In this episode, Ladan Mehranvar examines how global financial architecture entrenches inequality between the Global North and South. She unpacks how debt dependency, austerity measures, and the dominance of private creditors undermine development and...
In this episode, veteran journalist Pranjoy Guha Thakurta dives deep into the Adani Groupās meteoric rise and the complex web of debt, state policy, and global finance that fuels it. From offshore tax havens...
In this episode, Ranja Sengupta (Third World Network) unpacks how trade rules from GATT to the WTO to todayās bilateral agreements have been designed to favour the powerful. She exposes how negotiations are rigged,...
ššØš®, šš šš§š šš”š šššØš§šØš¦š² | In conversation with AndrĆ©s Arauz In this episode, AndrĆ©s Arauz unpacks how US trade policyāacross Trump, Biden, and beyondāisnāt madness, but a calculated revival of imperialism. From neo-Monroeism...
While this Declaration is timely and music to many, and at first glance looks impressive and ambitious, a closer reading reveals its limited substance. Instead of providing new solutions, many of the clauses reiterate...
ššØš®, šš šš§š šš”š šššØš§šØš¦š² | In conversation with Prabhat Patnaik
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 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. TheĀ World Bankās recent decisionĀ to end...
Centre for Financial AccountabilityĀ (CFA) in collaboration withĀ The WireĀ (as the media partner),Ā Sambhaavnaa InstituteĀ &Ā Progressive International,Ā are co-organising a series of webinars conceived to better understand the global moment we are all inhabiting. The eight part webinar series...
While IFCās 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 Bankās private sector...
Tata Mundra Project (Coastal Gujarat Power Limited ā 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...
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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...
DecemberĀ 17,Ā 2024 To, ExecutiveĀ Director The World Bank Washington, D.C. DearĀ Ms.Ā /Ā Mr. We, civil society organizations from 17 countries, write to express our grave concerns regarding the AmaravatiĀ SustainableĀ InfrastructureĀ andĀ InstitutionalĀ DevelopmentĀ ProjectĀ (ProjectĀ ID:Ā P507508), which is scheduled for Board approval on December 19,...
Truman ā Rostow Club and the Birth of Development DiscourseĀ In 1949, U.S. President Harry Truman, in his “Point Four” speech, introduced anĀ influential vision of ādevelopmentā that charted the course of history toward...
