Recommendations on the draft report on the potential integration of the World Bank Group’s Independent Accountability Mechanisms
One World Bank push
IFC Sustainability Framework Review
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...
People’s Tribunal: A Report on the Proceedings, Testimonies, and Verdict
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...
The Balance Sheet: World Bank & its 80-year legacy | Documentary Trailer
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
സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റീസ് മിഷൻ: പൊതു-സ്വകാര്യ പങ്കാളിത്തത്തിലെ കോർപ്പറേറ്റ് താത്പര്യങ്ങൾ
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’s Nuclear U-Turn Will Endanger Developing Nations
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...
An open letter to the World Bank: Address grave concerns over the Amaravati sustainable infrastructure and institutional development project
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,...
World Bank’s Ironical 80 years; but why we are more unequal than ever?
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...
Revisiting Bretton Woods@ 80: Critiques and Calls for Change in Global Development
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...
Interrogating the World Bank and IMF at 80: Development or hypocrisy?
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...
Indian Civil Society Demands a new democratic financial system on World Bank/IMF’s 80th Anniversary
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...
World Bank @ 80: Radical Restructuring, Not Reforms
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...
Interrogating the World Bank @ 80 | Essay Competition
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 World Bank, the Inspection Panel & Immunity
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...
Demanding Accountability: Joint Statement in Response to Reports of a Child Sexual Abuse Cover Up at the World Bank
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)...
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