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Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project: A decade of disemPOWERing communities

Almost a decade after the construction for the Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project and eight years since the operations...

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IFC’s Opportunistic $ 24.7 trillion Global Green Investment Plan Adding to the global narrative on low-carbon investment...

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Global Mass Protests: Why the Ubiquitous Outrage?

To quote the Political Science professor, Robert O’Brien, at the McMaster University in Hamilton, “the world is at a hig...

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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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AIIB’s newly wrapped ESG investments

AIIB’s newly wrapped ESG investments: Asia ESG Enhanced Credit Managed Portfolio Project After fifty investments being a...

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The Accountability of Climate Crisis also Lies with the Financial System

‘We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal econ...

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AIIB’s Opaque Policies Under the Garb of Green Investments

AIIB has come under severe criticism over its opaque policies with regards to Financial intermediary (FI) investments as...

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Private Finance in Infrastructure Development in India

In the past several years, infrastructure has become a focus sector in the Indian economy as it is expected to boost ove...

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Tumkur: To be a Smart City or not, that is the question

The story of a small town in Karnataka and the price it is paying for ill-conceived development Jalappa’s family has li...

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December 11, 2019

Anuradha Munshi

Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project: A decade of disemPOWERing communities

Almost a decade after the construction for the Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project and eight years since the operations of the project started, a revisit to Mundra tells the story of the destruction of livelihoods, environment and disempowered communities. The project was envisaged as India’s first...

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December 8, 2019

Tani Alex

Snippets from the World of International Finance

IFC’s Opportunistic $ 24.7 trillion Global Green Investment Plan Adding to the global narrative on low-carbon investments, World Bank Groups’ private lending arm International Finance Corporation’s recent report – Green Buildings: A Finance and Policy Blueprint for Emerging Markets – say...

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November 24, 2019

Aswathi Nair

Global Mass Protests: Why the Ubiquitous Outrage?

To quote the Political Science professor, Robert O’Brien, at the McMaster University in Hamilton, “the world is at a high level of protest right now”. He further adds that he can witness “a dissatisfaction of both political and economic arrangements governing people and in different parts of the wor...

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November 17, 2019

CFA Admin

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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October 26, 2019

Tani Alex

AIIB’s newly wrapped ESG investments

AIIB’s newly wrapped ESG investments: Asia ESG Enhanced Credit Managed Portfolio Project After fifty investments being approved and many more in pipeline, along with much criticism against India’s Infrastructure Fund [IIF], National Infrastructure Investment Fund [NIIF], IFC Emerging Asia Fund and A...

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September 28, 2019

Maju Varghese

The Accountability of Climate Crisis also Lies with the Financial System

‘We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth – how dare you!’ These are the words of young Greta Thunberg, a sixteen year school girl who have ignited a passion among school children, youths and climat...

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September 28, 2019

Anuradha Munshi

AIIB’s Opaque Policies Under the Garb of Green Investments

AIIB has come under severe criticism over its opaque policies with regards to Financial intermediary (FI) investments as well as its over-reliance on and delegation of power to the FI client. AIIB currently has 3 active FI projects out of 10 approved projects and one in the pipeline. Of the three, I...

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February 7, 2020

Gaurav Dwivedi

Private Finance in Infrastructure Development in India

In the past several years, infrastructure has become a focus sector in the Indian economy as it is expected to boost overall development. Infrastructure continues to attract attention not only from the government but also from the international financial institutions (IFIs) and private investors. I...

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September 13, 2019

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Tumkur: To be a Smart City or not, that is the question

The story of a small town in Karnataka and the price it is paying for ill-conceived development Jalappa’s family has lived in Karnataka’s Tumkur for over four generations now. About 100 meters off the National Highway 4, the family of 16 lives in a three-bedroom house and collectively owns about 27...

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Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project: A decade of disemPOWERing communities

Snippets from the World of International Finance

Global Mass Protests: Why the Ubiquitous Outrage?

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

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

AIIB’s newly wrapped ESG investments

The Accountability of Climate Crisis also Lies with the Financial System

AIIB’s Opaque Policies Under the Garb of Green Investments

Private Finance in Infrastructure Development in India

Tumkur: To be a Smart City or not, that is the question

Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project: A decade of disemPOWERing communities

Snippets from the World of International Finance

Global Mass Protests: Why the Ubiquitous Outrage?

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

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

AIIB’s newly wrapped ESG investments

The Accountability of Climate Crisis also Lies with the Financial System

AIIB’s Opaque Policies Under the Garb of Green Investments

Private Finance in Infrastructure Development in India

Tumkur: To be a Smart City or not, that is the question