आमंत्रण एशियाई इंफ्रास्ट्रक्चर इंवेस्टमेंट बैंक (AIIB) की भोपाल में आयोजित बैठक के संदर्भ में “ऊर्जा के क्षेत्र में वित्तीय संस्थाओं की भूमिका” विषय पर विमर्श वक़्ता: श्री सौम्या दत्ता, पर्यावरणविद एवं ऊर्जा विशेषज्ञ श्री राजेंद्र कोठरी, लघु एवं माध्यम उद्योग संगठन श्री राजकुमार सिन्हा, बर्गी बाँध विस्थापित एवं प्रभावित संघ श्रीमती चित्तरूपा पालित, नर्मदा बचाई …
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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 …
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 …
April 9, 2018: 62 Civil Society Groups from four continents issued a public statement to express their concern about the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) ongoing Board meetings in which it is being proposed to empower Bank’s Management to approve some projects. “The forthcoming Board decision to delegate responsibility to AIIB Management to approve its …
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By Tani Alex Representatives from civil society organizations from all over the world have written a letter this week to the AIIB, drawing urgent attention to rising concerns of AIIB’s investments through Financial Intermediaries (FIs). This is in context of AIIB developing its strategy to invest more in equity and funds, without formulating robust policies and …
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Via electronic mail President Jin Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank B9 Financial Street Xicheng District Beijing 10033 People’s Republic of China 19th January 2018 Copied to: Mr Joachim Von Amsberg, Vice President, jvonamsberg@aiib.orgDr. D.J. Pandian, Vice President, djpandian@aiib.org Mr Dong-Ik Lee, Project Team Leader, dongik.lee@aiib.orgMr. Hamid Sharif, Director General, CEIU, hsharif@aiib.org Mr Yuanjing Sun, Principal Communications …
Working Group on IFIs 