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In the run-up to this week’s Supreme Court hearing, the IFC has announced a series of new policy reforms that strengthen its social and environmental commitments, an effort that is undoubtedly motivated in part by a desire to look its best before the court. These reforms look good on paper and are w...

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October 26, 2018

Amy Howe

US Supreme Court to Consider Immunity for IOs

The plaintiffs contend that the plant’s construction caused saltwater to leach into the local groundwater. They say that the plant’s ‘cooling system discharges thermal pollution into the sea, killing off marine life on which fishermen rely for their income. In recent years, the Supreme Court has cut...

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May 21, 2019

Maju Varghese

Nothing ‘GREAT’ about AIIB’s Sustainable Cities Strategy

The AIIBs vision must comprise multi-dimensional aspects, including social infrastructure like health and education. It should focus on people, their involvement and fundamental rights in the city. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has come out with a draft for ‘Sustainable Cities Stra...

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October 26, 2018

Nishank

An Insight into CVC’s Bank Frauds Analysis

What is the inside story of the bank frauds in India? An insight into the ‘Top 100’ bank frauds by the Central Vigilance Commission On October 15, 2018, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) released a report titled, ‘Analysis of Top 100 Bank Frauds’. The report provides vital information on the mo...

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April 25, 2019

Ankit Agrawal

CSOs Applaud IFC for Excluding Coal in FI Lending

IFC will now ensure that the financing process only supports targeted areas — such as projects promoting energy efficiency, renewables, women business-owners, or small and medium-sized enterprises New Delhi: Civil society groups from across the world have welcomed the news that the Internation...

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October 23, 2018

Aswathi Nair

Financing For A Robust Energy Regime In India

Along with the unbridled sanctioning of the flow of foreign funds to the country’s energy sector in the bid to be a major driving force in the global energy market (which falters often on transparency or lender accountability) the government of the day also requires to primarily be committed to impr...

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June 20, 2019

Ankit Agrawal

CSOs Approach World Bank to Strengthen the Inspection Panel

October 5, 2018, New Delhi: Medha Patkar, Bharat Patel, Nityanand Jayaraman and other members of the CSOs across India, have criticised the Working Group of the World Bank Board’s Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE), the group entrusted by the Bank to “review of the Inspection Panel’...

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May 21, 2019

Krishnakant

JICA’s Guidelines Violated in the Bullet Train Project

The Japanese Government’s investment agency, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is a signatory to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Government for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project (MAHSR), popularly known as the ‘Bullet Train Project’. There are two set...

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May 1, 2019

Ashish Kajla

The Arbitrary Bank Charges must be Removed

Banks act as financial intermediaries between depositors and borrowers. It is the public money, deposited in the form of term deposit (fixed deposits) and time deposit (saving & current accounts) which banks use for lending to borrowers. Since public money is important for the banking sector as ...

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September 26, 2018

Himshi Singh

Break the BRICS! Break it from the Below!

The 10th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit was held in Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa from 25-27 July 2018. Set up in 2009, in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, with four countries and then expanded to South Africa in 2010, the emerg...

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The IFC has not always practised what it preaches

US Supreme Court to Consider Immunity for IOs

Nothing ‘GREAT’ about AIIB’s Sustainable Cities Strategy

An Insight into CVC’s Bank Frauds Analysis

CSOs Applaud IFC for Excluding Coal in FI Lending

Financing For A Robust Energy Regime In India

CSOs Approach World Bank to Strengthen the Inspection Panel

JICA’s Guidelines Violated in the Bullet Train Project

The Arbitrary Bank Charges must be Removed

Break the BRICS! Break it from the Below!

The IFC has not always practised what it preaches

US Supreme Court to Consider Immunity for IOs

Nothing ‘GREAT’ about AIIB’s Sustainable Cities Strategy

An Insight into CVC’s Bank Frauds Analysis

CSOs Applaud IFC for Excluding Coal in FI Lending

Financing For A Robust Energy Regime In India

CSOs Approach World Bank to Strengthen the Inspection Panel

JICA’s Guidelines Violated in the Bullet Train Project

The Arbitrary Bank Charges must be Removed

Break the BRICS! Break it from the Below!