Rights campaigners claim the World Bank has repeatedly failed to intervene to stop its borrowers from cracking down on critics.
In India, fishing clans claim a giant power plant project backed by $450 million from the World Bank Group neglected to account for harm it would do to their livelihoods and way of life.
A claim filed in a US court on Thursday charges that the development lender ignored risks in financing a big coal-power plant in India.
Over the past decade, the World Bank has regularly failed to enforce its own rules when it comes to resettling displaced people, with devastating consequences for some of the poorest and most vulnerable people on the planet.
