WASHINGTON, MAY 26, 2017 – The World Bank will support the government in providing citizens in the Indian state of Assam, particularly in tribal districts, access to public services in a timely efficient...
Date: May 26, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, April 18, 2017—The World Bank Group and Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) today awarded funding to DB Peru and University College London for an innovative study...
Date: April 18, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
In many parts of the world, people do not need to think about the security of their land rights. They are simply taken for granted, either as landlords or tenants. However, for the majority of the world’s...
Date: March 24, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, March 17, 2017 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a $6.25 million grant to help Indonesia’s indigenous and local communities secure land rights, manage forests and...
Date: March 16, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Although Latin America has experienced strong economic growth and a reduction in poverty and inequality over the past decade, it is no stranger to social conflicts. Consequently, it is necessary to become...
Date: December 21, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Bui Van Duong’s family, of the Muong ethnic minority, is among 3 million poor households in Vietnam that rely mostly on rice farming and labor to make ends meet. In 2012, Duong was among a group of farmers...
Date: May 11, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Half of region’s indigenous people live in urban areas PANAMA CITY, February 15, 2016 – Indigenous peoples made significant social progress, experienced a reduction in poverty levels in several countries...
Date: February 15, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
On July 23, 2015 the World Bank Group (WBG) held a side event in the margins of the Eighth Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (IPs), at the United Nations in...
Date: July 27, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
An innovative new grant program for fighting forest loss is putting project design and funding decisions in the hands of indigenous peoples and local communities and giving them the power to set priorities...
Date: March 31, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, February 10, 2015 - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a US$9.59 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), aimed at preserving biodiversity in about 554,000...
Date: February 10, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Development Plan seen to help sustain momentum for peace and development in Bangsamoro and other parts of Mindanao DAVAO CITY, MARCH 5, 2014 – The quest for peace and development in Mindanao gets a major...
Date: March 5, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, December 5th, 2013 –The World Bank Board of Directors approved today US$100 million additional financing for Paraguay’s Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Project (PRODERS), which...
Date: December 5, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Consider this. Most Adivasi women in India say they do not deliver their babies in health centers because “they don’t think it’s necessary.” Health providers can blame this on ignorance but the women may...
Date: October 9, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
The day has barely started in Carolina city (MA) and Jaylton Hycroh, age 23, is already working hard. One by one, he brings boxes and more boxes of cashew to a table where he and four colleagues will separate...
Date: September 30, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
NEW YORK - At the 12th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), the World Bank announced that it will conduct a comprehensive dialogue with indigenous peoples beginning...
Date: June 14, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
It is almost five o’clock in the afternoon and the night falls over the neighbor of San Francisco-Los Horconcitos in Rivas, Nicaragua. Except from the light coming out from some houses, the streets are...
Date: January 22, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
The World Bank Group has been a development partner in Nepal for the past four decades, providing financing, technical assistance and advice. Over the years, the Bank’s support has evolved in focus and...
Date: February 2, 2011
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Indigenous Peoples worldwide continue to be among the poorest of the poor and continue to suffer from higher poverty, lower education, and a greater incidence of disease and discrimination than other groups,...
Date: April 26, 2010
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Date: March 8, 2010
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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