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Studies: NGOs criticize World Bank Group's financing of fossil fuel projects

A series of recent non-governmental reports have stoked controversy surrounding World Bank financing of oil and gas projects. According to analysis carried out by the Washington-based Bank Information Center (BIC), financing for fossil fuel projects from the International Finance Corporation, an arm of the World Bank, increased over 90% between 2005 and 2006.

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Commentary: Sowing the Seeds of Failure: A Critique of The 2007 US Farm Bill

United States farm subsidy programs are again proving to be a major obstacle to expanding international trade opportunities at Geneva meetings aimed at reviving the Doha round of trade negotiations. Opponents of farm subsidy reform may be applauding this impasse, but there is be no reason for glee from the public at large. U.S. farm subsidy programs are broken and need to be fixed.

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Commentary: The Politics of Inefficient Irrigation Technology

Call it is one of the unknown Indian ironies. Over many years, the Indian state, through its public irrigation agencies, has systematically taken over the management of surface water systems. It has taken over the job of building irrigation systems-dams, reservoirs and canals-then maintaining these and supplying water.

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Commentary: The Era of Farmers' Suicides: Subsidies and the Indian Agrarian Crisis

Jaideep Hardikar, an Indian journalist with Daily News and Analysis (DNA), spends much of his time in rural Vidarbha, in the state of Maharashtra, where it is estimated that on average a farmer commits suicide every eight hours. It his job to document this disturbing symptom of what has become widely known as India's "agrarian crisis", but also to uncover the underlying root causes.

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