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The Bretton Woods Institutions in Asia: Exploitation, path dependencies and persistent contradictions

The 2026 World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings are taking place in Bangkok, Thailand, from 12-18 October. It will be t...

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Recommendations on the draft report on the potential integration of the World Bank Group’s Independent Accountability Mechanisms

As part of the One World Bank push, there are ongoing discussions around merging the various Independent Accountabil...

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World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings 2025. Photo: Tolani Alli / World Bank (From The Bretton Woods Project) In 2025, the I...

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People’s Tribunal: A Report on the Proceedings, Testimonies, and Verdict

World Bank on Trial! | On the 80th Anniversary of World Bank/IMF The Independent People’s Tribunal (IPT) on the World Ba...

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The Balance Sheet: World Bank & its 80-year legacy | Documentary Trailer

Unmasking 80 years of power, profit, and people’s resistance.For 80 years, the World Bank and IMF have fueled displac...

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സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റീസ് മിഷൻ: പൊതു-സ്വകാര്യ പങ്കാളിത്തത്തിലെ കോർപ്പറേറ്റ് താത്പര്യങ്ങൾ

കേന്ദ്ര സർക്കാറിന്റെ ‘സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റീസ് മിഷൻ’ പത്ത് വർഷം പൂർത്തിയായതിന്റെ പശ്ചാത്തലത്തിൽ സെന്റർ ഫോർ ഫിനാൻഷ്യൽ അക്കൗണ്ടബ...

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The World Bank’s Nuclear U-Turn Will Endanger Developing Nations

The World Bank must reconsider this dangerous path and ensure that its energy financing truly supports climate resilienc...

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An open letter to the World Bank: Address grave concerns over the Amaravati sustainable infrastructure and institutional development project

December 17, 2024 To, Executive Director The World Bank Washington, D.C. Dear Ms. / Mr. We, civil society organizations ...

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World Bank’s Ironical 80 years; but why we are more unequal than ever?

Truman – Rostow Club and the Birth of Development Discourse In 1949, U.S. President Harry Truman, in his “Point F...

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Revisiting Bretton Woods@ 80: Critiques and Calls for Change in Global Development

In 1994, the New York Times described the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) as “overlords of Africa” and...

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October 7, 2026

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The Bretton Woods Institutions in Asia: Exploitation, path dependencies and persistent contradictions

The 2026 World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings are taking place in Bangkok, Thailand, from 12-18 October. It will be the eighth time they are held in Asia since the early-1990s, reflecting the long-standing history and legacy of both in the region. People across Asia have suffered from the impacts...

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September 16, 2026

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Recommendations on the draft report on the potential integration of the World Bank Group’s Independent Accountability Mechanisms

As part of the One World Bank push, there are ongoing discussions around merging the various Independent Accountability Mechanisms (Inspection Panel and Compliance Advisor Ombudsman). A Task Force set up to explore options released a report on 26 March, open for public consultation. Instead of a...

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October 9, 2025

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IFC Sustainability Framework Review

World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings 2025. Photo: Tolani Alli / World Bank (From The Bretton Woods Project) In 2025, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-sector arm of the World Bank Group (see Inside the Institutions, What is the International Finance Corporation (IFC)? ), launche...

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October 5, 2025

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People’s Tribunal: A Report on the Proceedings, Testimonies, and Verdict

World Bank on Trial! | On the 80th Anniversary of World Bank/IMF The Independent People’s Tribunal (IPT) on the World Bank @ 80, convened in Kolkata in December 2024, critically examined the World Bank’s pervasive role in shaping India’s economic, social, and environmental landscape. Organised by th...

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March 11, 2026

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The Balance Sheet: World Bank & its 80-year legacy | Documentary Trailer

Unmasking 80 years of power, profit, and people’s resistance.For 80 years, the World Bank and IMF have fueled displacement, inequality, fossil dependence, and authoritarian regimes—while claiming to fight poverty. The Balance Sheet exposes their legacy and sinister designs, and celebrates global ...

