Official Documents
Insuring Responsible Investments? A Review of the application of MIGA's Environmental and Social Review Procedures, CAO, December 2002 (Acrobat pdf 799KB)
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.
Review of IFC social, environmental and disclosure policies, Bank Information Center Policy Update. September 7, 2004.
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
Overview of Self-Determination Issues in Latin America, by Melina Selverston-Scher (Foreign Policy in Focus website)
Useful Web Pages
BIC's page on international standards and policies regarding indigenous peoples