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      <title>Stakeholder consultations in investment operations</title>
      <description>The World Bank has published a guidance note on how best to engage with local communities throughout a project cycle.</description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12632.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:10:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title> Letter to Dr. Jim Yong Kim from the World Bank Alumni Association</title>
      <description>World Bank alumni report points out problems in internal management, human resource functions and policy leadership; calls for reform.</description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12631.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:14:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>What's next for Myanmar?</title>
      <description>As international economic sanctions loosen, the World Bank considers getting involved after two decades away.</description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12630.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 14:01:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>IF-Eye India March 2012</title>
      <description>World Bank approves $ 4.3 billion aid to India, IFC to invest in water management project, and more.</description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12629.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:28:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sierra Club makes Kosovo coal a focal point at Spring Meetings</title>
      <description>Opposition to the proposed "Kosovo C" coal plant is mounting.</description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12627.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:01:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Defining best practices in responsible mining</title>
      <description>A new paper examines what responsible mining actually is and offers a guide to corporations wanting more information on how to become responsible.  
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      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12626.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:37:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Statement from Dr. Jim Yong Kim </title>
      <description>Regarding his selection by the World Bank's Executive Directors as 12th President of the World Bank.</description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12625.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:00:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Dr. Kim's core challenge</title>
      <description>Carl Pope shows how World Bank projects that have the biggest short-term benefits cause the most long-term damage to the environment and surrounding communities.</description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12624.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:48:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How will the World Bank safeguards affect your country?</title>
      <description>New papers show how the World Bank safeguards work with local laws. </description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12621.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:56:09 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Kosovo's coal: a World Bank legacy</title>
      <description>The World Bank is funding another coal plant in an already polluted country. Are there no other alternatives? </description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12623.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:01:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Jim Yong Kim is the next World Bank President </title>
      <description>Today Kim was officially named the 12th President of the World Bank. But will he honor our request for a meeting to discuss the Bank's future?</description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12620.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:38:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Dear future World Bank President</title>
      <description>An open letter from BIC and other NGOs requesting a meeting to discuss the challenges the next President will face. This letter is open indefinitely for signatures.</description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.12616.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:56:39 GMT</pubDate>
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