World Bank & International Finance: Legacy, Lessons & Current Struggles
This year, the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings took place virtually from the 22nd to the 24th of April, 2022.
Supreme Court rejects World Bank coal case
The Supreme Court today turned down an appeal from a fishing community to review its lawsuit that seeks to hold an arm of the World Bank liable for environmental damage from a coal-fired power...
Handbook on India and the Free Trade Agreements
The handbook on India’s Free Trade and Investment Agreements is an attempt to keep pace with the dynamic nature of free trade and investment agreements.
World Development Report 2022 released; Historic leak of Swiss banking, Credit Suisse in the eye of the storm
Snippets from the world of International Finance Amidst Russia’s revanchist war against Ukraine starting last week, there is lots of ink on the financial markets and the sequence will hit the global economy. The...
AIIB Reviewing Energy Strategy; ADB, its Safeguard Policies
A year ago, we welcomed 2021 with a sense of optimism that the international community will rise to the challenge of ensuring equal vaccine access to all countries, but then the second wave of...
Reading the Rhetoric: G20, its Politics & What the 2023 Presidency Means for India
Founded in 1999, in the wake of the Asian Financial Crisis, G20’s formation was announced by the finance ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) as the forum for international cooperation on financial and...
G20 Research Fellowships- Call for Abstracts
The Centre for Financial Accountability welcomes applications for the G20 Research Fellowship through the call for abstracts from the research community delving into the critical and scholarly study of the G20 convening. Submitted abstracts that...
Post Covid Funds for India
Since the COVID-19 crisis emerged, MDBs have stepped in with massive packages for economic, social and health support. Details of funds received by India from Multilateral Development Banks for COVID-19 recovery support as of 30th October...
A Financial Package with Little Relief Contents, Govt pushes Policy Reforms which Benefits Corporates but not the People
The financial package, amounting to Rs 20 lakh Crore and claimed to be 10% of the GDP was announced by the Prime Minister with much fanfare. Yet when details were announced by the Finance...
What does the US Supreme Court’s Judgement mean for the People of Mundra?
What does the US Supreme Court’s Judgement on World Bank Group’s Immunity Mean for the people of Mundra, Gujarat, India and beyond? Dr Bharat Patel General Secretary, Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan and one of...
The Trends in Hydro Power Financing in India
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 – nearly double the previous year – while there...