Issues & Convenors

The thematic, sectoral, and regional areas examined by the Tribunal—and the organizations who led each inquiry

The Tribunal was organized around three types of inquiry: Major Thematic Areas examining cross-cutting issues like governance, environment, and food sovereignty; Sectoral Issues focusing on specific domains such as water, health, education, and energy; and State & Regional Presentations documenting impacts in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Orissa, and the North East.

Each area was led by convenor organizations—grassroots movements, research groups, and civil society organizations with deep expertise. Their research and testimony formed the basis of the Jury's findings and were later compiled into the edited volume World Bank in India: Undermining Sovereignty, Distorting Development.

Thematic

Major Thematic Areas

Macro Economics

Convenor Arun Kumar, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Policy Coherence among IFIs, WTO & Bilateral Agencies

Convenor Asia Pacific Movement for Debt and Development

Private Sector Ownership of the Bank

Convenor Peace

Debt

Convenor Jubilee South

Governance, Democracy and Sovereignty

The Revolving Door

Convenor Prashant Bhushan

Judicial Reform

Convenor Alternative Law Forum

Accountability & Transparency

Convenors Parivartan · National Campaign for People's Right to Information

The World Bank as Knowledge Provider

Convenors Manthan Adhyayan Kendra · Subrata · Michael Goldman (University of Minnesota)

The Environment

Convenors Kalpavriksh Environment Action Group · Corporate Accountability Desk

Impact on Food Sovereignty

Forest and Tribal Communities

Convenors Gramin Mazdoor Union · Campaign for Survival and Dignity · National Committee for the Protection of Natural Resources (NCPNR)

Women and Microcredit

Convenors Kalyani Menon-Sen · Kalpana Kannabiran

The World Bank and the Exclusion of Dalits

Labour

Convenors Centre for Education and Communication · National Trade Union Initiative · All India Trade Union Congress · All India Bank Employees' Association
Sectoral

Sectoral Issues

Education

Convenors Common School System · Lok Sangharsh Morcha

Agriculture

Convenors Forum for Biotechnology and Food Security · Kisan Sangharsh Samiti

Mining

Convenors Jharkhand Mines Area Coordination Committee · Chotanagpur Adivasi Seva Samiti · Lok Shakti Abhiyan

Urban Poor and Urban Development

Convenors Narmada Bachao Andolan · National Alliance of People's Movement (NAPM) · Lokayan · Collaborative for the Advancement of Studies in Urbanism through Mixed Media (CASUMM)

Energy

Convenor Prayas Energy Group

Tourism

Convenors Alternatives · Equations, Bangalore

Post-Disaster Relief

Convenor Vanessa Peters

Toxic Materials in World Bank Projects

Regional

State & Regional Presentations

Karnataka

Convenors Urban Research Centre · Citizens Voluntary Initiative for the City (CIVIC) · Equations, Bangalore · Collaborative for the Advancement of Studies in Urbanism through Mixed Media (CASUMM)

Andhra Pradesh

Convenor Human Rights and Law Network

Gujarat

Orissa

North East India

Convenors Intercultural Resources · Arunachal Citizens' Rights

State Finances

Context

The Bank's Agenda & Functioning

History, Mandate and Agenda of the World Bank

The Changing Nature of the Bank's Engagement in India

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