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Political Economy of Development Finance: People, Climate and Economy

Date: 29th Oct to 1st Nov, 2026 Development sounds like a “neutral” term, but in effect it’s one of the most contested ...

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2nd Marjorie Fernandes Internship Program for Undergraduate Students (2026)

Curious about the forces shaping economies, public policy, and people’s lives? Join CFA’s Marjorie Fernandes Internship ...

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Stories in Numbers | Storytelling and Data Interpretations Workshop

A three-day Residential Workshop Date: 02nd June to 04th June 2026 Venue: USO House, USO Marg, 6, Special Institutional...

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Nothing Personal? The DPDP Act and the End of RTI

The government says the new Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act is about protecting our privacy. But a closer lo...

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Secrecy is protecting defaulters under the RBI Act and the proposed DPDP Act.

The whole world is talking about transparency, while data is accessed by the Big Four companies (Google, Microsoft, Amaz...

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The Global hunger Index – India denying its own data!

𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 The Global Hunger Index has placed India at 107th position below Pakis...

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Give Doing Business report a COVID burial

On August 27th, the World Bank came out with a statement suspending the Doing Business Report. The statement said that ...

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Indian groups reject World Bank’s concept note for World Development Report 2021: “Data for better Lives”

The annual World Development Report (WDR) is a flagship publication of the World Bank. The 2021 WDR report is in the pr...

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September 30, 2026

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Political Economy of Development Finance: People, Climate and Economy

Date: 29th Oct to 1st Nov, 2026 Development sounds like a “neutral” term, but in effect it’s one of the most contested ideas in modern history and so is the idea of development finance. When in history did “developed” and underdeveloped” become the buzzwords? What’s the politics of these words, and...

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September 24, 2026

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2nd Marjorie Fernandes Internship Program for Undergraduate Students (2026)

Curious about the forces shaping economies, public policy, and people’s lives? Join CFA’s Marjorie Fernandes Internship Program and work on issues that matter. At the Centre for Financial Accountability, interns become part of ongoing efforts to examine the intersection of finance, development, clim...

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September 16, 2026

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Stories in Numbers | Storytelling and Data Interpretations Workshop

A three-day Residential Workshop Date: 02nd June to 04th June 2026 Venue: USO House, USO Marg, 6, Special Institutional Area, New Delhi Data is a crucial tool for making sense of the world. It is crucial for reading the contours of the economy. It reveals the undercurrents of finance that often st...

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April 24, 2025

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Nothing Personal? The DPDP Act and the End of RTI

The government says the new Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act is about protecting our privacy. But a closer look shows something very different. This law isn’t about keeping our data safe—it’s about keeping the public in the dark. For nearly two decades, the Right to Information (RTI...

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April 24, 2025

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Secrecy is protecting defaulters under the RBI Act and the proposed DPDP Act.

The whole world is talking about transparency, while data is accessed by the Big Four companies (Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta) virtually and used widely, invading your privacy. Mukesh Ambani said, “Data is the new oil,” years ago.Some say data is currency. Enormous data is availabl...

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March 11, 2026

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The Global hunger Index – India denying its own data!

𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 The Global Hunger Index has placed India at 107th position below Pakistan, Nepal and even Sri Lanka. The Indian government reacted with a strong rebuttal, alleging flawed data collection, poor methodology and conspiracy to malign the nation’s i...

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September 4, 2020

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Give Doing Business report a COVID burial

On August 27th, the World Bank came out with a statement suspending the Doing Business Report. The statement said that a number of irregularities have been reported regarding changes to the data in the Doing Business 2018 and Doing Business 2020 reports, published in October 2017 and 2019. The chan...

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July 4, 2020

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Indian groups reject World Bank’s concept note for World Development Report 2021: “Data for better Lives”

The annual World Development Report (WDR) is a flagship publication of the World Bank. The 2021 WDR report is in the process of being drafted and is titled “Data for Better Lives”. The Bank has shared the concept note for the Report for comments. As per the concept note, the World Development Repor...

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Political Economy of Development Finance: People, Climate and Economy

2nd Marjorie Fernandes Internship Program for Undergraduate Students (2026)

Stories in Numbers | Storytelling and Data Interpretations Workshop

Nothing Personal? The DPDP Act and the End of RTI

Secrecy is protecting defaulters under the RBI Act and the proposed DPDP Act.

The Global hunger Index – India denying its own data!

Give Doing Business report a COVID burial

Indian groups reject World Bank’s concept note for World Development Report 2021: “Data for better Lives”

Political Economy of Development Finance: People, Climate and Economy

2nd Marjorie Fernandes Internship Program for Undergraduate Students (2026)

Stories in Numbers | Storytelling and Data Interpretations Workshop

Nothing Personal? The DPDP Act and the End of RTI

Secrecy is protecting defaulters under the RBI Act and the proposed DPDP Act.

The Global hunger Index – India denying its own data!

Give Doing Business report a COVID burial

Indian groups reject World Bank’s concept note for World Development Report 2021: “Data for better Lives”