World Bank reconstruction role in Timor-Leste creating problems (REFERENCE: http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/es/2007/01/art-550872/)
The World Bank came to Timor-Leste in 1999, when the UN was still planning the intervention mission. The lack of attention given by the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor to economic development allowed the Bank to assume a central role. After the end of mass violence, the Bank and Fund visited Timor-Leste and conducted a joint assessment mission. This was done with little consultation with the Timorese people.
There were several roles played by the Bank in the reconstruction and development effort in Timor-Leste:
• through its supervision of the Trust Fund for Timor-Leste (TFET), the Bank funded
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This raises serious concerns both about unemployment in the agricultural sector and long-term food security.
The Bank’s Community Empowerment Project aimed to establish transparent, democratic, and accountable local structures in rural areas to make decisions about development projects in a decentralised fashion. However the programme conflicted with traditional structures.
Even though the Bank argues that its presence has reinforced the position of the government, the reality is that is has subordinated and marginalised it. Most of the Bank’s programme does not involve the government in the decision-making process, undermining the accountability of democratically elected representatives. In the end, the Bank’s presence has created problems rather than solving them.
They could have avoided this by if they had consulted with the Timorese people.
World Bank breaking its promise
Rererene : New York Correspondent, bdnews24.com Published: 2015-04-18 10:27:25.0 BdST Based on http://bdnews24.com/world/2015/04/18/world-bank-breaking-its-promise World Bank has caused the displacement of 3.4 million people despite its vociferous campaign against harming humans and nature, a study by 50 journalists from 21 countries has revealed.
A report, in the US-based The Huffington Post, says four World Bank projects have led to the displacement of 84,408 people in Bangladesh alone.
The report, titled ‘How the World Bank breaks its promise to protect the poor’, says the
WORLD BANK: governments play an important role in development, but there is no simple set of rules telling them what to do.
The World Bank is an inter-government institution corporate informs the capital stock of which is entirely owned by its member governments. Initially only nation there were members of the I.M.F could be members of the World Bank but the restriction
~ Today the bank functions as an international organization that attempts to fight poverty by offering developmental assistance to middle and poor-income countries. By giving loans, and offering advice and training in both the private and public sectors, the World Bank aims to eliminate poverty by helping people
Different organizations are formed worldwide but it is mostly their mandates that categorically define the role they play. Among the most recognized, organizations that follow under the control of United Nations get an upper hand and it’s particularly made possible by the powers and control these organizations possess. This article attempts to compare and contrast the United Nations Security Council with the World Bank drawing conclusions from their mandate, style of functioning, governance and organizational culture among the key elements considered. Although they have an international outlook, there are various features within the organizations that depict them as different while others reveal elements that they share and value in common.
In the case of the proposal to fund Brazil with dams, irrigation, power, roads, and funds to develop crops the World Bank has those funds. As a representative of the World Bank, this proposal is currently not very wise and the impact it will have on the people of Brazil will not be a positive one, and that it will not yield a great return to the World Bank unless some adjustments to the proposal are made.
The World Bank was established in 1944 and headquartered in Washington, DC, the World Bank was created from a single institution to a development of five institutions. It is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. It was created as a facilitator of post-war reconstruction and development and prevention of worldwide poverty. It has more than 10,000 employees located throughout 120 offices worldwide.
The World Bank, created in 1944, was made to provide assistance to poverty-stricken or financially unstable countries around the world. Although it originated as an amazing idea, today the World Bank sometimes causes more harm than benefit in the countries that it intends to assist ("International Monetary Fund and World Bank," n.d.). One example of this is the Chixoy Power Project the World Bank funded in Guatemala. In 1978, the project was started " with the intent of “bringing development” to Guatemala" (Russell, 2015). However, this project leads to one of the most horrific genocides in Guatemalan history.
This never-ending cycle of debt is the reality for most, if not all of Third World countries. In the 1970’s, Western banks loaned out huge sums of money to Third World nations with the intention of one day making profit. And they succeeded.
E. What does the World Bank do to prevent or help displaced people that result from a World Bank
The World Bank and the IMF are among the two most corrupted financial institutions to exist today. They're also two of the wealthiest institutions in the world. While they were created after WWII supposedly to help countries recover in during harsh conditions or during economic troubles, they have seemingly done the opposite. They manipulate poor countries by giving loans out to countries that are in such harsh conditions that they must accept the loans. Once they do accept the loans, it becomes a never ending maze of debt. Examples of this corrupt dealing exists still today in countries within Africa. The institutions charge huge amounts of interest and place special conditions on the loans that are accepted which creates a great amount debt. Quickly,
In an effort to bring an end to world poverty the World Bank and IMF (International Monetary Fund) were established in 1944. Consisting of members from 44 nations “The Bank and the IMF are twin intergovernmental pillars supporting the structure of the world's economic and financial order”(Driscoll, 1996). In other words they are international economic organizations that grant loans to third world countries for development programs.
Before this, its chief goals were to liberalize trade and promote industrialization in countries. Prior to this project, the World Bank had been doing so without considertion to the environment, but would be forced to change after it. The World Bank could then be seen as an evolving mechanism to bring about global change. While at the time of the Polonoreste program, the World Bank was completely blindsided by the social and environmental consequences of investing in such a project, afterwards it gained new perspectives and perhaps learned from
Angry protesting, political upset, governments falling, privatization failing, and money lost are a few outcomes that influence the public opinion on the World Bank, and its involvement in many underdeveloped countries. While the World Bank claims that reducing poverty across the globe is its foremost priority, many opponents believe that it is responsible for increasing poverty. The World Bank is a multifaceted organization that loans money to government around the world for development.
Some international development banks have been blamed for imposing policies that ultimately destabilize the economies of recipient countries.
The World Bank is known to fund many infrastructure projects in developing countries, presumably as a means to achieve their goals of increasing development in those countries. Hydroelectric dams are some of the much-maligned infrastructure projects funded by the World Bank. In a report authored by employees of the World Bank itself, the authors themselves highlight the “adverse environmental and related social impacts” of large dams, while attempting to draw a distinction between “relatively good dams and bad dams”. (Ledec & Quintero, 2003)