Demystifying International Financial Institutions: Understanding their influence on policies and development in India, with a deep-dive on Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

The workshop, on June 02, 2018, is being co-hosted by Citizen consumer and civic Action Group (CAG), Chennai, Center for Financial Accountability (CFA), New Delhi, and Public Advocacy Initiatives for Rights and Values in India (PAIRVI), New Delhi. International Financial Institutions (IFIs) such as the World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) …

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Public Meeting in Bhopal on the Role of Finance and Financial Institutions in the Energy Sector

  A public meeting on the role of financial and financial institutions in the energy sector was organized on May 26, 2018 from 6 to 9 pm in the Virendra Tiwari Hall at Hindi Bhavan Bhopal. This meeting was not only a public response of the Bhopal meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on …

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ऊर्जा के क्षेत्र में वित्तीय संस्थाओं की भूमिका

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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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

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 …

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CSOs Oppose AIIB’s Plan to Allow Management to Approve Projects

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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The AIIB’s Investments in Financial Intermediaries: CSOs Call for Disclosure and Accountability

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 …

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