As the 13th BRICS Summit was recently held and chaired by India, the People’s Forum on BRICS (a network of people’s movements, progressive civil society organizations, and trade unions) is convening a 5-day online...
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...
IMF Chief Election Over 100 organisations across the world recently signed an open letter demanding an end to the ‘Gentleman Agreement,’ as per which only Europeans are selected as the Managing Director of the International...
This booklet is a first in a series that looks to provide an overview of the smart cities at a conceptual level, smart cities mission in India, development of smart cities globally, the role...
Solidarity Statement from India At People’s Dialogue, Cape Town on 31 March 2019 In response to BRICS-led New Development Bank’s 4th Annual General Meeting in South Africa The BRICS led NDB (New Development Bank)...
As per the Early Warning System, which collects and verify information about the proposed and existing projects, India, in 2018, had 112 active or proposed projects funded by Development Finance Institutions (DFIs). These institutions...
The Asian region has experienced the emergence of new MDBs over last few years. For many years, the Asian Development Bank was the only development bank in the region and has been dominated by...
Mumbai, June 23: “The so-called ‘development’ must not come at the cost of constitutional rights,” said prominent activist and Goldman Environment Awardee Prafulla Samantra at the press conference, which was organised on the last...
Express News Service, VIJAYAWADA: Expressing concern over the unchecked borrowing from different banks and funding agencies across the globe by the TDP Government in the State, experts from National Association of People’s Movements (NAPM)...
There has been a worldwide growth in hydropower development, with 31.5 GW new capacity installed in 2016. This figure includes 6.4 GW of pumped storage – nearly double the previous year – while there...
There has been a worldwide growth in hydropower development, with 31.5 GW new capacity installed in 2016. This figure includes 6.4 GW of pumped storage – nearly double the previous year – while there...
This document is an effort to compile data of investments coming into India from MDBs, ExIm banks and other bilateral investments, to help understand the landscape of financing from these institutions and helping to...
Ever since the first lending from World Bank in 1949 worth $34 million to Indian Railways and the bilateral credit India received from the erstwhile USSR and USA in the early 50s, India has...
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...
After the storm of demonetisation, which unsettled the economy back home, India is hosting the 2nd annual meeting of New Development Bank (NDB) from March 31 – April 2, 2017. NDB is the financial...