions have opted to ...

The head of an internal auditor resigned after the board of the World Bank’s private investment arm rejected her office’s findings that the deal violated internal safeguard policies.

The head of an internal auditor resigned after the board of the World Bank’s private investment arm rejected her office’s findings that the deal violated internal safeguard policies.

This year marks a dual milestone for responsible business conduct: the 50th anniversary of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct, and the 25th anniversary o...

Pranab Doley alleged he was detained in Guwahati without being shown any documents. He was then taken to Golaghat, where he was formally arrested.

Asia Indigenous Peoples Network on Extractive Industries and Energy (AIPNEE) condemns, in the strongest terms, the unlawful and unjust arrest of Indigenous rights defender Pranab Doley on 12 July 2026...

Last week, OECD Watch joined governments, businesses, trade unions and civil society from around the world in Paris for the OECD’s Responsible Business Conduct Week, marking the 50th anniversary of th...

Accountability Counsel is creating a world where people and our planet are prioritized over profits

The World Bank’s International Finance Corporation rejected its ombudsman’s findings about harm related to investments in Cambodia’s microfinance sector, failing a critical test of accountability.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced last week that the government eliminated an office created to probe overseas human rights complaints about Canadian corporations, including mining conglom...

By the Witness Radio team. On August 24th this year, as Namala Christine turns 66, she might have been celebrating her life. Instead, she wonders what went wrong and now faces her next birthday homele...

BANGKOK — Seven hundred days after activists from the environmental group Mother Nature Cambodia were imprisoned on charges widely regarded as retaliatory for their activism, 73 international and Camb...

By the Witness Radio team. A coalition of 21 civil society organizations has written to the newly appointed UN Development Program (UNDP) Administrator, Mr. Alexander De Croo, to strengthen the agency...

Safeguards exist on paper, but are development banks prepared to confront the political realities that prevent those safeguards from functioning in practice?

In Ukraine, the corporate consolidation of farmland poses risks—to both small farmers and the sustainability of agriculture.

Accountability Counsel is creating a world where people and our planet are prioritized over profits

Fishing communities seeking remedy for damage done by Senegal's Sendou power plant have been waiting for ten years since filing a complaint.

A year after the World Bank approved a plan to redress community grievances over inadequate compensation and sexual harassment at Liberia’s Salala Rubber Corporation, a progress report provides little...