The World Bank has agreed to provide more transparency about loans made by so-called financial intermediaries, a significant move long sought by civil society organizations.…
By Toby McIntosh The World Bank Board has approved a $500 million loan for secondary education in Tanzania, despite a “no” vote by the United…
By Toby McIntosh The World Bank’s Board on April 2 is expected to approve projects to help more than two dozen countries deal with the…
By Toby McIntosh Access to government information is becoming a coronavirus casualty in some countries. Governments around the world, some which have sent workers home,…
By Toby McIntosh An external appeals body at the World Bank on March 18 said it “might properly intervene” in case of “unreasonable delay” by…
By Toby McIntosh What could be so sensitive about a project in Nigeria to help returning migrants that the sponsoring International Organization for Migration won’t…
By Toby McIntosh The United Nations will soon be asking 209 nations to complete a questionnaire about access to information that has been significantly diminished…
By Toby J. McIntosh National governments are blocking the timely disclosure of key World Bank documents about proposed projects in their countries, doing so more…
By Toby McIntosh Virtually all governments receiving World Bank loans are preventing public disclosure about proposed loans in advance of deliberations by the Bank Board,…
By Toby McIntosh The US government approves of steps taken by the governing Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization to protect whistleblowers, but the…