In 2025, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-sector arm of the World Bank Group (see Inside the Institutions, What is the International Finance Corporation (IFC)? ), launched its first review of the Sustainability Framework...
World Bank on Trial! | On the 80th Anniversary of World Bank/IMF The Independent People’s Tribunal (IPT) on the World Bank @ 80, convened in Kolkata in December 2024, critically examined the World Bank’s...
Script & Direction: Joe Athialy Music & Vocals: Rahul Ram Voiceover: Tani Merlin Alex Lyrics: Madhuresh Kumar, Joe Athialy, Rahul Ram 🔴 A Centre for Financial Accountability Production
കേന്ദ്ര സർക്കാറിന്റെ ‘സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റീസ് മിഷൻ’ പത്ത് വർഷം പൂർത്തിയായതിന്റെ പശ്ചാത്തലത്തിൽ സെന്റർ ഫോർ ഫിനാൻഷ്യൽ അക്കൗണ്ടബിലിറ്റി (www.cenfa.org) തയ്യാറാക്കുന്ന ലേഖന പരമ്പര, മൂന്നാം ഭാഗം. 2015-ൽ ആരംഭിച്ച സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റി മിഷൻ, രാജ്യത്തെ 100 നഗരപ്രദേശങ്ങളെ അടിസ്ഥാന സൗകര്യങ്ങളോടെ നവീകരിക്കുന്നതിനും, നഗരവാസികൾക്ക് കൂടുതൽ സുസ്ഥിരമായ അന്തരീക്ഷം...
The World Bank must reconsider this dangerous path and ensure that its energy financing truly supports climate resilience and equitable development, rather than exposing vulnerable populations to unnecessary risks. The World Bank’s recent decision to end...
December 17, 2024 To, Executive Director The World Bank Washington, D.C. Dear Ms. / Mr. We, civil society organizations from 17 countries, write to express our grave concerns regarding the Amaravati Sustainable Infrastructure and Institutional Development Project (Project ID: P507508), which is scheduled for Board approval on December 19,...
Truman – Rostow Club and the Birth of Development Discourse In 1949, U.S. President Harry Truman, in his “Point Four” speech, introduced an influential vision of “development” that charted the course of history toward...
In 1994, the New York Times described the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) as “overlords of Africa” and ostensibly so the bankers have indeed become overlords of the global south since the globalisation...
On their 80th birthday, the colonial legacies of the World Bank (collectively for the IBRD – International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the IDA – International Development Association) and the International Monetary Fund...
The Bretton Woods institutions – the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)- have completed 80 years of existence and operations. As people of the global south, who continue to bear the brunt of...
The 80th anniversary of the World Bank is a good time to bury the arguments in favor of reforming the institution and strengthen the demand for radical restructuring. The past eight decades did not...
The Centre for Financial Accountability, a New Delhi-based organisation working to strengthen and improve financial accountability within India, invites students and researchers to participate in an essay competition on the topic of Interrogating the...
The establishment of the Inspection Panel marked a significant development, driven by the pressure exerted by people's movements and civil society organizations (CSOs), during a period when the World Bank Group operated under the...
October 19, 2023 The undersigned organizations are gravely concerned about the recent media report of child sexual abuse at Bridge International Academies in Kenya, and allegations that the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC)...
India has been the poster boy of the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business as it leaped in the ranking by rapidly deregulating its economy. Environmental regulations were scaled back, labour regulations diluted...
