Consultation on ADB financing
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 12 2018:
Centre for Research & Advocacy along with United Action Committee will organise a one-day consultation on the theme "Challenges of Asian Development Bank Financing in Manipur" on May 14 at Manipur Press Club.
According to a joint press release, the consultation is being organised in the context of increased involvement of Asian Development Bank in financing development process in the State, mainly infrastructure projects such as power sector reform, road building etc.
The involvement of ADB is also increasingly associated with multifaceted challenges ranging from controversies of undermining community rights relationship and rights over their land and concerns around inadequate rehabilitation and resettlement plans and the challenges associated with application of safeguard policies.
The consultation will reflect on the pattern and challenges of involvement of ADB in financing development processes in the State and discuss relevant implications, it added.