Already at a meeting organized by urgewald in Berlin in 2017, parliamentarians discussed the pros and cons of Germany's entry into the AIIB - and wondered how much say they could have at all.

They are supposed to fight poverty - and often achieve the opposite. Why do multilateral banks like the AIIB or the World Bank so often invest in projects where people and the environment suffer? What do NGOs like urgewald do to prevent this? Our film takes a look behind the scenes.