The World Bank is hosting a live chat Wednesday, calling for public input on its draft policies designed to protect the environment and local communities affected by its projects worldwide.
A source of concern for many activists and civil society organizations, the current safeguards draft has been criticized for decreasing the bank’s accountability in its projects and lowering standards for enforcement in its environmental policies, among other issues.
The safeguards have been the topic of consultations around the world in recent months as bank experts met with key stakeholders about how to improve the draft and how to instill in the safeguards the bank’s chief goals: ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity. Now the bank is taking its public input process online.
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Molly Anders is a former U.K. correspondent for Devex. Based in London, she reports on development finance trends with a focus on British and European institutions. She is especially interested in evidence-based development and women’s economic empowerment, as well as innovative financing for the protection of migrants and refugees. Molly is a former Fulbright Scholar and studied Arabic in Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco.
