Mumbai, June 23: âThe so-called ‘development’ must not come at the cost of constitutional rights,â said prominent activist and Goldman Environment Awardee Prafulla Samantra at the press conference, which was organised on the last...
The Doing Business Report and the Ease of Doing Business Index is one of the flagship reports of the World Bank Group, a co-publication of World Bank and International Finance Corporation â the private...
Express News Service, VIJAYAWADA: Â 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 Peopleâs Movements (NAPM)...
In a historic 7-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court decided today in Jam v. International Finance Corporation (IFC) that international organizations like the World Bank Group can be sued in U.S. courts. The Courtâs decision marks a defining...
Five years ago, on April 24, 2013, a tragedy in neighbouring Bangladesh shook up everyone. Rana Plaza, a five-storied commercial building, that housed several âsweatshopâ clothing factories, a bank and few shops, collapsed and...
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 â nearly double the previous year â while there...
The 2017 Global Findex Database of the World Bank Group portrays India in a remarkably favourable light owing to the sharp increase in the number of bank account holders in the country, but the...
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 â nearly double the previous year â while there...
The World Bank Group will host its 2018 Spring Meetings next week, bringing together representatives of governments, banking institutions, civil society, the private sector, and academics to âdiscuss issues of global concern, including the...
While it is generally accepted that social protection is a core public service, the design of national systems is highly contested. There are two broad camps in the debate: one regards social protection as...
International Finance Corporationâs (IFC) grievance redressal body Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) in its compliance investigation report has indicted IFC for not following its Performance Standards in Vizhinjam International Seaport Limited (VISL), a special purpose...
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 help 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...
The call for reforms in the labour laws in the country became strong with the liberalisation of the economy in the 90âs. The Second National Commission on labour was set up in 1999 which...
OAKLAND, CAâThe revelations that led to this weekâs resignation of World Bank Chief Economist Paul Romer point to flawed methodology and political manipulation in the World Bankâs Doing Business report. Romer admitted that the...
