Official Documents
Revised Consultation Draft OP 4.01, Indigenous Peoples, World Bank, May 15, 2004 (Acrobat pdf 616 KB)
World Bank Grants Facility for Indigenous Peoples, Background Paper, World Bank, July 25, 2003 (World Bank website)
Global Fund for Indigenous Peoples, World Bank, July 2003 (World Bank website)
Evaluation Report Phase I: Implementation of Operational Directive 4.20 on Indigenous Peoples; An Independent Desk Review, World Bank OED, January 13, 2003 (World Bank website)
Evaluation Report Phase II: Implementation of Operational Directive 4.20 on Indigenous Peoples; An Evaluation of Results, World Bank OED, April 10, 2003 (World Bank website)
World Bank’s summary of consultations with external stakeholders, October 7, 2002 (World Bank website)
Draft World Bank Indigenous Peoples Policies and Procedures: Draft Operational Policies (OP 4.10), World Bank, March 23, 2001 (World Bank website)
Indigenous Peoples Operational Directive OD 4.20, World Bank, September 1991 (World Bank website)
Civil Society Analysis
Broken Promises Rainforest Foundation, 2005, (Acrobat pdf)
Critique of the World Bank’s December 2004 Draft revised policy on Indigenous Peoples (OP4.10), Forest Peoples Programme, Dec. 4, 2004 (FPP web site). Also available: Español.
Free Prior Informed Consent For Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities: A briefing for World Bank Executive Directors, Armstrong Wiggins,Indian Law Resource Center; Fergus McKay, Forest Peoples Program; Dr. Antonio La Vina, Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute; Miguel Palacin Quispe, Anne Perrault, Center for International Environmental Law; June 14, 2004 (Acrobat pdf 363 KB)
Quality not Quantity: Lessons Learned from Consultations on the World Bank’s Draft Indigenous Peoples Policy, by Melina Selverston-Scher, Consultant for the Bank Information Center, with the Indian Law Resource Center and the Amazon Alliance, March 23, 2004 (Acrobat pdf 519 KB). Also available: Español
Letter from leaders and representatives of indigenous peoples to James Wolfensohn, President of World Bank Group, September 17, 2003. Also available: Español
Letter from group of Indigenous Peoples to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples, May 20, 2003. Also available: Español
World Bank Indigenous Peoples Policy Update WB at the UN Indigenous Peoples Permanent Forum, announces Global Fund for Indigenous Peoples, Bank Information Center, May, 2003
Indigenous delegate statement to World Bank, October 17, 2002. Also available: Español
Briefings on the Revision of the World Bank Indigenous Peoples Policy, Forest Peoples Programme (FPP website)
Revision de las politicas 4.20 y 4.10 del Banco Mundial, Transparencia Mexico, September 22, 2001 (in Spanish)
Statement by indigenous people regarding concerns about Draft OP/BP 4.10, August 24, 2001 (Acrobat pdf 10 KB). Also available: Español
Signatories to indigenous statement of August 24, 2001
Correspondence
Indigenous letter to WB Board of Directors regarding Management response to the EIR, July 19, 2004 (Acrobat pdf 67 KB)
Indigenous letter to World Bank Re: inadequacy of legal roundtable procedure and preliminary comments on OP 4.10, May 21, 2004
Useful Web Pages
World Bank Indigenous Peoples (World Bank website)
International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples (IAIP website)
World Bank Global Fund For Indigenous People (World Bank website)
Independent Evaluation Group (World Bank IEG website)