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The Doha Non-governmental organization Group on Financing for Development (DNG) is an international coalition of civil society organizations serving as the NGO facilitating body to the official UN Financing for Development (FfD) process and engaged in the monitoring of the various agenda items of the Monterrey Consensus.
INSouth embodies an understanding, from a South perspective, of the new and emerging issues in the international arena, and the challenges and opportunities they pose for the South.
NGO sites
International Labour Resource and Information Group (ILRIG)
ILRIG aims to participate in building the capacity of South African trade unions and other community-based organizations to respond to the challenges of globalization.
Jubilee South
International Peoples' Tribunal on the Debt.
LOKOJ Bangladesh
Research and action oriented organization working on globalization, ecological justice and human rights/responsibities issues. It is based in Dhaka, with national coverage and international collaborations.
Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit (NEPRU)
Institute for economic research in Namibia.
National Coalition Against Privatisation of Water
It is a broad based coalition of individuals and civil society organizations, such as trade unions, gender rights groups, students, residents and community associations, religious bodies and service delivery - advocacy non-governmental organizations. Ghana.
National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)
NCAER is committed to assist government, civil society and the private sector to make informed policy choices. The Council encourages research on Indian themes using Indian data. NCAER is dedicated to the goal of connectivity and seeks to establish interlinkages with research institutions interested in the areas of industry and infrastructure development, macroeconomic analysis and human development. India.
NGO Forum on ADB
An Asian-led network of non-government and community-based organizations that support each other to amplify their positions on Asian Development Bank's policies, programs, and projects affecting life forms, resources, constituents - the local communities.
NGO Forum on Cambodia
The Forum consists of over sixty organisations and advocates on issues of concern to the Cambodian people: economic and social justice; respect for human rights and democracy; peace and non-violence; sustainable use of resources; respect for cultural diversity; and development with equity.
Southern African People's Solidarity Network
Newsletter on debt, structural adjustment and globalisation. South Africa.
Southern African People's Solidarity Network (SAPSN)
A network on debt, structural adjustment and globalisation.
Third World Network (TWN)
International network of organizations and individuals involved in issues relating to development, the Third World and North-South issues.
Third World Network Africa (TWN Africa)
African Secretariat of the Third World Network that carries out Research and Advocacy on issues of social and economic policy that advances the needs and interests of peoples of African and other third world countries (especially marginalized social groups), a fair distribution of world's resources, and forms of development which are sustainable and fulfil human needs.
Uganda Debt Network (UDN)
UDN is an advocacy and lobbying coalition of Uganda NGOs, institutions and individuals. The network advocates for reduced sustainable debt levels, accountability and effective use of national resources for the benefit of all the people of Uganda.
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NEWS
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Vain and void, neither G8 nor G20!
Thu Jul 01 2010 - Source: ALAI
As at previous meetings, the Toronto summit of the exclusive G20 club to which the world’s richest countries invited the heads of state of the major emerging countries once again raised great expectations only to conclude with an empty bubble. As in previous meetings since 2008 discussions focused on a way out of the crisis that favours creditors and great powers.
Smaller nations fear marginalisation by elite G20
Mon Jun 21 2010 - Source: IPS
The 27-member Global Governance Group (3G) is challenging the politically and economically powerful G20 not to marginalise the interests of small and medium-sized countries or undermine the United Nations in key decision-making.
Development aid: Robbing the poor to feed the rich
Thu Jun 10 2010 - Source: Pambazuka
In producing often 'negative resource transfers' (from developing to developed countries), development aid and official development assistance (ODA) essentially remain an exercise in taking money from poor countries for the purpose of enriching wealthier ones, writes Charles Abugre.

 
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  Conditionality in World Bank crisis-lending to Ghana
A new briefing by Eurodad concludes that many of the World Bank’s conditions impede on Ghana’s sovereign right to decide independently on appropriate measures to recover from the global crisis and to boost long term sustainable development. If the Bank is committed to improving developing countries’ ownership over their development pathways, its practices need to be aligned to its promises allowing developing countries their legitimate right to decide on their future.
Fuente: Eurodad

UN Conference on the world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development The global financial crisis: implications for the South Gender in economics The Bank of the South: An alternative to the IFIs?
Financing for Development Initiative for Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America - IIRSA External debt The G8 Summit 2005
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