A.6.b.ii. Opposing World Bank Policies and Projects

World Bank loans for projects with major environmental consequences often prove controversial. For example it was under pressure from human rights organizations to withdraw a loan from the Bajo Aguan valley palm oil project in Honduras which had led to serious conflict: https://www.popularresistance.org [1], ‘World Bank’s Lending Arm Linked to Deadly Honduras Conflict [2]’ 10 Jan., 2014.

Brown, David L. ; Fox, Jonathan, The Struggle for Accountability: NGOs, Social Movements and the World Bank [3], Cambridge MA, MIT Press, 1998, pp. 570

See also , Transnational Civil Society Coalitions and the World Bank: Lessons from Project and Policy Influence Campaigns [4] In Edwards; Gaventa, Global Citizen Action [5] (1.a. Transnational and Continent-wide Movements and Networks [6])London, Earthscan Publications, 2001, pp. 43-58

Palit, Chitaroopa, Monsoon Risings: Megadam Resistance in the Narmada Valley [7], New Left Review, Vol. II, issue 21 (May/June), 2003, pp. 80-100

Anti-dam resistance persuaded the World Bank to withdraw from funding one of the dams, but did not change Indian government policy.

See also:

Margaret Keck; Kathryn Sikkink, Activists Across Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics [8], (1.c. Titles included in Volume 1, but also cited in Sections of Volume 2 [9]), on opposition to World Bank loans to projects affecting indigenous peoples, pp. 135-47

Tanya Kerssen, Grabbing Power: The New Struggles for Land, Food and Democracy in Northern Honduras [10], (A.3.b. Resisting Land Grabs in the 21st Century [11]), focuses on Bajo Aguan valley peasant resistance and government repression in Honduras

Links
[1] https://www.popularresistance.org
[2] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/10/world-bank-honduras_n_4577861.html
[3] https://civilresistance.info/biblio-item/1998/struggle-accountability-ngos-social-movements-and-world-bank
[4] https://civilresistance.info/biblio-item/2001/transnational-civil-society-coalitions-and-world-bank-lessons-project-and-policy
[5] https://civilresistance.info/biblio-item/2001/global-citizen-action
[6] https://civilresistance.info/section/general-introductory-titles/1a-transnational-and-continent-wide-movements-and-networks
[7] https://civilresistance.info/biblio-item/2003/monsoon-risings-megadam-resistance-narmada-valley
[8] https://civilresistance.info/biblio-item/1998/activists-across-borders-advocacy-networks-international-politics
[9] https://civilresistance.info/taxonomy/term/175
[10] https://civilresistance.info/biblio-item/2013/grabbing-power-new-struggles-land-food-and-democracy-northern-honduras
[11] https://civilresistance.info/taxonomy/term/191