IMF: Delay Vote on Equatorial Guinea Loan
Risk of Subsidizing Systemic Abuses, Corruption
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Forced Labor Lives on in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Fields
Reforms Need to Target the Underlying Soviet-Era System Encouraging Forced Labor
![Women carrying bags of cotton to be weighed and loaded onto a truck in Jizzakh region during the 2016 cotton harvest. The government typically requires people to meet a daily quota of cotton picked, from which the costs of food and transport are deducted.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706business_uzbekistan_photo_cotton_16.jpg?itok=SuzKNgja)
![International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters building is seen during the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, U.S., October 14, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804business_imf_building.jpg?itok=LoL2RPjj)
How the World Bank Can Stop Funding Disaster
Now that the Supreme Court has ruled the World Bank can be sued, what’s next for the organization?
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Afghanistan: World Bank Should Aid Girls’ Education
Act Urgently to Reverse the Declining Number in School
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Letter to the World Bank re Education Quality Reform in Afghanistan (EQRA) project
To Vice Presidents Dixon and Sennhauser
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New Research Shows Forced Labor Still Rampant in Uzbekistan
World Bank President Jim Kim Should Press to Eliminate Labor Abuses
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The World Bank Should Stop Dodging Accountability
US Supreme Court Challenge Calls Legal Immunity Into Question
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New IMF Anti-Corruption Blueprint Holds Promise
New Policy Aims to Assist Countries in the Fight Against Corruption
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UN High Commissioner Calls on World Bank to ‘Marry’ Rights and Development
Human Rights Are ‘Also Your Job’ World Bank Gathering Told
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World Bank: Missed Opportunity to Protect Communities
Draft Guidance Notes Offers Little Practical Advice to Borrowers
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World Bank Guidance Leaves Rights Loopholes
Draft Sidesteps Instructions to Prevent Harm From Bank Projects
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World Bank: Few Improvements on India’s Tea Plantations
Advocates Deliver 67,000 Signatures to Support Workers
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