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AIIB’s Covid Financing For India Comes Under Scanner

All multilateral banks have certain policies and processes. Notwithstanding the growing pressure of the affected commun...

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Lessons Not Learnt- The World Bank’s disturbing push to privatise Indian education

In September 2018, the Indian government unveiled a massive three-billion-dollar project—Strengthening Teaching-Learnin...

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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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Corona Uncovering the Cracks in Capitalism

The COVID-19 corona epidemic that has taken over 16,99,019 lives all around the world has undoubtedly been a disaster w...

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Elite Capture of resources, the continuing saga of exploitation: A case of World Bank

World Bank Aid or that matter any aid and its impact on countries has been a controversial discussion in development fi...

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AIIB’s review of their Environmental and Social Framework

Indian groups submit recommendations for AIIB’s review of their Environmental and Social Framework The Asian Infrast...

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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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A Case which made World Bank Legally Accountable

On February 27, a year has passed since the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in a 7-1 judgment that World Bank ...

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November 17, 2025

Sreedhar Ramamurthi

AIIB’s Covid Financing For India Comes Under Scanner

All multilateral banks have certain policies and processes. Notwithstanding the growing pressure of the affected communities and civil society, these banks bring out documents essentially to satisfy themselves on paper. It is a make-believe world, that always states that the environmental and socia...

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May 7, 2020

Anjela Taneja

Lessons Not Learnt- The World Bank’s disturbing push to privatise Indian education

In September 2018, the Indian government unveiled a massive three-billion-dollar project—Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States, or STARS— designed in collaboration with the World Bank to improve the country’s education system. While 85 percent of the project’s cost would be borne b...

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April 29, 2020

CFA Admin

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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April 17, 2020

Aswathi Nair

Corona Uncovering the Cracks in Capitalism

The COVID-19 corona epidemic that has taken over 16,99,019 lives all around the world has undoubtedly been a disaster with no parallels in modern history. Political and social analysts describe this pandemic as the reason for the most sustained period of worldwide public suffering since World War I...

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March 25, 2020

Maju Varghese

Elite Capture of resources, the continuing saga of exploitation: A case of World Bank

World Bank Aid or that matter any aid and its impact on countries has been a controversial discussion in development finance circles. While it is true that aid provides an important source of income for poorer countries and has an effect on reducing poverty, there are debates on how the powerful a...

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March 25, 2020

Anuradha Munshi

AIIB’s review of their Environmental and Social Framework

Indian groups submit recommendations for AIIB’s review of their Environmental and Social Framework The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), after four years of its operations, is undertaking a review of its environmental and social framework. 30 Indian Civil Society Organizations submitt...

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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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March 5, 2020

Joe Athialy

A Case which made World Bank Legally Accountable

On February 27, a year has passed since the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in a 7-1 judgment that World Bank does not enjoy absolute immunity. The judgment shook the foundations of the financial world, which hitherto enjoyed absolute immunity for whatever consequences their lending led to...

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AIIB’s Covid Financing For India Comes Under Scanner

Lessons Not Learnt- The World Bank’s disturbing push to privatise Indian education

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

Corona Uncovering the Cracks in Capitalism

Elite Capture of resources, the continuing saga of exploitation: A case of World Bank

AIIB’s review of their Environmental and Social Framework

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

When Chief Economists leave the Bank, Credibility Walks Out too

A Case which made World Bank Legally Accountable

AIIB’s Covid Financing For India Comes Under Scanner

Lessons Not Learnt- The World Bank’s disturbing push to privatise Indian education

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

Corona Uncovering the Cracks in Capitalism

Elite Capture of resources, the continuing saga of exploitation: A case of World Bank

AIIB’s review of their Environmental and Social Framework

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

When Chief Economists leave the Bank, Credibility Walks Out too

A Case which made World Bank Legally Accountable

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