Working Group on IFIs

📢📢 DEADLINE EXTENTED!!
🌐✒️✊🏾🪙🔎 SUBMIT YOUR ESSAY BY 13 NOVEMBER

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 languages

📢📢 Top three essays will receive cash prizes.
🥇5000/-🥈2000/- 🥉1000/-

Find all details here: https://www.cenfa.org/interrogating-the-world-bank-80-essay-competition/

In October 2024, the World Bank Group and IMF will celebrate their 80th anniversary. Over the decades, the interventions by World Bank and IMF have been considered controversial and faced resistance by communities across the Global South.

🟣 CENTRE FOR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY

📢 Call for Volunteers! Join the Independent People’s Tribunal on World Bank/IMF @ 80 🌍

We’re looking for six research volunteers to help prepare for the upcoming Independent People’s Tribunal on World Bank/IMF @ 80.

📅Timeline: 6 November – 6 December 2024 (Remote)

💰 Remuneration: Rs. 5,000/-

💼 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/volunteer-wb

🗣 About the Tribunal: As the World Bank and IMF mark 80 years, we’re coming together to spotlight their influence in India. This people-led tribunal will feature testimonies, case studies, and a formal chargesheet on the cross-sectoral impacts of IFI-funded projects on communities, inequality, and India’s development.