Maju Varghese, Author at Centre for Financial Accountability

Will banks stand on the right side of history?

The World Bank Board ended its long-standing nuclear ban in June 2025, paving the way for financing nuclear power p...

EMIs on loans for destroyed homes in Wayanad? Landslide of inequality: The cost of banking priorities

The Mepadi landslide in Wayanad, Kerala, July 30, 2024, is one of the largest in the country, in terms of debris flow of...

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Bretton Woods policies lead to ‘wider’ global inequalities, high debt levels

The Spring Meeting of the World Bank and IMF, held from April 15-20, marks the commencement of celebrations for the 80th...

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B Ready: Brace for impact

Introduction India has been the poster boy of the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business, as it leapt in the ranking ...

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Business Ready Report (Bready)

Perpetuating neo liberal agenda, Lessons from past and Challenges Ahead Maju Varghese Three years after discontinuing th...

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India’s new farm laws mirror international financial institutions’ vision of agriculture

For more than 100 days, thousands of farmers in India have been in the streets protesting three new farm laws introduced...

Indian Economy

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Time to give Covid burial, not suspend, World Bank’s ‘flawed’ Doing Business ranking

On August 27, the World Bank came out with a statement suspending the Doing Business Report. The statement said that a ...

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Give Doing Business report a COVID burial

On August 27th, the World Bank came out with a statement suspending the Doing Business Report. The statement said that ...

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The Corona Pandemic, Debt and Default

The world was witnessing a massive buildup of debt, even before the pandemic began. World Bank described it as the larg...

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Updates from IMF: Forecast for Post-COVID Economy and Debt Levels

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released two updates in the month of June – first was the World Economic O...

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January 7, 2026

Maju Varghese

Will banks stand on the right side of history?

The World Bank Board ended its long-standing nuclear ban in June 2025, paving the way for financing nuclear power plants worldwide. Although the World Bank was never a major funder of nuclear energy, this shift symbolises something larger: a reversal in the position of the global finance archit...

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December 16, 2024

Maju Varghese

EMIs on loans for destroyed homes in Wayanad? Landslide of inequality: The cost of banking priorities

The Mepadi landslide in Wayanad, Kerala, July 30, 2024, is one of the largest in the country, in terms of debris flow of nearly six million cubic meters—enough to fill 2,400 Olympic-sized swimming pools. The Landslide is considered the largest in terms of the debris volume. This is five times larger...

Coverage General Indian Economy

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May 9, 2024

Maju Varghese

Bretton Woods policies lead to ‘wider’ global inequalities, high debt levels

The Spring Meeting of the World Bank and IMF, held from April 15-20, marks the commencement of celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the Bretton Woods Conference, aimed at rebuilding the world in the aftermath of world wars and the Great Depression. While the vision and mission of the World Bank ...

Coverage General International Finance

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October 23, 2023

Maju Varghese

B Ready: Brace for impact

Introduction India has been the poster boy of the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business, as it leapt in the ranking by rapidly deregulating its economy. Environmental regulations were scaled back, and labour regulations diluted for achieving the leap of 79 positions in EoDB rankings between 2014...

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July 28, 2023

Maju Varghese

Business Ready Report (Bready)

Perpetuating neo liberal agenda, Lessons from past and Challenges Ahead Maju Varghese Three years after discontinuing the Doing Business report, the World Bank Group is introducing a new corporate flagship publication called the Business Ready (B-READY) report. This report aims to evaluate the busin...

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June 1, 2021

Maju Varghese

India’s new farm laws mirror international financial institutions’ vision of agriculture

For more than 100 days, thousands of farmers in India have been in the streets protesting three new farm laws introduced in parliament. The new laws open the agriculture sector to reforms advocated by international financial institutions (IFIs), particularly the World Bank and IMF. Farmer organisati...

Indian Economy

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September 7, 2020

Maju Varghese

Time to give Covid burial, not suspend, World Bank’s ‘flawed’ Doing Business ranking

On August 27, the World Bank came out with a statement suspending the Doing Business Report. The statement said that a number of irregularities have been reported regarding changes to the data in the Doing Business 2018 and Doing Business 2020 reports, published in October 2017 and 2019. The change...

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September 4, 2020

Maju Varghese

Give Doing Business report a COVID burial

On August 27th, the World Bank came out with a statement suspending the Doing Business Report. The statement said that a number of irregularities have been reported regarding changes to the data in the Doing Business 2018 and Doing Business 2020 reports, published in October 2017 and 2019. The chan...

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August 26, 2020

Maju Varghese

The Corona Pandemic, Debt and Default

The world was witnessing a massive buildup of debt, even before the pandemic began. World Bank described it as the largest, fastest and most broad based amounting to 230 percentage of the Global GDP. Debt in the emerging and developing countries were at a record level of US$ 55 trillion in 20...

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July 15, 2020

Maju Varghese

Updates from IMF: Forecast for Post-COVID Economy and Debt Levels

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released two updates in the month of June – first was the World Economic Outlook, titled A Crisis Like No Other, An Uncertain Recovery and another was the Financial Stability Report. These reports and updates are some of the most watched reports by e...

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Our Money | Our Rights | Our Voice

Maju Varghese

Will banks stand on the right side of history?

EMIs on loans for destroyed homes in Wayanad? Landslide of inequality: The cost of banking priorities

Bretton Woods policies lead to ‘wider’ global inequalities, high debt levels

B Ready: Brace for impact

Business Ready Report (Bready)

India’s new farm laws mirror international financial institutions’ vision of agriculture

Time to give Covid burial, not suspend, World Bank’s ‘flawed’ Doing Business ranking

Give Doing Business report a COVID burial

The Corona Pandemic, Debt and Default

Updates from IMF: Forecast for Post-COVID Economy and Debt Levels

Will banks stand on the right side of history?

EMIs on loans for destroyed homes in Wayanad? Landslide of inequality: The cost of banking priorities

Bretton Woods policies lead to ‘wider’ global inequalities, high debt levels

B Ready: Brace for impact

Business Ready Report (Bready)

India’s new farm laws mirror international financial institutions’ vision of agriculture

Time to give Covid burial, not suspend, World Bank’s ‘flawed’ Doing Business ranking

Give Doing Business report a COVID burial

The Corona Pandemic, Debt and Default

Updates from IMF: Forecast for Post-COVID Economy and Debt Levels

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