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...
You, Me & the Economy Standing Up To The Empire: Reclaiming Southern Multilateralism I In conversation with Shalmali Guttal In this episode, Senior Analyst Shalmali Guttal addresses the fundamental question: Is the global economy...
You, Me & the Economy International Financial Institutions Under Trump: Perspectives from India & the Global South I In conversation with Demba Moussa Dembele In this episode, Demba Moussa Dembele examines the influence of...
You, Me & the Economy International Financial Institutions Under Trump: Perspectives from India & the Global South I In conversation with CP Chandrasekhar In this episode, CP Chandrasekhar examines the two major issues with...
The fifth webinar in the Political Economy of the Trump Era series examined the historical exclusions and contemporary fractures of the multilateral system through the lens of the Global South. Titled “Standing Up to...
With India slated to take over the presidency once again in 2026, the question is, would India use the opportunity to address key issues or would it again, as seen during the G20 presidency,...
As one grappled with the madness to get to the method, the questions around the fate of the financial institutions like IMF, World Bank etc has many curious. Amid the intensifying crises of debt,...
As the Bretton Woods Institutions complete 80 years, here are eight charges against them (not in order of the severity of the crimes!). 1. Perpetuator of Climate Crisis: Now championing as a climate saviour...
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...
Press Release 23.10.2024 | New Delhi: Close to 200 individuals and civil society groups, representing a wide range of social movements, campaigns, and grassroots organisations and campaigns in a statement have called for the creation...
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...
International finance and geopolitics are quite dynamic and will tend to alter each day. We must have a clear view of our nation and where it stands in this landscape.
