Africa: Mask Off - Recapping the 2025 World Bank Land Conference

Africa: Mask Off - Recapping the 2025 World Bank Land Conference

Oakland, California, Usa -- Last week, at its annual Land Conference in Washington D.C., (May 5-8), the World Bank showed allegiance to the new US administration by dropping the pretense of promoting land reform for climate action and confirming that its land agenda is about boosting corporate profits.

Mask Off – Recapping the 2025 World Bank Land Conference

Last week, at its annual Land Conference in Washington D.C., (May 5-8), the World Bank showed allegiance to the new US administration by dropping the pretense of promoting land reform for climate action and confirming that its land agenda is about boosting corporate profits. Climate Focus Abandoned to Appease Trump While it had previously announced …

A Malagasy delegation representing the Ministry of Territorial Decentralization and Planning (MDAT) took part in the World Land Conference, organized by the World Bank from 5 to 9 May 2025 in Washington DC. This annual event brings together stakeholders from various backgrounds – governments, international institutions, researchers, NGOs and businesses – to discuss issues related to land governance. The 2025 edition of the conference focused on …