The Missing BRIC(S)
The 18thĀ BRICS Summit hosted under the presidency of India on September 12 & 13 is happening at a time when the world is passing through geo political instability. In their responses to Trumpās tariff...
Can the BRICS Bank Really Deliver What the Global South Needs?
As the New Development Bank expands its role as the ‘BRICS Bank’, there are questions whether it can offer a model of development and climate finance that serves the Global South’s interests. External Affairs...
Beyond the Promises: A Decade of Environmental and Social Commitments at the New Development Bank
The report, Beyond the Promises: A Decade of Environmental and Social Commitments at the New Development Bank, examines the gap between the NDBās stated commitments to sustainable development and the safeguards, transparency and accountability...
Press Release: A Decade On, the New Development Bank (BRICS Bank) Still Leaves Affected Communities Without Redress
A Decade On, the New Development Bank (BRICS Bank) Still Leaves Affected Communities Without Redress No independent accountability mechanism, a disclosure policy still labeled “interim” after nearly ten years, and case studies from India...
Too Many BRICS, Not Enough Cement
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,...
Infrastructure Projects in India: The Landscape of Financiers
This mapping document looks at infrastructure sector in India, its basic concepts, estimates by the Government of India, the World Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), International Finance Corporation (IFC), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank...
Briefing Note: MDBs Behind IL&FS: A Case of Bloodied Hands
Hailed as the Pioneer of Public-Private Partnerships in India, ILFS is supposedly an early example of Private sector role and commitment towards infrastructure development in India. Their Infrastructure Projects include Roads, Water, Power,...
Solidarity Statement from India on the NDB’s Fourth AGM
Solidarity Statement from India At Peopleās Dialogue, Cape Town on 31 March 2019 In response to BRICS-led New Development Bankās 4th Annual General Meeting in South Africa The BRICS led NDB (New Development Bank)...
Break the BRICS! Break it from the Below!
TheĀ 10thĀ BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit was held in Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa from 25-27 July 2018. Set up in 2009, in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial...
Briefing Paper: An Indian Perspective on NDB & AIIB
The Asian region has experienced the emergence of new MDBs over last few years. For many years, the Asian Development Bank was the only development bank in the region and has been dominated by...
Booklet: Tentacles of International Finance in India
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...
Huge Overlap in Investments by MDBs, ExIM Banks, and Bilaterals on Critical Sectors
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...
BRICS 2017 Offers Nothing New
For those closely looking at the trajectories of IFIs, especially the current trends of the New Development Bank (NDB) or the BRICS Bank, well, itās all pancakes and fritters with news of NDB and...
What is New with the New Development Bank?
After the storm of demonetisation, which unsettled the economy back home, India is hosting the 2nd annual meeting of New Development Bank (NDB) from March 31 ā April 2, 2017. NDB is the financial...
FAQ on BRICS, NDB and AIIB
Demystifying Development Funding through NDB and AIIB in the Context of BRICS Ā
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