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October 28, 2025

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സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റീസ് മിഷൻ: പൊതു-സ്വകാര്യ പങ്കാളിത്തത്തിലെ കോർപ്പറേറ്റ് താത്പര്യങ്ങൾ

കേന്ദ്ര സർക്കാറിന്റെ ‘സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റീസ് മിഷൻ’ പത്ത് വർഷം പൂർത്തിയായതിന്റെ പശ്ചാത്തലത്തിൽ സെന്റർ ഫോർ ഫിനാൻഷ്യൽ അക്കൗണ്ടബിലിറ്റി (www.cenfa.org) തയ്യാറാക്കുന്ന ലേഖന പരമ്പര, മൂന്നാം ഭാഗം. 2015-ൽ ആരംഭിച്ച സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റി മിഷൻ, രാജ്യത്തെ 100 നഗരപ്രദേശങ്ങളെ അടിസ്ഥാന സൗകര്യങ്ങളോടെ നവീകരിക്കുന്നതിനും, നഗ...

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June 27, 2025

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The World Bank’s Nuclear U-Turn Will Endanger Developing Nations

The World Bank must reconsider this dangerous path and ensure that its energy financing truly supports climate resilience and equitable development, rather than exposing vulnerable populations to unnecessary risks. The World Bank’s recent decision to end its long-standing ban on funding nuclear ener...

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December 23, 2024

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An open letter to the World Bank: Address grave concerns over the Amaravati sustainable infrastructure and institutional development project

December 17, 2024 To, Executive Director The World Bank Washington, D.C. Dear Ms. / Mr. We, civil society organizations from 17 countries, write to express our grave concerns regarding the Amaravati Sustainable Infrastructure and Institutional Development Project (Project ID: P507508), which is sche...

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January 10, 2025

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World Bank’s Ironical 80 years; but why we are more unequal than ever?

Truman – Rostow Club and the Birth of Development Discourse In 1949, U.S. President Harry Truman, in his “Point Four” speech, introduced an influential vision of “development” that charted the course of history toward a US centric world. Truman’s speech framed the Global South as...

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December 2, 2024

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Revisiting Bretton Woods@ 80: Critiques and Calls for Change in Global Development

In 1994, the New York Times described the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) as “overlords of Africa” and ostensibly so the bankers have indeed become overlords of the global south since the globalisation of neoliberal economic order with the ‘end of history’ moment in the 1990s and...

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The Bretton Woods Institutions in Asia: Exploitation, path dependencies and persistent contradictions

Recommendations on the draft report on the potential integration of the World Bank Group’s Independent Accountability Mechanisms

IFC Sustainability Framework Review

People’s Tribunal: A Report on the Proceedings, Testimonies, and Verdict

The Balance Sheet: World Bank & its 80-year legacy | Documentary Trailer

സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റീസ് മിഷൻ: പൊതു-സ്വകാര്യ പങ്കാളിത്തത്തിലെ കോർപ്പറേറ്റ് താത്പര്യങ്ങൾ

The World Bank’s Nuclear U-Turn Will Endanger Developing Nations

An open letter to the World Bank: Address grave concerns over the Amaravati sustainable infrastructure and institutional development project

World Bank’s Ironical 80 years; but why we are more unequal than ever?

Revisiting Bretton Woods@ 80: Critiques and Calls for Change in Global Development

The Bretton Woods Institutions in Asia: Exploitation, path dependencies and persistent contradictions

Recommendations on the draft report on the potential integration of the World Bank Group’s Independent Accountability Mechanisms

IFC Sustainability Framework Review

People’s Tribunal: A Report on the Proceedings, Testimonies, and Verdict

The Balance Sheet: World Bank & its 80-year legacy | Documentary Trailer

സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റീസ് മിഷൻ: പൊതു-സ്വകാര്യ പങ്കാളിത്തത്തിലെ കോർപ്പറേറ്റ് താത്പര്യങ്ങൾ

The World Bank’s Nuclear U-Turn Will Endanger Developing Nations

An open letter to the World Bank: Address grave concerns over the Amaravati sustainable infrastructure and institutional development project

World Bank’s Ironical 80 years; but why we are more unequal than ever?

Revisiting Bretton Woods@ 80: Critiques and Calls for Change in Global Development