The World Bank in India: Undermining Sovereignty, Distorting Development

List of Tables, Figures and Boxes Preface About the Independent People's Tribunal on the World Bank Deepika D'Souza Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction World Bank Out of India Michele Kelley I: The World Bank's Role and Functioning 1. The Economic Aspects of World Bank Activities in India Arun Kumar 2. The Midwives of Corporate Totalitarianism? The Political Economy of the World Bank in Historical Perspective Aseem Shrivastava 3. The World Bank as a Knowledge Creator How the Bank Uses Flawed Processes to Generate Unsound Knowledge for Promoting Disastrous Policies Shripad Dharmadhikary 4. The Revolving Door of the World Bank Suborning Policy and Decision-makers by its Pocketbook Prashant Bhushan 5. The Changing Role of the World Bank in India Prabhat Patnaik II: Poverty and Employment 6. Poverty Persistence, Entry and Escape Aasha Kapur Mehta 7. Employment in the Time of Liberalisation Praveen Jha 8. The World Bank and Labour in India J. John and R. S. Tiwari 9. Microcredit Magic Bullet or Poison Pill? Kalyani Menon-Sen and Kalpana Kannabiran III: Undermining India's Sovereignty and Democratic Processes 10. Partners in the Erosion of Sovereignty Smitu Kothari and Benny Kuruvilla 11. Food Security, Good Governance and the Role of the State Harsh Mander 12. Governance and the Growth of the Black Economy Saumen Chattopadhyay 13. Delhi's Water Privatisation Plans Arvind Kejrival 14. How Transparent is the World Bank? Nikhil Dey 15. Mining and the World Bank Inspection Panel Tony Herbert 16. The Impacts of Hydropower and Failures of Redress Himanshu Thakkar IV: India's Agrarian and Food Security Crises 17. The World Bank and Indian Agriculture Bhaskar Goswani 18. The World Bank and its Impact on Food Security Utsa Patnaik 19. Financial Liberalisation and the Agrarian Crisis C. P. Chandrasekhar 20. The Exit from Agriculture Devinder Sharma 21. Targeting, Exclusion and Food BirajPatnaik 22. The Genetic Engineering of Crops Suman Sahai 23. The Privatisation of Seeds Afsar Jafri V: Corporate Greed and Common Goods 24. Electricity Sector Reform Sreekumar N. 25. The Privatisation of Water Shripad Dharmadhikary 26. The Neo-liberal Assault on India's Education System Anil Sadgopal 27. The World Bank and Health Imrana Qadeer, Sundari Ravindran and Bijoya Roy 28. Structural Adjustment in Karnataka State Vinay Baindur VI: Land Grabs and Displacement Struggles 29 The World Bank and Forests Ashok Chowdhary 30. History Repeating Itself The World Bank's Role in Global Tourism Development Ranjan Solomon and Vidya Rangan 31. Investment In, People Out The Renewal of Indian Cities Michele Kelley 32. The World Bank and Disaster Relief Vanessa Petersand R. M. Alvino VII: The World Bank and the Environment 33. The World Bank and Environmental Policy Reform Manju Menon and Kanchi Kohli 34. Poisoned Future Nityanand Jayaraman and Madhumita Dutta 35. The Carbon Trade and the Marketisation of Global Warming Praful Bidwai Conclusion The Findings of the Jury Appendices 1. ANote of Qualification Ramaswamy R. Iyer 2. Members of the Jury 3. About The World Bank Group in India