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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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Recommendations on the draft report on the potential integration of the World Bank Group’s Independent Accountability Mechanisms

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Crores spent, Smart Cities Mission leaves behind more bills, superficial infrastructure

The decade-long programme to transform India’s cities was driven mostly by Central and state funding and invested little...

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Crucial Facts Concealed During Court Hearings on Tata Mundra: CAO Report. Communities Still Await Remedy as IFC Walks Away from Its Obligations

Press Statement | 10.10.2025Crucial Facts Concealed During Court Hearings on Tata Mundra: CAO Report Communities Still A...

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The Balance Sheet: World Bank & its 80-year legacy | Documentary Trailer

Unmasking 80 years of power, profit, and people’s resistance.For 80 years, the World Bank and IMF have fueled displac...

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സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റീസ് മിഷൻ: പൊതു-സ്വകാര്യ പങ്കാളിത്തത്തിലെ കോർപ്പറേറ്റ് താത്പര്യങ്ങൾ

കേന്ദ്ര സർക്കാറിന്റെ ‘സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റീസ് മിഷൻ’ പത്ത് വർഷം പൂർത്തിയായതിന്റെ പശ്ചാത്തലത്തിൽ സെന്റർ ഫോർ ഫിനാൻഷ്യൽ അക്കൗണ്ടബ...

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Independent People’s Tribunal: World Bank on Trial I Prafulla Samantara

The World Bank’s Empire: Exploitation and the Fightback Prafulla Samantara, founder of the Lok Shakti Abhiyan and ...

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Standing Up to Empire: Global Capitalism as a Colonial Project I Podcast I Shalmali Guttal

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

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Reshaping Power: The World Bank, U.S. Interests and Global Inequality I Podcast I Joe Athialy

You, Me & the Economy International Financial Institutions Under Trump: Perspectives from India & the Global Sou...

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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 16, 2026

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Recommendations on the draft report on the potential integration of the World Bank Group’s Independent Accountability Mechanisms

As part of the One World Bank push, there are ongoing discussions around merging the various Independent Accountability Mechanisms (Inspection Panel and Compliance Advisor Ombudsman). A Task Force set up to explore options released a report on 26 March, open for public consultation. Instead of a...

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October 28, 2025

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Crores spent, Smart Cities Mission leaves behind more bills, superficial infrastructure

The decade-long programme to transform India’s cities was driven mostly by Central and state funding and invested little in the social well-being of citizens. A car drives through a flooded road after heavy rainfall in Bengaluru in October 2024. | ReutersThe Smart Cities Mission, launched in June 2...

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October 12, 2025

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Crucial Facts Concealed During Court Hearings on Tata Mundra: CAO Report. Communities Still Await Remedy as IFC Walks Away from Its Obligations

Press Statement | 10.10.2025Crucial Facts Concealed During Court Hearings on Tata Mundra: CAO Report Communities Still Await Remedy as IFC Walks Away from Its Obligations Kutch, Gujarat: The Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) concealed crucial evidence of International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) fa...

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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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March 11, 2026

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The Balance Sheet: World Bank & its 80-year legacy | Documentary Trailer

Unmasking 80 years of power, profit, and people’s resistance.For 80 years, the World Bank and IMF have fueled displacement, inequality, fossil dependence, and authoritarian regimes—while claiming to fight poverty. The Balance Sheet exposes their legacy and sinister designs, and celebrates global ...

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October 28, 2025

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കേന്ദ്ര സർക്കാറിന്റെ ‘സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റീസ് മിഷൻ’ പത്ത് വർഷം പൂർത്തിയായതിന്റെ പശ്ചാത്തലത്തിൽ സെന്റർ ഫോർ ഫിനാൻഷ്യൽ അക്കൗണ്ടബിലിറ്റി (www.cenfa.org) തയ്യാറാക്കുന്ന ലേഖന പരമ്പര, മൂന്നാം ഭാഗം. 2015-ൽ ആരംഭിച്ച സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റി മിഷൻ, രാജ്യത്തെ 100 നഗരപ്രദേശങ്ങളെ അടിസ്ഥാന സൗകര്യങ്ങളോടെ നവീകരിക്കുന്നതിനും, നഗ...

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March 11, 2026

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Independent People’s Tribunal: World Bank on Trial I Prafulla Samantara

The World Bank’s Empire: Exploitation and the Fightback Prafulla Samantara, founder of the Lok Shakti Abhiyan and Goldman Environmental Prize Laureate (2017), speaks at the Independent People’s Tribunal: World Bank on Trial on “The World Bank’s Empire: Exploitation and the Fightback.” The trib...

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March 12, 2026

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Standing Up to Empire: Global Capitalism as a Colonial Project I Podcast I Shalmali Guttal

You, Me & the Economy Standing Up To The Empire: Reclaiming Southern Multilateralism I In conversation with Shalmali Guttal In this episode, Senior Analyst Shalmali Guttal addresses the fundamental question: Is the global economy a colonial project? She argues that it is, tracing the ideological...

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Reshaping Power: The World Bank, U.S. Interests and Global Inequality I Podcast I Joe Athialy

You, Me & the Economy International Financial Institutions Under Trump: Perspectives from India & the Global South I In conversation with Joe Athialy In this episode, Joe Athialy examines the World Bank’s recent reforms under President Ajay Banga. He discusses the institution’s increas...

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Political Economy of Development Finance: People, Climate and Economy

Recommendations on the draft report on the potential integration of the World Bank Group’s Independent Accountability Mechanisms

Crores spent, Smart Cities Mission leaves behind more bills, superficial infrastructure

Crucial Facts Concealed During Court Hearings on Tata Mundra: CAO Report. Communities Still Await Remedy as IFC Walks Away from Its Obligations

IFC Sustainability Framework Review

The Balance Sheet: World Bank & its 80-year legacy | Documentary Trailer

സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റീസ് മിഷൻ: പൊതു-സ്വകാര്യ പങ്കാളിത്തത്തിലെ കോർപ്പറേറ്റ് താത്പര്യങ്ങൾ

Independent People’s Tribunal: World Bank on Trial I Prafulla Samantara

Standing Up to Empire: Global Capitalism as a Colonial Project I Podcast I Shalmali Guttal

Reshaping Power: The World Bank, U.S. Interests and Global Inequality I Podcast I Joe Athialy

Political Economy of Development Finance: People, Climate and Economy

Recommendations on the draft report on the potential integration of the World Bank Group’s Independent Accountability Mechanisms

Crores spent, Smart Cities Mission leaves behind more bills, superficial infrastructure

Crucial Facts Concealed During Court Hearings on Tata Mundra: CAO Report. Communities Still Await Remedy as IFC Walks Away from Its Obligations

IFC Sustainability Framework Review

The Balance Sheet: World Bank & its 80-year legacy | Documentary Trailer

സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റീസ് മിഷൻ: പൊതു-സ്വകാര്യ പങ്കാളിത്തത്തിലെ കോർപ്പറേറ്റ് താത്പര്യങ്ങൾ

Independent People’s Tribunal: World Bank on Trial I Prafulla Samantara

Standing Up to Empire: Global Capitalism as a Colonial Project I Podcast I Shalmali Guttal

Reshaping Power: The World Bank, U.S. Interests and Global Inequality I Podcast I Joe Athialy