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How the World Bank breaks its promise to protect the poor

Key findings: Over the last decade, projects funded by the World Bank have displaced an estimated 3.4 million people, forcing them from their homes, taking their land or damaging their livelihoods.SHARE THIS: The World Bank has regularly failed to live up to its own policies for protecting people displaced by projects it finances.SHARE THIS: The […]

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