For immediate release MAAS welcomes the US Supreme Court’s 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 international organisations’ immunity. May 21, 2018, Mundra, Gujarat: Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan (MASS) and the affected communities by the Tata Mundra …
Press Note | May 16, 2018 People’s Movements to Challenge AIIB’s Infrastructure Financing: Over 80 CSOs and Social Movements to Organize Events Parallel to AIIB’s AGM in Mumbai Raising the serious issues of social and environmental costs in infrastructure projects, its economic burden on public and financial non-viability, Civil Society Organisations and social movements are set to organize a three day …
Rajesh Kumar There has been a worldwide growth in hydropower development, with 31.5 GW new capacity installed in 2016. This figure includes 6.4 GW of pumped storage – nearly double the previous year – while there is a further 20 GW of pumped storage under construction globally. This growth is indicative of impending pressure on …
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Invitation of the Peoples’ Convention on Infrastructure Financing Concept Note of the Peoples Convention on Infrastructure Financing Brochure At the Convention, there will be multiple workshops organised by the WGonIFIs in Mumbai during June 21-23, 2018. You can click here to participate as an individual or an organisation. You can also organise workshops.
Peoples’ Convention on Infrastructure Financing A response to AIIB Annual Meeting June 21-23, Mumbai, India Introduction: Peoples Convention on Infrastructure Financing – A response to AIIB (Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank) Annual Meeting is the coming together of various groups working towards just and equitable society threatened by the massive infrastructure push resulting in displacement and dispossession …
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INVITATION The Third Annual Governors Meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank [AIIB] will be held in Mumbai, India from 24-25 June 2018. This two-year-old multilateral bank is investing in all major sectors, including energy, without robust policies on environmental-social safeguards, transparent public disclosure and an accountability/complaint handling mechanism. Out of the total 24 projects, it …
By Joe Athialy Ever since the first lending from World Bank in 1949 worth $34 million to Indian Railways and the bilateral credit India received from the erstwhile USSR and USA in the early 50s, India has been a recipient of significant funds from different multilateral and bilateral sources. While each of these lendings came …
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PRESS RELEASE April 18, 2018 Gujarat groups protest the exclusion of urban poor and civil society groups from AIIB lead up the seminar on urban development in Ahmedabad. Social Movements to hold a parallel conference in Mumbai along with Asian Infrastructure Bank 3rdAnnual Governors Meeting. Demands reorienting of visions from existing Multilateral development Banks towards …
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