2002. Describes corporate history, major pesticides manufactured, and instances of severe pesticide contamination. PANNA. The factsheet.
Dow Corporate Fact Sheet (Factsheet)
2002. Describes corporate history, major pesticides manufactured, and instances of severe pesticide contamination. PANNA. The factsheet.
DuPont Corporate Fact Sheet (Factsheet)
2002. Describes corporate history, major pesticides manufactured, and instances of severe pesticide contamination. PANNA. The factsheet.
Guide to Monitoring the World Bank's Pest Management policy, OP 4.09 (Article)
2001. A citizens' guide to understanding and monitoring the World Bank's binding policy on pest management with suggestions for developing community-based monitoring methods and indicators. PANNA. The article.
Monsanto Corporate Fact Sheet (Factsheet)
2002. Describes corporate history, major pesticides manufactured, and instances of severe pesticide contamination. PANNA. The factsheet.
Pesticide and Biotech Companies: The Wrong Partners for the World Bank (Article)
2002. Describes failure of World Bank programs to apply internal criteria to corporate partnerships, including the Rhone-Poulenc corporation. PANNA. The article.
Pesticides and the World Bank: Agricultural Development Projects Fail to Promote Sound Pest Management (Article)
2002. Describes undue corporate profit from World Bank programs despite unsustainable pest management methods and results. PANNA. The article.
Syngenta Corporate Fact Sheet (Factsheet)
2002. Describes corporate history, major pesticides manufactured, and instances of severe pesticide contamination. PANNA. The factsheet.
The World Bank's Failure to Curb Pesticide Use: Why It Matters (Article)
2002. Overview of the environmental health and economic costs of pesticides, and the alternative of integrated pest management (IPM). PANNA. The article.
Resources available elsewhere
Our collection of links to key related resources available elsewhere on the Internet. Feel free to submit or correct a link.
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50 Years in Enough: U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice (Web site) A coalition of 205 grassroots, policy, women's, social- and economic- justice, labor, and development organizations committed to making international financial institutions, like the World Bank and international Monetary Fund (IMF), accountable to those who have to live with the effects of their policies and practices. http://www.50years.org |
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Bank Information Center (BIC) (Web site) BIC provides information and strategic support to NGOs and social movements on the projects, policies and practices of the World Bank and other Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs). http://www.bicusa.org/ |
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OneWorld IMF and WB campaign pages (Web site section) OneWorld has excellent information on the IMF and the World Bank. OneWorld is dedicated to harnessing the democratic potential of the internet to promote human rights and sustainable development. http://www.oneworld.net/campaigns/imf&wb/ind... |
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Probe International World Bank Campaign (Web site section) Probe International focuses on the environmental, social, and economic effects of aid and trade. http://www.nextcity.com/ProbeInternational/f... |
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Genetically Engineered Crops During the past decade, genetically engineered (GE) crops have been widely planted by farmers in many countries around the world. But has the technology lived up to the industry hype by delivering the promised economic and environmental bene. ts? This paper reviews important research . ndings from India, Argentina and China that demonstrate the economic impact of GE crops on rural farmers and communities. http://www.panna.org/campaigns/docsWorldBank... |
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World Bank (Web site) Policy documents, information on current projects and other information for Bank watchers. http://www.worldbank.org |