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World Bank’s Banga denies IFC cover up of abuse involving Kenya school investment

World Bank’s Banga denies IFC cover up of abuse involving Kenya school investment

WORLD Bank President Ajay Banga rejected allegations that the bank's International Finance Corp arm sought to cover up reports of sexual abuse at a for-profit school chain in Kenya in which it held a stake from 2013 to 2022. Banga asked during a Center for Global Development public event about the IFC's response to an independent investigation into the allegations at Bridge International Academies, said he disagreed with the characterization of a cover-up by the IFC. Civil society groups have expressed concern, that the IFC ignored evidence of child sexual abuse at some of Bridge's Kenya schools until the World Bank's…
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