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We’ve also launched a Substack, where we share timely analysis and updates directly with our community. We invite you to check it out and subscribe: https://t.co/N1Mi4i96V6

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We’re excited to share that Bank Information Center has launched a new website: https://t.co/7QtrqenmTq

This marks an important step in how we share our research, amplify our findings, and connect global policy discussions to the communities affected by development finance.

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Anthony questions that we still don’t know what institutional changes will occur after this pilot phase. He shares that performance of the RAF should be independently evaluated by IFC staff, CSOs, affected communities, etc.

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Starting now!

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Join us next Friday as BIC's Deputy Director, Carla García Zendejas, guides a conversation convening practitioners and @IFC_org management on enabling effective remedy through its interim Remedial Action Framework (RAF).

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Megan highlights BIC’s own analysis and asks for KPIs which includes identifying if harm has stopped, if communities receive tangible remedy, and have remedial measures lasted, and if IFC/MIGA have learned lessons.

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Maninder shares his final thoughts, sharing plans to create stakeholder management processes in each country the WBG works in. He calls civil society to share their specific ideas and criticisms of and for the merger.

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Starting now!

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Please join BIC this afternoon during the @WorldBankGroup #SpringMeetings as our Executive Director, Elana Berger, joins a discussion examining the implications of the One World Bank Group initiative to merge its environmental and social (E&S) standards.

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Livi expresses concerns regarding staffing cuts. She also mentions that while civil society play an important role in this process, the Bank must have their own incentive to improve safeguards, systems, and accountability.