Press Release:People’s Movements Determined to challenge the unbridled expansion of infrastructure financing by international financial institutions

Chennai: June 4, 2018 • Peoples Movements & CSOs to organise Peoples’ Convention on infrastructure financing coinciding the 3rd Annual Governors Meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in Mumbai • Determined to challenge the unbridled expansion of infrastructure financing by international financial institutions Posing a challenge to the rapid expansion plans of international financial …

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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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MASS welcomes the US Supreme Court’s Decision to Hear the Case Challenging World Bank Group Immunity

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 …

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Huge Overlap in Investments by MDBs, ExIM Banks, and Bilaterals on Critical Sectors

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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