Smart cities and Mega Infrastructure projects
As many of you are aware, we ran an intense stakeholder engagement process on Right to the City and the Smart City in India, over a long period of time. This was part of...
Challenging Legal Impunity Granted to IFIs
Most of the International Financial Institutions enjoy legal immunity in most of the countries. The immunity enjoyed by IFI’s like the World Bank Group raises pertinent questions around the extent of immunity granted to...
Who is this Model of Economic Growth for?
Professor Arun Kumar questioned the model of economic growth by asking who is it for. The economy is not growing at 7%, as claimed by the government, the big shocks of demonetisation and GST...
The Key Infra Projects are Anti-people
āAIIB has created a superstructure, an ecosystem which acts as a complex web of shining terminologies and projects to attract investments, which actually is a smoke screen to hide the fact that thereās no...
The Infra being Pushed is not what the People Demand
Senior activist Ulka Mahajan of Sarvahara Jan Andolan said, āThe infrastructure that is being developed is not what people demand, but it is what global capital demands. The international financial institutions are promoting corporate...
Sucheta Dalal on the Growing Crisis in the Indian Banking Sector
Financial analyst and journalist Sucheta Dalal said that the Indian banking system is at the verge of crisis, reeling under the mounting bad loans, caused by unfettered corporate loans. Referring to governmentās announcement in...
Infrastructure and Development ā Case of Amravati Capital City
The workshop aims to explore the environmental, economic, legal, political, cultural and social implications of Amaravati Capital City project in Andhra Pradesh. This pipeline project of AIIB and World Bank is an environmental category...
Growing Web of Industrial Corridors in India
Industrial Corridors are spreading like a plague in this country. Paralyzing the democratic and participatory framework achieved till now through various people’s movements. This workshop will be able to demystify the plans, proposals, and...
IFIs Perpetuate Social Inequities and Economic Disparities
It is important to analyse and reflect upon these financial institutions and how their projects have fueled inequality throughout the world. The workshop would have speakers who would speak on various financial institutions and...
Water for Life, Not Profit: IFIs in Urban Water supply
This workshop enabled discussions on IFI model of reforms in water supply services, including privatisation/ PPPs and commercialisation. The discussion also included the concepts of right to water and its implementation at the community...
Urban Infrastructure Investment and Public Accountability
The workshop primarily looked at the role IFIs are playing in shaping urban infrastructure finance and policy in India. The approaches and methodologies that have been used by the private sector to create alliances...
Blue Economy, Its Impact on the Coastal Economy, and the Role of IFIs
Siddharth Chakravarty of The Research Collective explains the Blue Economy, its impact on the coastal economy, and the role of international financialĀ institutions in pushing this project.
Bullet Train: Propelling Public Debt in India
Krishnakant of the Paryavaran Surakhsha Samiti, Gujarat on the rationale of the proposed bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
Smart Cities and Urban Governance
Gaurav Dwivedi explains how the Smart Cities would be funded and implemented, and how the project would impact the functioning of the Urban Local Bodies.
IFIs, PPPs, Infrastructure, and Economic Development
In last two decades, the governmentsĀ have become less willing to uphold the public good, which is perceived by the IFIs through the lens of economic growth and private investment. Shalmali Guttal, Focus on the...
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