MDB: Civil Society Calls on World Bank to Reform its Energy Lending

By Matthew Berger / WASHINGTON, Apr 26, 2010 (IPS)

Against the backdrop of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund’s spring meetings this weekend, numerous groups have chimed in on the need for and direction of a new World Bank energy strategy.  (…) The new energy strategy will try to bridge the dangerous gap between increasing energy access and not exacerbating the effects of climate change. As such, energy likely represents one of the most contentious areas of the bank’s lending policy. (Read more)