World Bank: Jim Yong Kim and beyond
Here’s a lowdown on what good and bad came out of Kim’s reign as the bank’s president and what seems to be the future of the coveted title Jim Yong Kim resigned from the...
Update: Tata Mundra, a Story of Violations, Non-Compliance & Impunity
Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project India is part of an ambitious plan, which saw the building of several coal-based thermal power stations to meet India’s energy needs. Located on the western coast of...
Case Study: India’s Experience with the IAMs
25 years of Inspection Panel has a special significance for India, having played a key role in its formation. As in the case of all safeguard and other policies, the independent accountability mechanisms (IAMs)...
25 Years of Independent Accountability Mechanisms
This year, the Inspection Panel, the accountability mechanism of the World Bank, is completing 25 years. The World Bank’s failure to comply with its operating policies was seen by the entire world in the...
CSOs Call for Accountability and Disclosure from AIIB on its FI Investments
Representatives from civil society organizations from all over the world have written a letter this week to the AIIB, drawing urgent attention to rising concerns of AIIB’s investments through Financial Intermediaries (FIs). This is in...
World Bank Reviewing Inspection Panel’s Mandate
A recent article on the much-acclaimed accountability mechanism of World Bank, the Inspection Panel (IP), indicates that all is not well with it and it could get its wings clipped. The discussion on the...
BRICS 2017 Offers Nothing New
For those closely looking at the trajectories of IFIs, especially the current trends of the New Development Bank (NDB) or the BRICS Bank, well, it’s all pancakes and fritters with news of NDB and...