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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...

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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Interrogating the World Bank @ 80 | Essay Competition

The Centre for Financial Accountability, a New Delhi-based organisation working to strengthen and improve financial acco...

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January 10, 2025

Rachit Tiwari

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

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 10, 2024

CFA Admin

Interrogating the World Bank @ 80 | Essay Competition

The Centre for Financial Accountability, a New Delhi-based organisation working to strengthen and improve financial accountability within India, invites students and researchers to participate in an essay competition on the topic of Interrogating the World Bank @ 80. About the Essay Competition: I...

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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

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

Interrogating the World Bank @ 80 | Essay Competition

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

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

Interrogating the World Bank @ 80 | Essay Competition