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    Meeting of Peoples Affected by Financing from Brazil’s Development Bank (BNDES)

    November 2009 | Photo Gallery

    Photos from a November gathering of Brazilian and other South American community representatives negatively affected by projects financed by BNDES. The meeting was organized by the Plataforma BNDES, a network of civil society organizations that is working to democratize the bank and reform its lending practices.

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