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Emission Creep
Critics question World Bank's role as carbon trader, fossil-fuel funder |
Daphne Wysham |
25 Mar 2005 |
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| For as long as it's been around, the World Bank has been prone to mission creep. Established 60 years ago to rebuild war-torn Europe, it morphed into an institution whose raison d'etre was to help developing countries advance, then refined its focus on poverty alleviation and sustainable development in the 1980s and '90s. During that time, it took on the role of effectively creatin ... |
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| Topics: Brazil, business, climate, India, pollution and waste, South Africa (all these topics) |
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