Fwd: [initiative-india] Fwd: Invitation for Seminar- Workshop on 'Understanding the World Bank in India'

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Subject: [initiative-india] Fwd: Invitation for Seminar- Workshop on 'Understanding the World Bank in India'
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Seminar-Workshop
Understanding the World Bank in India
August 16, 17, 18, 2010
YUVA Center, Kharghar, Mumbai

Dear friends,

We are writing to invite you to a seminar-workshop on 'Understanding the World Bank in India' from August 16-18 in Mumbai.

The World Bank (WB) and its affiliate organisations today invest in almost every significant sector in the Indian economy; this includes Infrastructure, energy, climate change, forestry, water management, education, health and agriculture. Reports from the Bank indicate that lending for the fiscal year ending June 2010 touched a record $ 9.3 billion. With a clever innovation from project to development policy lending the Bank has largely escaped political and civil society scrutiny in recent years, as it is has become more complicated to track the Banks footprints and demand accountability.

We feel that it is imperative that groups and individuals concerned about WB funding come together and share current information and analysis about the Bank, unravel its complexities, structure and mechanisms and understand the nuances so that we are better equipped to understand and campaign.
Keeping this objective in mind we have invited civil society organizations, people's movements and researchers to share information and bring together their knowledge for the benefit of other activists who are hitherto less engaged with Bank/IFI issues. The agenda is flexible and we hope that apart from formal presentations, informal exchanges among participants will result in a meaningful sharing of experiences and strategies.

For more information please find attached a background note and agenda.

This meeting is organised by Bank Information Centre (South Asia), Focus on the Global South and Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action (YUVA).

Please feel free to share this information with other relevant organisations and people. Do copy us when you do so.

Kindly confirm your participation by us the following details:

Name:
Organisation:
Area/sector of work:

Address:
Tel:
Mobile:
Email:

Would you require travel assistance (train sleeper tickets / bus)? Yes / No

For queries and confirmation, please write to: 'Anuradha Munshi – amunshi@bicusa.org

Once we hear from you, we will share more information and background reading materials.

Looking forward to hearing from you at the earliest.

Best regards,

Raju Bhise, Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action (YUVA)
Benny Kuruvilla, Focus on Global South
Anuradha Munshi and Joe Athialy, Bank Information Center

 

 

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Joe Athialy
South Asia Coordinator | Bank Information Center

Post Box No. 4659 | New Delhi - 110016

+91.9871153775 | jathialy [at] bicusa.org | www.bicusa.org

Bank Information Center (BIC) is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization that partners with civil society in developing and transition countries to influence the World Bank and other international financial institutions (IFIs) to promote social and economic justice and ecological sustainability.

 

 

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