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July 14, 2021
Infrastructure Projects in India: The Landscape of Financiers
This mapping document looks at infrastructure sector in India, its basic concepts, estimates by the Government of India, the World Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), International Finance Corporation (IFC), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and others regarding the funds require...
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September 2, 2019
Snippets from the World of International Financial Institutions – August, 2019
IMF Chief Election Over 100 organisations across the world recently signed an open letter demanding an end to the ‘Gentleman Agreement,’ as per which only Europeans are selected as the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The signatories stated that international institutions ...
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February 13, 2026
Booklet: Smart Cities Mission in India: Footprints of IFIs
This booklet is a first in a series that looks to provide an overview of the smart cities at a conceptual level, smart cities mission in India, development of smart cities globally, the role of International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and bilateral agencies in promoting smart city projects in var...
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March 1, 2019
ADB was the Biggest Lender to India in 2018
As per the Early Warning System, which collects and verify information about the proposed and existing projects, India, in 2018, had 112 active or proposed projects funded by Development Finance Institutions (DFIs). These institutions included Asian Development Bank (ADB); Asian Infrastructure Inves...
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June 24, 2018
Development must not Happen at the Cost of Constitutional Rights
Mumbai, June 23: “The so-called ‘development’ must not come at the cost of constitutional rights,” said prominent activist and Goldman Environment Awardee Prafulla Samantra at the press conference, which was organised on the last day of the three-day Peoples’ Convention on Infrastructur...
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November 20, 2018
‘Unchecked borrowing to put Andhra Pradesh in debt trap’
Express News Service, VIJAYAWADA:  Expressing concern over the unchecked borrowing from different banks and funding agencies across the globe by the TDP Government in the State, experts from National Association of People’s Movements (NAPM) have warned that it will put AP in a debt trap. Speaking to...
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May 13, 2018
The Trends in Hydro Power Financing in India
There has been a worldwide growth in hydropower development, with 31.5 GW new capacity installed in 2016. This figure includes 6.4 GW of pumped storage – nearly double the previous year – while there is a further 20 GW of pumped storage under construction globally. This growth is indicative of impen...
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