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Addressee: World Bank

Paragraph Number: 60
Session: 12 (2013)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that the World Bank, in consultation with the Forum and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, examine the involuntary resettlement of indigenous peoples in connection with projects financed by the Bank and submit a report thereon in 2014.

Area of Work: Economic and Social Development
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Addressee: World Bank

Paragraph Number: 58
Session: 12 (2013)
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The Forum also notes with concern that the World Bank’s operational policies, including its policy on indigenous peoples, have limited application, covering only investment lending and not other Bank operations. The Forum recommends that the outcome target of the Bank’s process to review and update its safeguards be a set of safeguards and follow-up mechanisms covering all finance instruments and all other Bank operations.

Area of Work: Economic and Social Development