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peoli

(3,111 posts)
Tue Sep 16, 2014, 02:31 PM Sep 2014

Disgusting. World Bank to roll back safeguards for indigenous people

Activists are warning of a harmful regression in the World Bank's safeguard policies, claiming that proposed changes being considered this autumn could weaken the rights of indigenous people, and others in danger of displacement and abuse as a result of Bank-funded development projects.

"This [version of the safeguards] will be dangerous backsliding into their bad legacy of treatment against indigenous people if it is approved", said Joan Carling, secretary-general of the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), a network that operates in 14 Asian countries.

According to the World Bank, "the proposed Environmental and Social Framework builds on the decades-old safeguard policies and aims to consolidate them into a more modern, unified framework that is more efficient and effective to apply and implement."

Indigenous protections 'diluted' or erased

However, campaigners say the current draft dilutes the protective promise of the safeguards and fails to include indigenous rights considerations in projects funded by the World Bank by obtaining "free, prior, and informed consent" for development interventions.


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http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2556646/world_bank_to_roll_back_safeguards_for_indigenous_people.html

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Disgusting. World Bank to roll back safeguards for indigenous people (Original Post) peoli Sep 2014 OP
Well, which is more important-- indiginous people or making profits from their resources? NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #1
"How can we screw over poor people more than ever before?" shenmue Sep 2014 #2
I wish we could dismantle that vile organization. Yesterday! arcane1 Sep 2014 #3
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
1. Well, which is more important-- indiginous people or making profits from their resources?
Tue Sep 16, 2014, 02:36 PM
Sep 2014

It seems a no-brainer for the World Bank.

shenmue

(38,501 posts)
2. "How can we screw over poor people more than ever before?"
Tue Sep 16, 2014, 02:46 PM
Sep 2014

Our world is going to collapse if this shit keeps up. There is no way around it.

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