The Missing BRIC(S)
The 18th 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 Trump’s 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...
Talk Left, Trade Right: BRICS, Gaza and the Limits of Southern Solidarity
Southern solidarity remains real, but its bearers are not the states assembling in New Delhi. A worker installs CCTV cameras near Bharat Mandapam as part of the preparation ahead of the 18th BRICS Summit,...
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 NDB’s 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...
India’s G-20 Presidency, Coronavirus and India and others: Snippets from the World of International Finance
1. Union Budget allocation for preparations of India’s G-20 presidency The Finance Minister of India announced an allocation of Rs.100 crore from the Union Budget, for the initial preparations for hosting the G-20 presidency...
Snippets from the World of International Financial Institutions – August, 2019
IMF Chief Election Over 100 organisations across the world recently signed an open letter demanding an end to the ‘Gentleman Agreement,’ as per which only Europeans are selected as the Managing Director of the International...
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 People’s Dialogue, Cape Town on 31 March 2019 In response to BRICS-led New Development Bank’s 4th Annual General Meeting in South Africa The BRICS led NDB (New Development Bank)...
Break the BRICS! Break it from the Below!
The 10th 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...
Activists Raise Their Voices Against BRICS
Amid the backdrop of the beginning of the 10th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit, activists and community organisations held a picket outside the New Development Bank. The Summit kicked off...
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...
The Best of Finance Matters: First Anniversary Issue
A year back when we started our weekly newsletter Finance Matters, what we intended was to bring together the news and analysis from the world of finance, in a form and language comprehensible to...
ब्रीफ़िंग पेपर: भारत में जलविद्युत विकास को बड़े पैमाने पर बढ़ावा
इस सेक्टर में निजी क्षत्रे को आकर्षित करने के लिए सरकार ने 2016 में इस पर चर्चा शुरू की कि नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा के क्षत्रे को और विस्तृत किया जाए ताकि 25 मेगावाट क्षमता से...
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.
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