Bank Information Center

The Bank Information Center "partners with civil society in developing and transition countries to influence the World Bank and other international financial institutions to promote social and economic justice and ecological sustainability." [1] Chad Dobson was the founder and director of the Bank Information Center. [2]

Staff

• Manish Bapna is the Executive Director of the Bank Information Center
• Alvin Carlos - Manager, Finance and Operations
• Jelson Garcia - Regional Coordinator, Mekong/SE Asia, Asia Program
• George Holliday - Program Manager, Europe and Central Asia Program
• Bruce Jenkins - Director, Policy Program
• Jennifer Kalafut - Senior Associate, Policy Program
• Joshua Klemm - Assistant, Africa Program
• Heike Mainhardt-Gibbs - Consultant, Europe & Central Asia
• Vince McElhinny -Program Manager, Latin America
• Paulina Novo -Project Coordinator, BICECA Project, Latin America Program
• Nikki Reisch -Manager, Africa Program
• Avilash Roul -Assistant Regional Coordinator, South Asia, Asia Program
• Shefali Sharma -Regional Coordinator, South Asia, Asia Program
• Karen Showalter - Coordinator, Information Services Program
• James Taylor -Assistant, Information Services Program
• Mishka Zaman -Manager, Asia Program

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Funders

• Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
• Ford Foundation
• Goldman Fund
• Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
• The Moriah Fund
• Novib (Oxfam Netherlands)
• Open Society Institute (OSI)
• Oxfam Australia
• Public Welfare Foundation
• Tides Foundation
• Trust for Mutual Understanding
• Wallace Global Fund

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Directors

• Jonathan Fox (Board Chair), Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies, Merrill College, University of California Santa Cruz
• Robin Broad, Professor, International Development Program, American University
• Marianne Lais Ginsburg, Independent Consultant, formerly with German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Smitu Kothari, Founder of Intercultural Resources and Lokayan in India, Professor, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
• David Hunter, Asst. Professor of Law, The American University Washington College of Law
• Atila Roque, Executive Director, ActionAid USA
• Juliette Majot, Independent consultant to non-profit organizations

2006

Contact

Web: http://www.bicusa.org

Resources and articles

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