For immediate release MASS Welcomes the US Supreme Courtâs Decision to Hear the Case Challenging World Bank Group Immunity This will be the first time the US Supreme Court will address the scope of...
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 Courtâs decision marks a defining...
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 âdiscuss issues of global concern, including the...
International law and human rights law experts are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear our clientsâ case, Jam v. International Finance Corporation challenging the immunity of the International Finance Corp. (IFC), the private...
For Immediate Release The US Supreme Court is Our Last Hope to Ensure Accountability of the World Bank Group January 23, 2018, Washington, D.C. and Mundra, Gujarat: Fishing communities and farmers affected by Tata...
A recent article on the much-acclaimed accountability mechanism of World Bank, the Inspection Panel (IP), indicates that all is not well with it and it could get its wings clipped. The discussion on the...
September 27, 2017, Mundra, Gujarat: Fishing communities and farmers affected by Tata Mundra said on Friday that they would approach the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision of  U.S. Court of Appeals for...
Report subverts the real issues while focusing only on the frivolous ones August 25, 2017, Kutch, Gujarat: Communities affected by the Tata Mundra (Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd â CGPL) coal power plant in Kutch...
The Asian Development Bank was conceived in the early 1960s as a financial institution that would foster economic growth and cooperation in Asia. India was a founding member of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)...
With Subhash Chandra Garg assuming charge as secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) in the Finance Ministry, the position of the Indian Executive Director (ED) at the World Bank has fallen vacant. The 1983-batch...
Like India once had a Ministry of Disinvestment, it’s time she has a Ministry of Loss Making. How else can one understand governmentâs eagerness to buy out all loss making projects, whether in coal,...
A U.S. Federal Court has held that the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is entitled to âabsolute immunityâ from lawsuits brought by communities harmed by IFC projects. The case, filed by communities affected by the...
February 07, 2017: Mundra, Gujarat The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard arguments in Budha Ismail Jam v. International Finance Corporation, a case against the International Finance Corporation (IFC),...
In the process of establishing an ultra mega power project, CGPL has caused irreversible damage to the fragile ecosystem of Kutch At a time when the biggest seller of weapons is bestowed with the...
An Analysis of Parliamentary Debates in India on International Financial Institutions (1984-2009) This report critically examines how international financial institutions (IFIs) such as the World Bank, IMF, and Asian Development Bank have increasingly influenced...
