World Bank on Trial! | On the 80th Anniversary of World Bank/IMF The Independent People’s Tribunal (IPT) on the World Bank @ 80, convened in Kolkata in December 2024, critically examined the World Bank’s pervasive role in shaping India’s economic, social, and environmental landscape. Organised by the Working Group on International Financial Institutions—comprising nearly 80 …
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Interrogating the World Bank@80: An Essay Writing Competition for Youth 🗨️ We encourage students and researchers to critically examine the role and complex legacy of the World Bank, IMF, and other international financial institutions in an Indian context. 🗒️ Word limit: 1000 words🙋🏾♀️ Age limit: 28 years🗓️ Deadline: 13th November💬 Language: English & other Indian …
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We're looking for six research volunteers to join our team in preparing resource materials for the Independent People’s Tribunal on World Bank/IMF @ 80 for a period of one month. Volunteers will support our research team by working closely with prosecutors and disposers to develop resource materials for the Tribunal on themes related to the …
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The Bretton Woods institutions - the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)- have completed 80 years of existence and operations. As people of the global south, who continue to bear the brunt of the impacts of colonial expansion, resource extraction, wealth concentration, climate change and deepening inequality, we demand that these institutions be shut …
It's one year since We20: A Peoples' Summit was held just before the G20 Summit in New Delhi, where over 700 people representing many trade unions, people's movements and CSOs from 18 states came together. The Government used the G20 Summit to seek political and electoral mileage, conducting over 200 meetings in 60 towns and …
India had assumed the G20 presidency end of 2022 and the Leaders’ Summit was held in early September 2023. During this time the Government used it to seek political and electoral mileage, conducting over 200 meetings in 60 towns and cities, making a spectacle out of it. The picture that was presented and the show …
: G20 ഉച്ചകോടിക്കെതിരെ സിവിൽ സമൂഹ പ്രസ്ഥാനങ്ങളും ദളിത് ആദിവാസി മത്സ്യത്തൊഴിലാളി ഫെമിനിസ്റ്റ് കർഷക സംഘടനകളും സംയുക്തമായി പ്രതിഷേധ പരിപാടി സംഘടിപ്പിച്ചു. കൊച്ചിയിൽ ഗാന്ധി സ്മൃതിയിൽ നടന്ന പ്രതിഷേധ പരിപാടിയിൽ വിവിധ രാഷ്ട്രീയ പ്രസ്ഥാനങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നുള്ള പ്രവർത്തകർ പങ്കെടുത്തു. കർഷകരേയും, ദലിത്- ആദിവാസികളെയും ന്യൂനപക്ഷ വിഭാഗങ്ങളെയും മത്സ്യതൊഴിലാളികളെയും കച്ചവടക്കാരെയും പരിസ്ഥിതിയേയും ദോഷകരമായി ബാധിക്കുന്ന സാമ്പത്തിക പരിഷ്കരണ പദ്ധതികൾ ലക്ഷ്യമിടുന്ന G20 ഉച്ചകോടി ജനാധിപത്യവിരുദ്ധമാണ് എന്ന് WE20 കേരളം അഭിപ്രായപ്പെട്ടു.
New Delhi: As the leaders of the world’s powerful nations come together for the 18th G20 Summit here, what is missing on their agenda are the issues which are paramount to people and the planet.
Working Group on IFIs 