WORLD Bank-financed development programs in some countries have failed to protect the human rights of vulnerable people it was seeking to help due to inadequate checks against abuses, Human Rights Watch says.
The New York-based rights group cited cases in Vietnam and Ethiopia.
The 59-page report, "Abuse-free development: How the World Bank should safeguard against human rights violations", says the bank funded programs in Vietnam's drug detention centres, where arbitrary detention, forced labour, torture and other forms of ill-treatment have been documented.
The Ethiopian government received a $US2 billion ($A2.19 billion) loan to support education, health and development projects. But a project in the western Gambella region, which involves relocating the 1.5 million indigenous and marginalised population, has been marred by violence involving soldiers responsible for moving people out of their villages.
"The World Bank pays tens of billions of dollars every year to support development efforts around the world," said Jessica Evans on Monday, a senior advocate on international financial institutions at the rights group.
"But it needs to stop undermining its efforts by making sure it isn't contributing to human rights abuses."
Human Rights Watch called for the World Bank to amend safeguard policies to ensure that human rights are respected in its projects.
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