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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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Stop Silencing Independent Journalism: Civil Society Stands with The Wire

Press Release New Delhi | 23.08.2025 A broad spectrum of civil society voices has come together to strongly oppose the ...

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Victory for public health and the environment! The International Finance Corporation (IFC) withdraws from the proposed investment of USD 40 million for four waste incineration plants in Gujarat, India.

SOLIDARITY PRESS RELEASE February 21, 2025 – In a major victory for communities, environmental groups, and civil society...

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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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Statement to the multilateral development banks: Criteria for public investments in 100% renewable energy for climate, for people, for the planet.

In response to the urgent need for global climate action, the COP28 climate negotiations set a target to triple globa...

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World Bank @ 80: Radical Restructuring, Not Reforms

The 80th anniversary of the World Bank is a good time to bury the arguments in favor of reforming the institution and st...

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Response to the Reserve Bank of India’s Draft Prudential Framework for Project Finance

Press Note “Civil society organisations urge RBI to incorporate environmental, climate and social considerations in the ...

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Indian Civil Society Groups Announce “World Without World Bank” Action Week

Highlight the Impacts on Key Sectors in India During IMF-WB 2020 Annual Meetings Date: 12 October, 2020 New Del...

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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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August 24, 2025

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Stop Silencing Independent Journalism: Civil Society Stands with The Wire

Press Release New Delhi | 23.08.2025 A broad spectrum of civil society voices has come together to strongly oppose the latest attempt to intimidate independent journalism in India. In a joint statement signed by 1,342 individuals, writers, academics, activists, and public figures have expressed gra...

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February 21, 2025

Alliance for Incinerator Free Gujarat (AIFG)

Victory for public health and the environment! The International Finance Corporation (IFC) withdraws from the proposed investment of USD 40 million for four waste incineration plants in Gujarat, India.

SOLIDARITY PRESS RELEASE February 21, 2025 – In a major victory for communities, environmental groups, and civil society organisations (CSOs) who have been fighting against the proposed toxic and polluting Waste-to-Energy (WTE) incineration projects in Gujarat, India, the International Finance Corpo...

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December 2, 2024

Sejal Singh

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

Mehul Singh

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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October 16, 2024

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Statement to the multilateral development banks: Criteria for public investments in 100% renewable energy for climate, for people, for the planet.

In response to the urgent need for global climate action, the COP28 climate negotiations set a target to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030, demanding a significant transfer of public finance towards the expansion of clean energy systems. The Banking on Renewables campaign, supported...

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October 15, 2024

Joe Athialy

World Bank @ 80: Radical Restructuring, Not Reforms

The 80th anniversary of the World Bank is a good time to bury the arguments in favor of reforming the institution and strengthen the demand for radical restructuring. The past eight decades did not witness any major reforms it undertook towards making it a more democratic institution. At best, it co...

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June 17, 2024

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Response to the Reserve Bank of India’s Draft Prudential Framework for Project Finance

Press Note “Civil society organisations urge RBI to incorporate environmental, climate and social considerations in the project finance framework!” “RBI must examine the causes that led to huge write-offs and loss of public money, before formulating a draft prudential framework on big project financ...

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October 13, 2020

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Indian Civil Society Groups Announce “World Without World Bank” Action Week

Highlight the Impacts on Key Sectors in India During IMF-WB 2020 Annual Meetings Date: 12 October, 2020 New Delhi: People’s Movements, Civil Society Groups, and concerned citizens are coming together to protest the World Bank’s policies, interventions and impacts which negatively impacted t...

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IFC Sustainability Framework Review

Stop Silencing Independent Journalism: Civil Society Stands with The Wire

Victory for public health and the environment! The International Finance Corporation (IFC) withdraws from the proposed investment of USD 40 million for four waste incineration plants in Gujarat, India.

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

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

Statement to the multilateral development banks: Criteria for public investments in 100% renewable energy for climate, for people, for the planet.

World Bank @ 80: Radical Restructuring, Not Reforms

Response to the Reserve Bank of India’s Draft Prudential Framework for Project Finance

Indian Civil Society Groups Announce “World Without World Bank” Action Week

IFC Sustainability Framework Review

Stop Silencing Independent Journalism: Civil Society Stands with The Wire

Victory for public health and the environment! The International Finance Corporation (IFC) withdraws from the proposed investment of USD 40 million for four waste incineration plants in Gujarat, India.

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

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

Statement to the multilateral development banks: Criteria for public investments in 100% renewable energy for climate, for people, for the planet.

World Bank @ 80: Radical Restructuring, Not Reforms

Response to the Reserve Bank of India’s Draft Prudential Framework for Project Finance

Indian Civil Society Groups Announce “World Without World Bank” Action Week