In 2025, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-sector arm of the World Bank Group (see Inside the Institutions,┬аWhat is the International Finance Corporation (IFC)? ), launched its first review of the Sustainability Framework...
IndiaтАЩs current approach stands in sharp contrast to its own history. While the world confronts the horrors unfolding in Gaza, IndiaтАЩs cautious stance on the ongoing genocide is deafening. According to the report by...
In the recently published book (In) Complete Justice? The Supreme Court at 75, Critical reflections edited by Justice S. Muralidhar, former Chief Justice, Odisha, Dr. Usha Ramanathan, in her article, has quoted many cases...
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World Bank on Trial! | On the 80th Anniversary of World Bank/IMF The Independent PeopleтАЩs Tribunal (IPT) on the World Bank @ 80, convened in Kolkata in December 2024, critically examined the World BankтАЩs...
The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2), on formulating a Global Plastics Treaty (GPT) held in Geneva from 5тАУ14 August 2025, ended without any treaty. An overwhelming majority of the countries rejected the idea of the...
The three-year-long negotiation process for a Global Plastics Treaty has reached a stalemate, concluding after 11 days of talks at INC-5.2 in Geneva. The negotiations, which began on August 5, 2025, aimed to refine...
Over 100 countries rejected the draft text for the global plastics treaty, labeling it “unambitious” and “inadequate”. This rejection was led by a coalition of тАЬhigh ambition countriesтАЭ including many African and Pacific nations,...
Working with the Centre for Financial Accountability offers the chance to challenge dominant narratives about finance
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This report traces India’s evolving political and economic relations with Israel against the backdrop of the ongoing genocide in Gaza. It analyses India’s shift from a cautious and pro-Palestinian stance to a more overtly...
Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) is happy to announce recipients of the 8th Smitu Kothari Fellowship for young writers. The 11 recipients for 2025 come from diverse backgrounds and experiences, and hail from different...
Infrastructure Finance Update I 22nd September, 2025 Across India, land is being diverted in the name of infrastructure and growth. Fertile farms, forests and community commons are routinely handed over to corporations and private...
As per reports in Business Standard, тАЬCall for paring Govt stake in Public Sector Banks, diluting the GovernmentтАЩs stake in them and leaving their regulations to the RBI were among the key new ideas...
Access to services like health and water is increasingly dependent on citizensтАЩ capacity to pay, which transforms rightsholders into consumers, critics warn. A labourer in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City or GIFT city in Gujarat...
