Evicted and abandoned

How the World Bank broke its promise to protect the poor

WE are reposting this series of articles originally published on the microsite of the Huffington Post.

“Evicted and Abandoned” is an 11-month investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), Huffington Post, the Investigative Fund, the GroundTruth Project and more than 20 other media partners around the world. It looks at how projects funded by the World Bank have forced people from their homes, taken their land or damaged their livelihoods.

An estimated 3.4 million people have been physically or economically displaced in the past decade by projects funded by the World Bank. The bank has regularly failed to protect the poor and vulnerable people it claims to serve, a new 11-month investigation has revealed.

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A fisherman near Mundra, India, prepares the net for the next day’s fishing trip. Locals say a World Bank Group-backed project in the area has depleted fish stocks.
Sami Siva / International Consortium of Investigative Journalists