Highlight the Impacts on Key Sectors in India During IMF-WB 2020 Annual Meetings Date: 12 October, 2020 New Delhi: Peopleās Movements, Civil Society Groups, and concerned citizens are coming together to protest the World...
A new review of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) most recent economic policy advice for five countries with ongoing coal sector expansions show it is green-lighting fossil fuel expansion, despite the fund’s stated support...
A Statement from Finance Ministers of State Governments, Prominent Economists and Public Finance and Accountability Researchers The Constitution Amendment Act, effective from 16th September 2016, has provided that Parliament should, on recommendation of GST...
Ashok Datar is associated with Mumbai Mobility Forum and heads the Mumbai Environmental Social Network. He has been active in the area of urban transportation and solid waste management. His writings cover issues such as...
Schedule Session Briefs
Conference on Infrastructure Finance September 4-5, 2019, NCCI, Nagpur The conference on Infrastructure Finance in Nagpur looks to discusses various aspects related to infrastructure development in India which includes not only financial aspects but...
Centre for Financial Accountability CFA engages in critical analysis, monitoring and critique of the role of financial institutions ā national and international, and their impact on development, human rights and the environment, amongst other...
& Recommendations from the External Review of IFC/MIGA E&S Accountability, including CAOās Role & Effectiveness We welcome the opportunity to comment on the report of the external review team. At the outset, the recommendations...
of External Review of IFC/MIGA E&S Accountability, including CAOās Role and Effectiveness After 20 years of its existence, the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) and International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) social and environmental accountability review has...
Social activists express hope for the future in webinar series on āReimagining the Futureā Press Release | Sept 15, 2020 āThe lockdown worked like a chemical experiment where hidden injustices were brought to the...
In an appeal to the chairperson, Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy, and its members, 90 civil society group have sought cancellation of the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020, proposed by the...
The process of the World Bank reforming the Inspection Panel (IPN) to adapt it to the changing environment, the newly adopted Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) started in 2017. The World Bank’s Committee on...
Civil society groups from across the globe wrote to the President of AIIB JinĀ Liqun raised concerns during the global pandemic and demanded accountability and transparency from AIIB during this pandemic. With the government’s in...
On August 24 evening, a federal court ruled that the World Bank Group cannot be sued for any damage caused by its lendingādespite last yearās Supreme Court ruling in the same case that these...
Peoples Parliament: Economy was unwell even before the pandemic, needs new thinking to recover Renowned economists, entrepreneurs, politicians and others come together to throw light on various facets of the current state of the...
