Monday, 25 June 2018

People's Convention on Infrastructure Financing - AIIB Annual Meeting

People's Convention on Infrastructure Financing - A response to AIIB Annual Meeting, Mumbai, India:
Had dialogues on impacts of financial bodies on people's lives and development, exposing the negative aspect of development finance with participation by 150 civil society organisations on 21st to 23rd June.
Different parallel workshops were held on Public Accountability, Gender Impact on IFI projects, Smart cities & Mega Infrastructure projects, Water for life- not profits, Energy Access role of IFIs, Industrial Corridor in India, challenging Legal Immunity granted to IFIs..
The 3rd AGM of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will be held on 25-26 June at Mumbai with the theme 'Mobilising Finance for Infrastructure: Innovation and Colloboration'.

Above and below photos from PSI South Asia Sub Regional Secretary  Raman Kannan 
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=raman%20kannan

For those wanting more advice on the role of the AIIB , please see 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Infrastructure_Investment_Bank#Governance 
Which provides for the following introduction "ThAsian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank that aims to support the building of infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region. The bank currently has 64 member states while another 22 are prospective members for a total of 86 approved members and was proposed as an initiative by the government of China











https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Infrastructure_Investment_Bank#Governance




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