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The Myth of Multilateralism: The Global South, Trade & the Collective Pushback I Podcast I Biswajit Dhar

You, Me & the Economy Standing Up To The Empire: Reclaiming Southern Multilateralism I In conversation with Biswajit...

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IFC ends investment in waste-to-energy incineration projects in Gujarat, India, following civil society campaign

While IFC’s withdrawal is welcome, civil society urges the Bank to stop funding WTE projects and move towards zero-waste...

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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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Interrogating the World Bank and IMF at 80: Development or hypocrisy?

On their 80th birthday, the colonial legacies of the World Bank (collectively for the IBRD – International Bank for Rec...

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Indian Civil Society Demands a new democratic financial system on World Bank/IMF’s 80th Anniversary

The Bretton Woods institutions – the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)- have completed 80 years of existe...

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Indian Civil Society Groups Demand Shutdown of World Bank and IMF on Their 80th Anniversary

Press Release 23.10.2024 | New Delhi: Close to 200 individuals and civil society groups, representing a wide range of so...

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India & Global Finance 2023-24: Strategies, Challenges, and Opportunities in a Shifting Geopolitical Landscape

International finance and geopolitics are quite dynamic and will tend to alter each day. We must have a clear view of ou...

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Coveted IMF-WB Spring meetings conclude with a vow to fiddle; MC12 round the corner

Snippets from the world of International Finance We are posting these snippets at a time when the mega yearly ri...

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October 9, 2025

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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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The Myth of Multilateralism: The Global South, Trade & the Collective Pushback I Podcast I Biswajit Dhar

You, Me & the Economy Standing Up To The Empire: Reclaiming Southern Multilateralism I In conversation with Biswajit Dhar In this episode, economist Biswajit Dhar examines how the concept of multilateralism has never truly served the interests of developing countries. He discusses how institut...

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IFC ends investment in waste-to-energy incineration projects in Gujarat, India, following civil society campaign

While IFC’s withdrawal is welcome, civil society urges the Bank to stop funding WTE projects and move towards zero-waste solutions instead. On 17 February, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private sector arm, confirmed it will not provide a planned $40 million loan to su...

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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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December 2, 2024

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Interrogating the World Bank and IMF at 80: Development or hypocrisy?

On their 80th birthday, the colonial legacies of the World Bank (collectively for the IBRD – International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the IDA – International Development Association) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have sparked calls for reforms, radical reconstruction an...

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November 2, 2024

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Indian Civil Society Demands a new democratic financial system on World Bank/IMF’s 80th Anniversary

The Bretton Woods institutions – the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)- have completed 80 years of existence and operations. As people of the global south, who continue to bear the brunt of the impacts of colonial expansion, resource extraction, wealth concentration, climate change a...

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November 2, 2024

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Indian Civil Society Groups Demand Shutdown of World Bank and IMF on Their 80th Anniversary

Press Release 23.10.2024 | New Delhi: Close to 200 individuals and civil society groups, representing a wide range of social movements, campaigns, and grassroots organisations and campaigns in a statement have called for the creation of a new democratic and decentralised financial system that priori...

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June 11, 2024

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India & Global Finance 2023-24: Strategies, Challenges, and Opportunities in a Shifting Geopolitical Landscape

International finance and geopolitics are quite dynamic and will tend to alter each day. We must have a clear view of our nation and where it stands in this landscape. It is thus necessary that we do frequently look at this scape and the Centre for Financial Accountability is attempting to do so wit...

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May 9, 2022

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Coveted IMF-WB Spring meetings conclude with a vow to fiddle; MC12 round the corner

Snippets from the world of International Finance We are posting these snippets at a time when the mega yearly rituals of the World Bank and IMF a.k.a the Annual General Meetings, have ended and the balance of payment crisis in Sri Lanka has flared up. A lot more has happened in the last two ...

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IFC Sustainability Framework Review

The Myth of Multilateralism: The Global South, Trade & the Collective Pushback I Podcast I Biswajit Dhar

IFC ends investment in waste-to-energy incineration projects in Gujarat, India, following civil society campaign

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

Interrogating the World Bank and IMF at 80: Development or hypocrisy?

Indian Civil Society Demands a new democratic financial system on World Bank/IMF’s 80th Anniversary

Indian Civil Society Groups Demand Shutdown of World Bank and IMF on Their 80th Anniversary

India & Global Finance 2023-24: Strategies, Challenges, and Opportunities in a Shifting Geopolitical Landscape

Coveted IMF-WB Spring meetings conclude with a vow to fiddle; MC12 round the corner

IFC Sustainability Framework Review

The Myth of Multilateralism: The Global South, Trade & the Collective Pushback I Podcast I Biswajit Dhar

IFC ends investment in waste-to-energy incineration projects in Gujarat, India, following civil society campaign

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

Interrogating the World Bank and IMF at 80: Development or hypocrisy?

Indian Civil Society Demands a new democratic financial system on World Bank/IMF’s 80th Anniversary

Indian Civil Society Groups Demand Shutdown of World Bank and IMF on Their 80th Anniversary

India & Global Finance 2023-24: Strategies, Challenges, and Opportunities in a Shifting Geopolitical Landscape

Coveted IMF-WB Spring meetings conclude with a vow to fiddle; MC12 round the corner