During 2024, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will review its so-called Accountability Framework. In reality, this is a misnomer, as the Framework serves to actively undermine accountability.
This report analyses the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bankโs Independent Accountability Mechanism, the Project-affected Peopleโs Mechanism, now in its fifth year of existence and nearing its policy-mandated review.
We are posting these snippets at a time when the mega yearly rituals of the World Bank and IMF a.k.a the Annual General Meetings, have ended and the balance of payment crisis in Sri...
Snippets from the world of International Finance Amidst Russiaโs revanchist war against Ukraine starting last week, there is lots of ink on the financial markets and the sequence will hit the global economy. The...
A year ago, we welcomed 2021 with a sense of optimism that the international community will rise to the challenge of ensuring equal vaccine access to all countries, but then the second wave of...
I. Yet another Loan for India for response to the Covid-19 crisis India received yet another external loan for dealing with the Covid 19 crisis. Japan announced an emergency support loan of up to...
All multilateral banks have certain policies and processes. Notwithstanding the growing pressure of the affected communities and civil society, these banks bring out documents essentially to satisfy themselves on paper. It is a make-believe...
Indian groups submit recommendations for AIIBโs review of their Environmental and Social Framework The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), after four years of its operations, is undertaking a review of its environmental and social...
This mapping document looks at infrastructure sector in India, its basic concepts, estimates by the Government of India, the World Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), International Finance Corporation (IFC), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank...
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) came out with a draft Water Sector Strategy in September 2019. The water sector analysis was developed based on the information in the water sector analysis brought out...
IFCโs Opportunistic $ 24.7 trillion Global Green Investment Plan Adding to the global narrative on low-carbon investments, World Bank Groupsโ private lending arm International Finance Corporationโs recent report – Green Buildings: A Finance and...
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) approved a lending forย Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) Phase 3ย for $500 mn. According to a release from AIIB, โA loan of USD500 million granted to the government of...
AIIBโs newly wrapped ESG investments: Asia ESG Enhanced Credit Managed Portfolio Project After fifty investments being approved and many more in pipeline, along with much criticism against Indiaโs Infrastructure Fund , National Infrastructure Investment...
AIIB has come under severe criticism over its opaque policies with regards to Financial intermediary (FI) investments as well as its over-reliance on and delegation of power to the FI client. AIIB currently has...