... Authoritarian Rule? World Bank (2000). 25 Paul Collier, Economic Causes of Civil Conflict and Their Implications for Policy, World Bank (2000). 18 THE WORLD BANK AND THE WORLD COMMISSION ON ... (WHO), the U.S. Export-Import Bank, as well as by private-sector companies such as the Swedish construction firm, Skanska. However, the World Bank, one of the two original sponsors of the WCD, ... should direct the Department of Treasury to oppose dam projects financed by the World Bank and other multilateral development banks that do not conform to the recommendations of the World Commission...