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Learning from 10 years of campaigning on financial intermediary lending at the International Finance Corporation

Civil society organizations from around the world have been campaigning and advocating for a more responsible, human ri...

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A Big Win- IFC World Bank to Freeze Investment in For-Profit Schools

Recently, a piece of good news has appeared that World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) upholding t...

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Procedures for World Bank’s new accountability mechanism lacks transparency and inclusivity

In a press release issued early last week, the World Bank has announced that the review of its independent accountabili...

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When Chief Economists leave the Bank, Credibility Walks Out too

Chief Economist, Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg known as Penny Goldberg announced her resignation from the World Bank from...

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India’s G-20 Presidency, Coronavirus and India and others: Snippets from the World of International Finance

1. Union Budget allocation for preparations of India’s G-20 presidency The Finance Minister of India announced an al...

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The Invisible hand of International Financial Institutions (IFIs)

(How Public Banks are going to be privatised and land, labor reforms are being gradually pushed in the country) In a cap...

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Government prepares for more reforms to ensure India comes in the top 50 in ease of doing business rankings India curre...

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Too Many Costs for Too Little: The Story of Tata Mundra

Statement in response to news reports that the company has written to the Ministry of Power that they will stop operatin...

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MUTP 3, Assam T&D – New Projects from AIIB

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) approved a lending for Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) Phase 3 for...

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People over business – Why Ease of Doing Business hurt people and environment

In the last week, we saw two indices, which were released globally. One on hunger and another on Ease of Doing Business....

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April 29, 2020

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Learning from 10 years of campaigning on financial intermediary lending at the International Finance Corporation

Civil society organizations from around the world have been campaigning and advocating for a more responsible, human rights-oriented, and sustainable development finance model.Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) lend money to governments and private actors in order to pursue determined developmen...

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April 23, 2020

Ambarish Rai

A Big Win- IFC World Bank to Freeze Investment in For-Profit Schools

Recently, a piece of good news has appeared that World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) upholding the right to education in an official commitment and decided to freeze investments in private for-profit pre-primary, primary and secondary (k-12) schools. Currently, the whole worl...

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March 17, 2020

Tani Alex

Procedures for World Bank’s new accountability mechanism lacks transparency and inclusivity

In a press release issued early last week, the World Bank has announced that the review of its independent accountability mechanism, the Inspection Panel, has been completed and that a few major reforms were added to the Inspection Panel. Accordingly, a new accountability mechanism – an “expanded” ...

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March 12, 2020

Maju Varghese

When Chief Economists leave the Bank, Credibility Walks Out too

Chief Economist, Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg known as Penny Goldberg announced her resignation from the World Bank from 1st March 2020. She will be going back to her teaching job at Yale University. This marks the end to a period of time where World Bank, IMF and OCED together were headed by women ...

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February 24, 2020

Tani Alex

India’s G-20 Presidency, Coronavirus and India and others: Snippets from the World of International Finance

1. Union Budget allocation for preparations of India’s G-20 presidency The Finance Minister of India announced an allocation of Rs.100 crore from the Union Budget, for the initial preparations for hosting the G-20 presidency meeting in 2022. It is also the 75th year of Independence for India. Th...

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January 15, 2020

Maju Varghese

The Invisible hand of International Financial Institutions (IFIs)

(How Public Banks are going to be privatised and land, labor reforms are being gradually pushed in the country) In a capitalist system, it is said that the market correct itself through the invisible hands of supply and demand. This hand however is partly visible when we look through at Internationa...

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January 23, 2020

Tani Alex

Snippets from the World of International Finance

Government prepares for more reforms to ensure India comes in the top 50 in ease of doing business rankings India currently occupies 63rd position in the rankings of the World Bank in doing business. Moving ahead 14 positions from 2018, it has been ranked among the top ten improvers in the last thr...

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January 13, 2020

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Too Many Costs for Too Little: The Story of Tata Mundra

Statement in response to news reports that the company has written to the Ministry of Power that they will stop operating the Mundra project from February 2020. Mundra, Gujarat January 13, 2020: Tata power has announced to the Union Ministry of Power that Tata Power may be forced to stop operating i...

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November 17, 2019

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MUTP 3, Assam T&D – New Projects from AIIB

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) approved a lending for Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) Phase 3 for $500 mn. According to a release from AIIB, “A loan of USD500 million granted to the government of India is expected to fast-track work on Mumbai’s suburban railway network, improv...

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October 26, 2019

Maju Varghese

People over business – Why Ease of Doing Business hurt people and environment

In the last week, we saw two indices, which were released globally. One on hunger and another on Ease of Doing Business. India slipped from 95th position to 102nd position out of 117 countries in Global Hunger Index.[1] While the country gained another 14 points in Ease of doing business jumping fro...

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Learning from 10 years of campaigning on financial intermediary lending at the International Finance Corporation

A Big Win- IFC World Bank to Freeze Investment in For-Profit Schools

Procedures for World Bank’s new accountability mechanism lacks transparency and inclusivity

When Chief Economists leave the Bank, Credibility Walks Out too

India’s G-20 Presidency, Coronavirus and India and others: Snippets from the World of International Finance

The Invisible hand of International Financial Institutions (IFIs)

Snippets from the World of International Finance

Too Many Costs for Too Little: The Story of Tata Mundra

MUTP 3, Assam T&D – New Projects from AIIB

People over business – Why Ease of Doing Business hurt people and environment

Learning from 10 years of campaigning on financial intermediary lending at the International Finance Corporation

A Big Win- IFC World Bank to Freeze Investment in For-Profit Schools

Procedures for World Bank’s new accountability mechanism lacks transparency and inclusivity

When Chief Economists leave the Bank, Credibility Walks Out too

India’s G-20 Presidency, Coronavirus and India and others: Snippets from the World of International Finance

The Invisible hand of International Financial Institutions (IFIs)

Snippets from the World of International Finance

Too Many Costs for Too Little: The Story of Tata Mundra

MUTP 3, Assam T&D – New Projects from AIIB

People over business – Why Ease of Doing Business hurt people and environment

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