The Tariff Wars: India and the Global South in a Fragmenting System of World Trade | Podcast
𝐘𝐨𝐮, 𝐌𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 | In conversation with Prabhat Patnaik
Too Many BRICS, Not Enough Cement
With India slated to take over the presidency once again in 2026, the question is, would India use the opportunity to address key issues or would it again, as seen during the G20 presidency,...
The World Bank’s Nuclear U-Turn Will Endanger Developing Nations
The World Bank must reconsider this dangerous path and ensure that its energy financing truly supports climate resilience and equitable development, rather than exposing vulnerable populations to unnecessary risks. The World Bank’s recent decision to end...
The Political Economy of the Trump Era: Challenges & Opportunities
Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) in collaboration with The Wire (as the media partner), Sambhaavnaa Institute & Progressive International, are co-organising a series of webinars conceived to better understand the global moment we are all inhabiting. The eight part webinar series...
IFC ends investment in waste-to-energy incineration projects in Gujarat, India, following civil society campaign
While IFC’s withdrawal is welcome, civil society urges the Bank to stop funding WTE projects and move towards zero-waste solutions instead. On 17 February, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private sector...
Tata Mundra: A Project Awaiting Settlement
Tata Mundra Project (Coastal Gujarat Power Limited – CGPL – a subsidiary of Tata Power), is a 4,000 megawatt power plant developed on over 1250 hectares of land near the village Tunda-Wand, in Kutch...
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.
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Response to the Cost and Benefit Analysis of the Asian Development Bank Accountability Mechanism by the Asian Development Bank
At the very outset, we would like to appreciate ADB in doing this analysis and sharing the information publicly. The costs We are astonished by the fact that $5 mn (2023 prices) was spent...
An open letter to the World Bank: Address grave concerns over the Amaravati sustainable infrastructure and institutional development project
December 17, 2024 To, Executive Director The World Bank Washington, D.C. Dear Ms. / Mr. We, civil society organizations from 17 countries, write to express our grave concerns regarding the Amaravati Sustainable Infrastructure and Institutional Development Project (Project ID: P507508), which is scheduled for Board approval on December 19,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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