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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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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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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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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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Bretton Woods policies lead to ‘wider’ global inequalities, high debt levels

The Spring Meeting of the World Bank and IMF, held from April 15-20, marks the commencement of celebrations for the 80th...

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The Fiscal Challenges of the Realization of Workers’ Rights: Do They Exist?

The fiscal challenges of maintaining a low fiscal deficit are used to curtail the entitlements of labour in India. The l...

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Understanding Deregulation, Privatisation & Economic Reforms: What derailed the Indian economy?

Random Reflections The derailment began in 1991, with the World Bank, IMF loan, and the Liberalisation, Privatisation, ...

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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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November 2, 2024

CFA Admin

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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October 10, 2024

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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 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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June 11, 2024

Haripriya B Harshan

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, 2024

Maju Varghese

Bretton Woods policies lead to ‘wider’ global inequalities, high debt levels

The Spring Meeting of the World Bank and IMF, held from April 15-20, marks the commencement of celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the Bretton Woods Conference, aimed at rebuilding the world in the aftermath of world wars and the Great Depression. While the vision and mission of the World Bank ...

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December 23, 2022

Thomas Franco

The Fiscal Challenges of the Realization of Workers’ Rights: Do They Exist?

The fiscal challenges of maintaining a low fiscal deficit are used to curtail the entitlements of labour in India. The labour codes even take away existing rights. The e-Shram portal has over 28 crore registrations, but no benefits are available to them. EPF benefits, including a pension of Rs 3,600...

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September 22, 2022

Thomas Franco

Understanding Deregulation, Privatisation & Economic Reforms: What derailed the Indian economy?

Random Reflections The derailment began in 1991, with the World Bank, IMF loan, and the Liberalisation, Privatisation, and Globalisation agenda. Post – Independence Economy We were left with a depressed economy. From 1900 through 1947, the average annual growth rate was under 1%. Capital formation...

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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?

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

Interrogating the World Bank @ 80 | Essay Competition

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

Bretton Woods policies lead to ‘wider’ global inequalities, high debt levels

The Fiscal Challenges of the Realization of Workers’ Rights: Do They Exist?

Understanding Deregulation, Privatisation & Economic Reforms: What derailed the Indian economy?

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?

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

Interrogating the World Bank @ 80 | Essay Competition

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

Bretton Woods policies lead to ‘wider’ global inequalities, high debt levels

The Fiscal Challenges of the Realization of Workers’ Rights: Do They Exist?

Understanding Deregulation, Privatisation & Economic Reforms: What derailed the Indian economy?