World Bank
Maryknoll OGC Requests Biden, Yellen Support Special Drawing Rights
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined a letter with over fifty other organizations calling on President Biden and Treasury Secretary Yellen to support a new allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) to counteract clear recessionary pressures in the global economy.
Human Rights: World Bank safeguards fall short
The World Bank approved a new policy framework in August that is void of language that would require the Bank to respect human rights throughout its operations and weakens core environmental and social protections for affected communities and the environment.
Development that doesn’t respect human rights isn't ‘aid’
Chloe Schwabe, Faith-Economy-Ecology project coordinator, reports from the 2015 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the IMF in Peru.