Lessons Not Learnt- The World Bank’s disturbing push to privatise Indian education

In September 2018, the Indian government unveiled a massive three-billion-dollar project—Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States, or STARS— designed in collaboration with the World Bank to improve the country’s education system. While 85 percent...

Read more May 7, 2020 at 4:13 pm Anjela Taneja

The World Bank and IMF’s approach to social protection

While it is generally accepted that social protection is a core public service, the design of national systems is highly contested. There are two broad camps in the debate: one regards social protection as...

Read more April 10, 2018 at 2:34 pm Stephen Kidd