The World Bank Group’s Uncounted
The Tata group, one of India’s largest conglomerates, promised to be a good neighbor when it took on the job of building the nation’s first “ultra mega” coal-fired power plant. The plan was to build...
A Big Win- IFC World Bank to Freeze Investment in For-Profit Schools
Recently, a piece of good news has appeared that World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) upholding the right to education in an official commitment and decided to freeze investments in private for-profit pre-primary,...
Inspection Panel’s Report on Amaravati Project only Validates the Issues Raised by CSOs
For immediate release Inspection Panel’s Report on Amaravati Project only Validates the Issues Raised by CSOs July 26, 2019: Confirming the concerns raised by the communities and civil society organisations, Government of India withdrew...
विश्व बैंक के बाद, एशियन इन्फ्रास्ट्रक्चर इन्वेस्टमेंट बैंक ने अपना निवेश अमरावती कैपिटल सिटी परियोजना से वापस लिया
प्रेस रिलीज | २३ जुलाई २०१९ विश्व बैंक के बाद, एशियन इन्फ्रास्ट्रक्चर इन्वेस्टमेंट बैंक ने अपना निवेश अमरावती कैपिटल सिटी परियोजना से वापस लिया चीन के नेतृत्व वाले एशियन इन्फ्रास्ट्रक्चर इन्वेस्टमेंट बैंक (AIIB) ने आंध्र प्रदेश के अमरावती कैपिटल सिटी...
Press Release: After World Bank, AIIB Pulls Out of Amaravati Capital City Project
Press Release | July 23, 2019 After the World Bank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Pulls Out of Amaravati Capital City Project New Delhi: The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) pulled out of Amaravati Capital...
विश्व बैंक ने अमरावती कैपिटल सिटी परियोजना से हाथ खींचा, लोगों को मिली बड़ी सफ़लता
विश्व बैंक ने अमरावती कैपिटल सिटी परियोजना से हाथ खींचा, लोगों को मिली बड़ी सफ़लता प्रेस विज्ञप्ति | 20 जुलाई, 2019 एक बड़े ऐतिहासिक कदम, जिसका प्रभाव कई स्तर पर देखने को मिलेगा, उठाते...
Update: A Great Victory: The Fight Continues!
In its historic decision on 27th Feb 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that international organizations like the World Bank Group “don’t enjoy absolute immunity”. Simply put, with this judgement, the World Bank and...
US Supreme Court Rules Against World Bank’s Claim of Absolute Immunity
In late February, the US Supreme Court ruled against the claim by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private sector arm, to absolute immunity from suit in the US. The case was...
Update: Tata Mundra, a Story of Violations, Non-Compliance & Impunity
Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project India is part of an ambitious plan, which saw the building of several coal-based thermal power stations to meet India’s energy needs. Located on the western coast of...
CSOs Approach World Bank to Strengthen the Inspection Panel
October 5, 2018, New Delhi: Medha Patkar, Bharat Patel, Nityanand Jayaraman and other members of the CSOs across India, have criticised the Working Group of the World Bank Board’s Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE),...
CSOs Ask World Bank to Strengthen the Inspection Panel
Submission to the Inspection Panel Working Group We are happy to note the Working Group of the World Bank Board’s Committee on Development Effectiveness is reviewing the Inspection Panel’s toolkit to determine whether it...
US Supreme Court Ends Immunity of The World Bank Group
In a historic 7-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court decided today in Jam v. International Finance Corporation (IFC) that international organizations like the World Bank Group can be sued in U.S. courts. The Court’s decision marks a defining...
What You Won’t Hear at the World Bank’s Spring Meetings Next Week
The World Bank Group will host its 2018 Spring Meetings next week, bringing together representatives of governments, banking institutions, civil society, the private sector, and academics to “discuss issues of global concern, including the...
IFC Failed to Follow its Performance Standards in Vizhinjam: CAO
International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) grievance redressal body Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) in its compliance investigation report has indicted IFC for not following its Performance Standards in Vizhinjam International Seaport Limited (VISL), a special purpose...
Legal Experts Urge Supreme Court to Hear Case Challenging World Bank Immunity
International law and human rights law experts are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear our clients’ case, Jam v. International Finance Corporation challenging the immunity of the International Finance Corp. (IFC), the private...
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