The UN is inviting organizations to take part in a survey on the current situation that local, national and international civil society organizations (CSOs) are facing as a result of the global economic and environmental crises.

BWP launched a special edition of its Update for the IMF/WB Annual Meetings (Istanbul, October 6-7) co-produced with Afrodad, Bank Information Center, Choike, and Eurodad.

At an event in Pittsburgh organized by a coalition of several non-profit organizations and social movement groups, Stiglitz spoke to an audience of several hundred on the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, assessing what the G20 has achieved so far and where it has fallen short.

Every one of these 'G' meetings becomes now an occasion for the developing countries - say the emerging economies - to turn that extra energy into a louder voice in the business of global decision-taking.

The state is back; neo-liberal policies have failed; and the liberalisation of trade should be halted. These are some of the findings and recommendations from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for the poorest countries, most of which are in Africa.

In June, the World Bank announced record levels of lending with much of the funding for infrastructure projects, where the Bank's record has been particularly controversial.

There are indications that this G8 is, and has to be, more than a platform where a few big guys are working themselves into the elite against the rest. "Because there are more poor people in the G5 than in all the other poor countries put together."

Nick Buxton covered the June 24-26 United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development for the Guardian.

Trade unions and civil society organizations have demanded that India take a firm stand by urging for replacing the ailing global financial architecture by a new one embodying principles of economic justice and equitable development.

Members of the Our World is not for Sale Network (OWINFS) responded to the final UN document, approved today in the UN High Level conference of the global economic crisis.