Fragile Remedy, Tempered Hope: Communities’ Stake amid the World Bank Accountability and IFC Safeguards Reviews Published: 1 October 2026 Article Development is a double-edged sword for developing countries such as the Philippines and Cambodia. While institutions like the World Bank Group (WBG) and their clients engage in business activities intended to drive growth, affected communities often bear the social and environmental costs and struggle to secure accountability and remedy. Ian Salvaña
From Aspiration to Application, There is a Long Way to Go: On Gender and International Financial Institutions’ Safeguards Policies Published: 19 October 2020 Analysis As institutions claimed themselves as concerning with gender equality, we would assume that gender and women’s issues are in the center of its development efforts as shown on the website of ADB, World Bank and AIIB: many women’s and children faces. Titi Soentoro
The New Realities of Infrastructure Investment in Southeast Asia: A Chinese Shade of Green? Published: 8 November 2016 A decade after former US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick urged China to become a “responsible stakeholder” (Zoellick 2005) in the international system, China started its so far biggest multilateral initiative, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Early this year the bank opened for business and started to approve its first projects in Central, South and Southeast Asia Jari John
