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UN: IOC and FIFA 'Mega-Events' Violate Housing Rights
Opposing China’s Shwe project in Burma
PERU: Relocating Entire Villages for Mines, Dams
Global Post: Cambodia Pushes out the Poor
NY Times: Is There an Ecological Unconscious?
AFP: One dead, scores injured in China land brawl
The Phnom Penh Post: Progress Slow at Eviction Site
NY Times: Cambodia Take to the Roads in Building Spree
New York Times: Bhopal gas tragedy still haunting locals after 25 years
Argentina: Disappearing Farmers, Disappearing Food
IAP Updates
GCM responds to CSOs regarding Phulbari Coal Project
Civil society organizations demand reform of World Bank Group lending to private corporations
Civil society organizations respond to GCM statement to JCHR
New blog launched on Gazela resettlement
Banktrack: Civil society groups call for Bold Steps forward with Equator Principles
IAP submits comments to IFC on development-induced displacement
INDR reviews draft HSAP by the International Hydropower Association
Ex-Im bank undermines U.S. credibility at Copenhagen with $3 billion in financing for ExxonMobil
Cambodia Community Guide Launch Party & Reception
Advocating against development-induced displacement: Photo essay by IAP Research Fellow
News Articles
UN: IOC and FIFA 'Mega-Events' Violate Housing Rights
Opposing China’s Shwe project in Burma
PERU: Relocating Entire Villages for Mines, Dams
The Diplomat Bucharest: Locals lose as billion dollar gold mine stays in limbo
Just released by Ethical Corporation: Heavy Industry
Global Post: Cambodia Pushes out the Poor
NY Times: Is There an Ecological Unconscious?
AFP: Fight over gas pipeline leaves 11 dead in PNG
NY Times Op-Ed on land-grabbing in China: A Women Burns
IPS News: U.N. Condemns Land Grabs in Native Territories
Africa
OHCHR reports on Kampala Declaration
Forced evictions a pandemic in Africa
UNHCR News: African Union hosts special summit on the forcibly displaced
Mail & Guardian: Violent mass evictions in Angola's capital, Luanda
Congo Rapes, Violence Linked To Multinational Companies: Rights Group
Inter Press Service News Agency: Fears over Kenya's new land deal
This Day: Maroko Evictees Take Case to African Commission
Uganda dam slammed by World Bank appeals body
Minister puts license to mine at Xolobeni on hold
Chinese-engineered Sudanese Dam Floods Villages - Farmers
Asia
Opposing China’s Shwe project in Burma
Global Post: Cambodia Pushes out the Poor
AFP: One dead, scores injured in China land brawl
The Phnom Penh Post: Progress Slow at Eviction Site
NY Times: Cambodia Take to the Roads in Building Spree
Beijing Review: Defending Home
Burma Digest: Black day for Burma’s Irrawaddy
BBC News: Beijing resident sets himself on fire to protest eviction
Hard News Magazine: Steely Resolve
Alibaba.com: Protesters call for suspension of China-Myanmar pipeline venture
Cambodia
Global Post: Cambodia Pushes out the Poor
The Phnom Penh Post: Progress Slow at Eviction Site
Cambodians facing largest forced displacement since Khmer Rouge era
Australian Embassy caught in Cambodian shantytown dispute
Cambodia: End Assault on Opposition, Critics
Cambodia: Borei Keila--lives at risk
Ka-Set: Poverty behind bars, as experienced by victims of evictions in Cambodia
Cambodia: Hundreds left homeless after forced eviction
Cambodian police use teargas to evict slum dwellers
NY Times: U.S. Deportee Brings Street Dance to Street Boys of Cambodia
China
Opposing China’s Shwe project in Burma
NY Times Op-Ed on land-grabbing in China: A Women Burns
AFP: One dead, scores injured in China land brawl
Beijing Review: Defending Home
BBC News: Beijing resident sets himself on fire to protest eviction
Alibaba.com: Protesters call for suspension of China-Myanmar pipeline venture
Associated Press: 2 hydropower projects stopped
NY Times: Possible Link Between Dam and China Quake
NY Times: Use of Chinese Mental Hospitals to Silence Dissidents and Farmers Seeking Compensation for Land
The Epoch Times: Man Burnt to Death For Forced Eviction
India
Hard News Magazine: Steely Resolve
New York Times: Bhopal gas tragedy still haunting locals after 25 years
Wall Street Journal: Tribes Stall Steelmakers in India
Indian "Blood Diamond": Indigenous peoples driven off their lands by mining industry
India pays penalty for not utilising loans from lending agencies
Hindustan Times: Protests sparked over mining company receiving award for 'corporate governance'
BBC News: Indians Protest Over Mining Plans
The Hindu: Tribals plan to stop Vedanta vehicles
Land acquisition for Posco gains pace
The Imphal Free Press: Human rights impacts of industrialisation policy in Imphal discussed
Asian Development Bank
NY Times: Cambodia Take to the Roads in Building Spree
India pays penalty for not utilising loans from lending agencies
Earth Times: Asian Development Bank to set up 3-billion-dollar emergency fund
African Press International: Asia: Capital boost will not help the poor
Associated Press: Asia Urged to Rethink Growth Policies Amid Crisis
The Washington Post: ADB back to drawing board as slump hits poor
WSJ: Corruption at the ADB: Bank Shields Offenders from Bad Publicity
REUTERS NEWS: ADB under pressure on policy as it seeks funds
ADB hit by skills shortage
Business Mirror: ADB staff, CSOs hit draft safeguards
Australia & Pacific
ClimateWire: How the World Bank Let 'Deal Making' Torch the Rainforests
The Australian: Bereft of their own resources
Europe
The Diplomat Bucharest: Locals lose as billion dollar gold mine stays in limbo
Campaigners demand UK coal company withdraw support for destructive Bangladeshi mine
U.K. bank sells shares in controversial coal mining company
North America
NY Times: Tenants Evicted by the MTA ask "Move Where?"
