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  2. New Evidence Ties World Bank to Human Rights Abuses in Ethiopia

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    The Ethiopian government used money from a World Bank-financed health and education initiative to brutally evict thousands of villagers , according to former government officials who helped carry out the forced removals. The World Bank, the planet's most influential development lender, has denied responsibility.

  3. Ethiopia and the World Bank - Wikipedia

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    The relationship between Ethiopia and the World Bank was formalized on December 27, 1945. [1] Ethiopia's first projects approved by the World Bank supported the building of infrastructure such as roads and highways during the 1950s. Ethiopia first sought a loan for "Highway Project (01)", which was approved on September 13, 1950.

  4. World Bank wins $100 billion replenishment of fund for ...

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    World Bank President Ajay Banga said in a statement that IDA will be able to stretch the new pledges further because of work done to optimize the development lender's balance sheet over the past ...

  5. List of development aid agencies - Wikipedia

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    Eurasian Development Bank; European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) European Investment Bank; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD; part of the World Bank Group) International Development Law Organization (IDLO)

  6. How The World Bank Broke Its Promise to Protect the Poor

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    The World Bank has regularly failed to live up to its own policies for protecting people harmed by projects it finances. The World Bank and its private-sector lending arm, the International Finance Corp., have financed governments and companies accused of human rights violations such as rape, murder and torture.

  7. Debrework Zewdie - Wikipedia

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    Dr. Debrework Zewdie (Amharic: ደብረወርቅ ዘውዴ), former director (September 1994–November 2014) of the World Bank Global AIDS Program and Deputy Executive Director and COO of the Global Fund, is an Ethiopian national who has led strategy, policy implementation, and management of development programs at country, regional, and global levels for international bodies such as the ...

  8. World Bank - Wikipedia

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    The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low-and middle-income countries for the purposes of economic development. [6] The World Bank is the collective name for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Development Association (IDA ...

  9. Foreign aid to Ethiopia - Wikipedia

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    In 2001 Ethiopia qualified for the World Bank-International Monetary Fund-sponsored Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt reduction program, which is designed to reduce or eliminate repayment of bilateral loans from wealthy countries and international lenders such as the World Bank. In Ethiopia's case, the program aims to help stabilize ...