the trap of ease of doing business ranking · bullet train: propelling public debt in india...
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Date: 16 June 2018 at 2:29 PMTo: [email protected]
Why Should We Care About Development Finance? ...because it's our money! Volume 1, Issue 49, June 15, 2018
The Trap of Ease of Doing Business RankingEven though there is a growing understanding of the influential role of Doing Business Report,there is a need to connect and attribute the changes to which people are fighting on the ground.The influences made by IFIs through the Ease of Doing Business have huge bearing on thechanges in the policy frameworks whether it is on Forest Rights Act, which the forest dwellingcommunities are fighting or the entry of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail which amongother the hawkers are resisting, or the changes in urban construction norms which are beingchallenged by urban groups. The same is the case with various banking sector reforms andinsolvency processes or the changes in labour regulations directly affecting the safety andrights of the people working in the factories. Read more...
Blue Economy, ItsImpact on the CoastalEconomy, and the Roleof IFIsSiddharth Chakravarty of TheResearch Collective explains theBlue Economy, its impact on thecoastal economy, and the role ofinternational financial institutionsin pushing this project. Watchhere...
Bullet Train: PropellingPublic Debt in IndiaKrishnakant of the ParyavaranSurakhsha Samiti, Gujarat on therationale of the proposed bullettrain between Mumbai andAhmedabad. Watch here...
Smart Cities and UrbanGovernanceGaurav Dwivedi explains how theSmart Cities would be funded andimplemented, and how the projectwould impact the functioning of theUrban Local Bodies. Watch here...
Centre for Financial Accountability, New Delhiwww.cenfa.org
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