A watchdog group, the U.S. Congress, and civil society groups are on IFC’s case for allegedly dropping the ball after hearing accusations that children at Bridge schools in Kenya had been sexually abused. We bring the details.
Also in today’s edition: Zambia’s ongoing fight against gay rights, UNAIDS’ funding woes cause tension, and how to improve water and move closer to Sustainable Development Goal 6.
The International Finance Corporation, the World Bank’s private sector arm, may have some explaining to do. Apparently it may have turned a blind eye to allegations of child sex abuse in one of its education projects for years, according to a damning report by its own watchdog sent to World Bank board members.
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Helen Murphy
Helen is an award-winning journalist and Senior Editor at Devex, where she edits coverage on global development in the Americas. Based in Colombia, she previously covered war, politics, financial markets, and general news for Reuters, where she headed the bureau, and for Bloomberg in Colombia and Argentina, where she witnessed the financial meltdown. She started her career in London as a reporter for Euromoney Publications before moving to Hong Kong to work for a daily newspaper.