Anuradha Munshi, Author at Centre for Financial Accountability

Briefing Note: AIIB’s Investment in the NIIF: Why is it a Risky Venture?

With large infrastructure projects at the core of its investment support strategy, it is essential for the AIIB to e...

Update: A Great Victory: The Fight Continues!

In its historic decision on 27th Feb 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that international organizations like the W...

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Update: Tata Mundra, a Story of Violations, Non-Compliance & Impunity

Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project India is part of an ambitious plan, which saw the building of several coal-based th...

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Case Study: India’s Experience with the IAMs

25 years of Inspection Panel has a special significance for India, having played a key role in its formation. As in t...

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AIIB’s Third AGM Prioritises PPPs and Funds for Infrastructure

AIIB Third Annual Governors Meeting Prioritises PPPs and Investments in Funds to Mobilize Private Capital for Infrastruc...

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IFC Failed to Follow its Performance Standards in Vizhinjam: CAO

International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) grievance redressal body Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) in its compliance ...

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Does World Bank’s Country Partnership Framework provide the real analysis of the challenges India faces?

The World Bank Group is in the process of formulating its first Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for India for which ...

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Communities affected by Tata Mundra rejects ADB’s Annual Monitoring Report

Report subverts the real issues while focusing only on the frivolous ones August 25, 2017, Kutch, Gujarat: Communities a...

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ADB’s Annual Monitoring Report on Tata Mundra rejected: Press Statement

Press Statement: 22 .8.2017 ADB’s Annual Monitoring Report on Tata Mundra rejected: Report subverts the real issues whil...

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Are green buildings a priority for IFC or a ploy to make inroads in the real estate sector?

Anuradha Munshi International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is going to invest up to $6 b...

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July 11, 2019

Anuradha Munshi

Briefing Note: AIIB’s Investment in the NIIF: Why is it a Risky Venture?

With large infrastructure projects at the core of its investment support strategy, it is essential for the AIIB to ensure that their funds are directed to sustainable investments. In a country like India, where land remains the main source of livelihood for the majority of the population, it is ...

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September 18, 2025

Anuradha Munshi

Update: A Great Victory: The Fight Continues!

In its historic decision on 27th Feb 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that international organizations like the World Bank Group “don’t enjoy absolute immunity”. Simply put, with this judgement, the World Bank and other international financial institutions can be sued anywhere for the damages...

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September 18, 2025

Anuradha Munshi

Update: Tata Mundra, a Story of Violations, Non-Compliance & Impunity

Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project India is part of an ambitious plan, which saw the building of several coal-based thermal power stations to meet India’s energy needs. Located on the western coast of India, in Gujarat, spanning 72 kilometres covering 10 coastal settlements, it is strategically lo...

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September 3, 2018

Anuradha Munshi

Case Study: India’s Experience with the IAMs

25 years of Inspection Panel has a special significance for India, having played a key role in its formation. As in the case of all safeguard and other policies, the independent accountability mechanisms (IAMs) of multilateral development banks are also a result of the valiant struggle fought by ...

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May 21, 2019

Anuradha Munshi

AIIB’s Third AGM Prioritises PPPs and Funds for Infrastructure

AIIB Third Annual Governors Meeting Prioritises PPPs and Investments in Funds to Mobilize Private Capital for Infrastructure as the Way Forward The last week of June saw India host the third annual meeting of the AIIB in Mumbai from the 25th Of June to the 26th of June 2018. The theme for this year’...

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March 25, 2018

Anuradha Munshi

IFC Failed to Follow its Performance Standards in Vizhinjam: CAO

International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) grievance redressal body Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) in its compliance investigation report has indicted IFC for not following its Performance Standards in Vizhinjam International Seaport Limited (VISL), a special purpose company wholly owned by the S...

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November 21, 2017

Anuradha Munshi

Does World Bank’s Country Partnership Framework provide the real analysis of the challenges India faces?

The World Bank Group is in the process of formulating its first Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for India for which consultations are in process to come out with Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD), which will provide analysis of the principal challenges facing India today. The SCD will provide ...

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November 20, 2017

Anuradha Munshi

Communities affected by Tata Mundra rejects ADB’s Annual Monitoring Report

Report subverts the real issues while focusing only on the frivolous ones August 25, 2017, Kutch, Gujarat: Communities affected by the Tata Mundra (Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd – CGPL) coal power plant in Kutch have rejected Asian Development Bank’s Second Annual Monitoring Report to the Board of Direc...

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July 6, 2018

Anuradha Munshi

ADB’s Annual Monitoring Report on Tata Mundra rejected: Press Statement

Press Statement: 22 .8.2017 ADB’s Annual Monitoring Report on Tata Mundra rejected: Report subverts the real issues while focusing only on the frivolous ones Kutch, Gujarat: Communities affected by the Tata Mundra (Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd – CGPL) coal power plant in Kutch rejected ADB’s Se...

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November 17, 2017

Anuradha Munshi

Are green buildings a priority for IFC or a ploy to make inroads in the real estate sector?

Anuradha Munshi International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is going to invest up to $6 billion in the next five years on various sustainable and renewable energy programmes in India, of which 20% will go in building eco-friendly or green homes in the country. IFC has ...

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