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October 26, 2019
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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September 28, 2019
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
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 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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July 29, 2019
Inspection Panel’s Report on Amaravati Project only Validates the Issues Raised by CSOs
For immediate release Inspection Panel’s Report on Amaravati Project only Validates the Issues Raised by CSOs July 26, 2019: Confirming the concerns raised by the communities and civil society organisations, Government of India withdrew its request from the World Bank for financing Amaravati Capital...
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