Actors / International organisation ·
World Bank
Appears in 25 cases in this database. Roles as given in the documented record.
| Case | Role | Country | Period | Instrument |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Bank REGROW project, Ruaha National Park | Financier of the REGROW project | Tanzania | 2017–2025 | Protected area / relocation |
| Mongolia index livestock insurance | Author of the presentation describing the programme | Mongolia | 2024 | Insurance, liability and compensation funds |
| Mekong sand mining (Cambodia, Vietnam) | Inspection Panel finding on Boeung Kak land titling; lending freeze 2011 | Cambodia and Vietnam | 2007–2026 | Mining |
| Nepal community forestry | Funder of carbon payments (Forest Carbon Partnership Facility) | Nepal | 2000–2026 | Protected area / relocation |
| World Bank and development bank accountability mechanisms: Embobut (Sengwer), Tata Mundra, Arun III, Jale, Cambodia | Funder of the Kenya project; hosts the Inspection Panel | Kenya | 2007–2024 | Protected area / relocation |
| Green Belt Movement and Karura Forest, Kenya | Signed a carbon-credit agreement with the Green Belt Movement | Kenya | 1977–2023 | Tree planting |
| Sengwer evictions from Embobut forest and the EU Water Towers programme (Kenya) | Funder of an earlier forest project (2007) | Kenya | 2014–2024 | Protected area / relocation |
| Lagos waterfront evictions (Otodo-Gbame, Badia East) and Eko Atlantic | Funder of a project in the Badia East area | Nigeria | 2014–2026 | Urban greening and displacement |
| Olkaria geothermal projects (Kenya) | Financier; its Inspection Panel reviewed the resettlement | Kenya | 2013–2017 | Wind, hydro and other renewables |
| Uzbek cotton boycott ends forced labour | Lender (USD 800 million, October 2025) | Uzbekistan | 2017–2026 | Agriculture, livestock and food |
| Costa Rica payments for ecosystem services and forest recovery | Results-based carbon payer | Costa Rica | 1997 | Protected area / relocation |
| Jamaica catastrophe bonds and the Hurricane Melissa payout | Issuer and arranger of the catastrophe bonds | Jamaica | 2021–2025 | Insurance, liability and compensation funds |
| Sri Lanka fertiliser ban | Source of the paddy yield figure | Sri Lanka | 2021 | Agriculture, livestock and food |
| Ho Chi Minh City canal restoration demolished about 7,000 households | lender of the first-phase loan | Vietnam | 1993–2012 | Protected area / relocation |
| World Bank $800m Uzbekistan operation; Tanzania project halted | lender; policy operation and REGROW financier | Uzbekistan | 2017–2025 | Lobbying, PR and greenwashing |
| World Bank $100m plastic waste bond tied to Verra credit sales | issuer of the bond | Multiple countries | 2024 | Plastic waste and recycling claims |
| World Bank US$600m farm loan coincided with a 90% fall in farm support | Lender of the US$600m loan | Turkey | 2001–2003 | Finance, funds and markets |
| Rabobank co-financed a Brazilian eucalyptus carbon plantation contested by locals | operator of the carbon fund | Brazil | 2003–2008 | Carbon credits |
| World Bank inspection panel registers complaint over Rogun dam financing | financier | Tajikistan | 2024–2025 | Wind, hydro and other renewables |
| Jamaica's World Bank catastrophe bond did not pay after Hurricane Beryl | Brokered the bond | Jamaica | 2024 | Finance, funds and markets |
| World Bank-backed Colombo flood work turned Beddagana wetland into a park | Funder whose support backed the programme | Sri Lanka | 2010–2018 | Protected area / relocation |
| Mbeubeuss landfill plan to hire 500 of more than 3,000 waste pickers | finances the Mbeubeuss rehabilitation, as reported | Senegal | 2025 | Waste management |
| 1991 World Bank memo signed by Lawrence Summers on pollution in Africa | Institution that issued the internal memo | Africa (regional) | 1991–1993 | Finance, funds and markets |
| India's 1975–77 Emergency sterilisation drive drew a $66 million World Bank loan | Lender | India | 1975–1977 | Lobbying, PR and greenwashing |
| Cambodia fills Phnom Penh's Boeung Kak lake with sand under 99-year lease | lender whose land-titling programme was reviewed | Cambodia | 2007–2011 | Protected area / relocation |
Appears alongside
World Bank Inspection Panel ×4European Union ×3Kenya Forest Service ×3Government of Tanzania ×2WWF ×2Shukaku Inc. ×2International Finance Corporation (IFC) ×2Government of Uzbekistan ×2Tanzania National Parks Authority (TANAPA)Oakland InstituteWitness RadioFood and Agriculture Organization (FAO)Global WitnessMother Nature CambodiaCambodian Ministry of MinesEarth Observatory of Singapore, NTUUN-REDD ProgrammeICIMODGovernment of NepalCompliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO)Accountability CounselGreen Belt MovementCentumGovernment of KenyaThe Nature ConservancyMinority Rights GroupForest Peoples ProgrammeUN special rapporteursLagos State GovernmentEko AtlanticAmnesty InternationalKenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen)European Investment BankKfWFrench Development AgencyJapan International Cooperation AgencyCounter BalanceInternational Labour OrganizationCotton CampaignUzbek Forum for Human RightsHuman Rights WatchIndorama AgroEuropean Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentAsian Development BankGovernment of Costa RicaUN Development ProgrammeEarthshot PrizeGovernment of NorwayCCRIFGovernment of JamaicaAIR Worldwide (Verisk)Government of Sri LankaBayerCitiPlastic CollectiveVerraInternational Monetary FundOECDTurkish TreasuryRabobankPlantarBiomasGovernment of TajikistanVulnerable Twenty (V20) groupEurodadUrban Development Authority (UDA)Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA)Lawrence SummersLant PritchettGovernment of IndiaGovernment of CambodiaMother Nature
Terms used on this page
Law and courts
- Land titling
- Formal legal recognition of ownership of land.
Bonds and banking
- Arranger
- The bank that structures and sells a bond or loan deal, usually for a fee.
Carbon and conservation finance
- Carbon credit
- A certificate representing one tonne of carbon dioxide (or equivalent) that a project says it reduced, avoided or removed. Buyers use credits to balance their own emissions in climate claims.