Tarnished Gold: mining and the unmet promise of development
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) continues to dress up money-making gold mining investments as development, yet it fails to demonstrate how these projects actually reduce poverty. The Bank Information Center, Oxfam Internacional, Earthworks, Campagna Per La Riforma Della Banca Mondiale and the Bretton Woods Project challenge the IFC to “prove it” by reporting its development impacts on a project-by-project basis.