Following an open letter sent to the World Bank’s President Jim Kim by a coalition of community-based organizations opposing a proposed plan to support the expansion of a cement plant in Mandalay Region and the coal mine that fuels it, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) maintains that the project is worthwhile. The open letter was […]
World Bank Arm Defends Mandalay Cement Factory Project Amid Civil Society Opposition
July 3, 2017 by Thiha
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