NGOs: World Bank’s New ‘Safeguards’ Weaken Protections

Published by the Environmental News Service

WASHINGTON, DC, July 28, 2016 (ENS) – After a four-year review of its environmental and social safeguards, the World Bank has released updated safeguards in the newly drafted document “Environmental and Social Framework.” But nongovernmental organizations say the draft safeguards have been weakened, not strengthened.

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