House Chairs Warn President of Dangers of Signing Statements
Colombia Reports: Mining Company Illegally Exploits Sacred Land
NY Times: U.S. Deportee Brings Street Dance to Street Boys of Cambodia
G20 Statement on Global Financial Crisis
Linking the Global and US climate justice movements
South & Central America
PERU: Relocating Entire Villages for Mines, Dams
BRAZIL: Development Bank Funds Destructive Projects, Say Activists
Argentina: Disappearing Farmers, Disappearing Food
The Dominion: Recent killings linked to Canadian-owned nickel mine in Guatemala
Over 500 families in São Paulo left homeless after forced evictions
The Guardian: Struggle of indigenous peoples in Peru illustrates worldwide trend
Colombia Reports: Biofuel production violates human rights: UN, NGOs
Environment News Service: Guatemalans Resist Mega-Mines, Hydropower Dams
Colombia Reports: Mining Company Illegally Exploits Sacred Land
IPS Article: PERU, Open-Pit Mine Continues to Swallow City
World Bank / IMF
ClimateWire: How the World Bank Let 'Deal Making' Torch the Rainforests
NY Times: Obama’s Embrace of a Bush Tactic Riles Congress
House Chairs Warn President of Dangers of Signing Statements
The Observer: Can the IMF now feed the world?
Washington Post: IMF emerges from G-20 Summit with vastly redefined & enhanced mission
Balkan Insight: World Bank Says Albania Project Mistakes Appalling
Fox News: World Bank Spent More than a Year Covering Up Destruction of Albanian Village
Balkan Insight: World Bank Demolished Albania Village
World Bank Unfit To Manage Climate Funds
Uganda dam slammed by World Bank appeals body
Pressroom
Terre Rouge, a slide show by John Vink
Tools and Resources
IAP Publications
Know Your Rights!
A Citizens Guide to the World Bank Inspection Panel
UN Declaration on the Right to Development
Unpacking the ADB: A Guide to Understanding the Asian Development Bank
Tools for Activists: An Information and Advocacy Guide to the World Bank Group
Dams, Rivers and Rights: An Action Guide for Communities Affected by Dams
Photo & Video Gallery
AGPAYSO A BALITOK
Resisting large dams in Arunachal Pradesh
Damn the Dam
International launch of the Community Guide in Phnom Penh
Still Waters, Deep Trouble
Power of Unity (Part 1 of 3)
Reality of ADB Safeguards in Sri Lanka
"Like you, we have rights too" - Young Indigenous Peoples
Music Video by Partners on Land-Grabbing
BBC Video: Slumdog Actor's Home Demolished
IAP Photo Slide Shows
Hydropower and Daily Life in Himachal Pradesh
A Portrait of Two Cambodian Communities Facing Eviction
Peru: Maple Project
Papua New Guinea: Oil Palm and the World Bank
Through the Lens in Peru
India and Thailand
Narmada
Cambodia
VAW Graduate Videos
AGPAYSO A BALITOK
Resisting large dams in Arunachal Pradesh
Damn the Dam
Power of Unity (Part 1 of 3)
Power of Unity (Part 2 of 3)
Power of Unity (Part 3 of 3)
Reality of ADB Safeguards in Sri Lanka
"Like you, we have rights too" - Young Indigenous Peoples
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Recommended Reading
Voices from the Field
Joanna's Reflections from Cambodia: Launching of the Community Guide
Reflections from Peru: Protection for the elements
Reflections from Peru: Hearing the struggles of small farmers
What we do
Global Policy
IFC Policy Review
IFC Safeguard Policies Review, 2006
Photo Gallery: Peru
ADB Safeguard Policy Update
Civil society for accountable ADB safeguard policies
Other Policy Initiatives
CSOs submit comments on AfDB's Accountability Mechanism
ADB Energy Policy
EBRD Accountability Mechanism Review
EBRD Accountability Mechanism Review
World Bank Disclosure Policy Review
IAP comments on changes to World Bank disclosure policy
World Bank launches Disclosure Policy Review
World Bank Inspection Panel
Composition of the World Bank Inspection Panel
History of the World Bank Inspection Panel
Project Advocacy
Phulbari Coal Mine, Bangladesh
Civil society organizations respond to GCM statement to JCHR
Open letter to investors in the Phulbari coal project
Phulbari Coal Mine, Bangladesh
Highway One, Cambodia
NTPC, Singrauli, India
The Story of Displacement in Singrauli
Research & Popular Education
People's Guide
Join IAP and partners for the launch of the Cambodia Community Guide--Oct 26th!
Briefing Series on Forced Displacement
Arts & Media
Democratizing development requires democratizing access to media
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IAP Photo Slide Shows
Postcard Advocacy Campaign
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Asia Video Advocacy Project
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Highway One, Cambodia
IFC Performance Standards
NTPC, Singrauli, India
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IAP Fellows
Michelle Arevalo-Carpenter, Summer Research Fellow 2009
Anthony Fontes, Summer Research Fellow 2008
Kate Hoshour, Research Fellow
Emily Joiner, Summer Research Fellow 2009
Nina Robertson, Summer Research Fellow 2007
IAP Volunteers
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Accountability
International Financial Institutions Must Be Accountable
Accountability means...
Safeguard Policies
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Unjust Displacement
Unjust Displacement is a Global Crisis
Displacement means...
People's stories and voices
Voices of Resistance from Phulbari
Destructive Finance
Development Finance Must Not Destroy Lives and Land
Development Finance Must Not Destroy Lives and Land
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