The World Bank Must Clean Up Its Act

Last month, the US Supreme Court ruled that an environmental-damages lawsuit could proceed against a unit of the World Bank Group, rebuffing its claim of immunity from prosecution. Community groups and social-justice organizations welcomed the ruling as a tentative victory. It should be something else, too: a wake-up call.

Instead of complaining about a potential barrage of lawsuits, the World Bank Group should make itself accountable for errors when it funds projects that undermine its reason for existence. As the world’s largest public lender, it works to end poverty and improve lives in more than 170 countries.

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