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Is IFI influence on economy back with a vengeance?

There was jubilation in the government as the Ease of Doing Business ranked India in the 100th spot, 30 points ahead fro...

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CSOs approach WB on Amaravati Capital City Project

For immediate release Civil Society Organisations approach World Bank’s Board on the irregularities in Amaravati ...

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Letter to the WB on Amaravati Case of Inspection Panel

November 27, 2017 To The Executive Directors, The World Bank Washington DC Dear Executive Directors, We, t...

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World Bank Guidance Leaves Rights Loopholes

The World Bank has spent the past four years overhauling the rules it applies to prevent or mitigate social and environm...

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World Bank Reviewing Inspection Panel’s Mandate

A recent article on the much-acclaimed accountability mechanism of World Bank, the Inspection Panel (IP), indicates that...

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The Panama and Paradise Papers Exposes the Elites

In a paper that Desmond Fernandes and I wrote in the late 1990s, entitled “Deep Politics, Liberalisation and Corruption:...

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IMF and World Bank: Marching to a G20 Tune?

This year, the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting on October 12-13 overlapped with the IMF-World ...

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Debunking World Bank’s argument on large-scale infrastructure investment

World Bank’s Chief Economist Ejaz Ghani recently advocated for the large-scale infrastructure investment mentioning that...

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Does World Bank’s Country Partnership Framework provide the real analysis of the challenges India faces?

The World Bank Group is in the process of formulating its first Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for India for which ...

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Communities Affected by Tata Mundra Approach US Court to Review “Absolute Immunity” Doctrine

For Immediate Release After a Judge declared World Bank immunity cases “wrongly decided,” the communities affected by th...

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January 22, 2018

Maju Varghese

Is IFI influence on economy back with a vengeance?

There was jubilation in the government as the Ease of Doing Business ranked India in the 100th spot, 30 points ahead from last year which is supposed to be the biggest jump by any country in the history of doing business report. Mr Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India welcomed the jump and gave th...

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May 31, 2018

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CSOs approach WB on Amaravati Capital City Project

For immediate release Civil Society Organisations approach World Bank’s Board on the irregularities in Amaravati Capital City Project November 28, 2017, New Delhi: Social Activist Medha Patkar, Former Power Secretary Dr. EAS Sarma, Goldman Prize awardee Prafulla Samanthra, Retired Scientist f...

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November 27, 2017

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Letter to the WB on Amaravati Case of Inspection Panel

November 27, 2017 To The Executive Directors, The World Bank Washington DC Dear Executive Directors, We, the representatives of people’s movements, civil society organisations, and concerned citizens, write to the Board of World Bank Group to draw your urgent attention to a few critica...

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November 19, 2017

Amelia Neumayer

World Bank Guidance Leaves Rights Loopholes

The World Bank has spent the past four years overhauling the rules it applies to prevent or mitigate social and environmental harm from the development projects it finances. But human rights are all but absent in its new rules. These rules, the Environmental and Social Framework, do not acknowledge ...

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August 12, 2019

Tani Alex

World Bank Reviewing Inspection Panel’s Mandate

A recent article on the much-acclaimed accountability mechanism of World Bank, the Inspection Panel (IP), indicates that all is not well with it and it could get its wings clipped. The discussion on the review of the Panel happened at the Bank’s Spring Annual meetings in Washington during the second...

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January 22, 2018

Leo Saldanha

The Panama and Paradise Papers Exposes the Elites

In a paper that Desmond Fernandes and I wrote in the late 1990s, entitled “Deep Politics, Liberalisation and Corruption: The Mangalore Power Company Controversy”[i], a paper that exhaustively discussed implications to India due to liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation of the economy, we pr...

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February 14, 2023

Nancy Alexander

IMF and World Bank: Marching to a G20 Tune?

This year, the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting on October 12-13 overlapped with the IMF-World Bank annual meeting on October 13-15 in Washington, DC. As of December 1, 2017, Argentina becomes G20 President with the past and future Presidents (Germany and Japan, respectively...

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December 4, 2017

Leo Saldanha

Debunking World Bank’s argument on large-scale infrastructure investment

World Bank’s Chief Economist Ejaz Ghani recently advocated for the large-scale infrastructure investment mentioning that Golden Quadrilateral project has given a massive boost to manufacturing activity and productivity in districts located within 10km of the network and improved allocative efficienc...

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November 21, 2017

Anuradha Munshi

Does World Bank’s Country Partnership Framework provide the real analysis of the challenges India faces?

The World Bank Group is in the process of formulating its first Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for India for which consultations are in process to come out with Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD), which will provide analysis of the principal challenges facing India today. The SCD will provide ...

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March 27, 2018

CFA Admin

Communities Affected by Tata Mundra Approach US Court to Review “Absolute Immunity” Doctrine

For Immediate Release After a Judge declared World Bank immunity cases “wrongly decided,” the communities affected by the Tata Mundra project approach US court to review “absolute immunity” doctrine Communities harmed by Tata Mundra coal power plant in India continue to seek justice from World Bank...

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Is IFI influence on economy back with a vengeance?

CSOs approach WB on Amaravati Capital City Project

Letter to the WB on Amaravati Case of Inspection Panel

World Bank Guidance Leaves Rights Loopholes

World Bank Reviewing Inspection Panel’s Mandate

The Panama and Paradise Papers Exposes the Elites

IMF and World Bank: Marching to a G20 Tune?

Debunking World Bank’s argument on large-scale infrastructure investment

Does World Bank’s Country Partnership Framework provide the real analysis of the challenges India faces?

Communities Affected by Tata Mundra Approach US Court to Review “Absolute Immunity” Doctrine

Is IFI influence on economy back with a vengeance?

CSOs approach WB on Amaravati Capital City Project

Letter to the WB on Amaravati Case of Inspection Panel

World Bank Guidance Leaves Rights Loopholes

World Bank Reviewing Inspection Panel’s Mandate

The Panama and Paradise Papers Exposes the Elites

IMF and World Bank: Marching to a G20 Tune?

Debunking World Bank’s argument on large-scale infrastructure investment

Does World Bank’s Country Partnership Framework provide the real analysis of the challenges India faces?

Communities Affected by Tata Mundra Approach US Court to Review “Absolute Immunity” Doctrine