While the political agenda at the IMF is shifting back to mandate and governance reform, there are growing calls that the Fund needs to fundamentally rethink the monetary and fiscal policies it demands of borrowers if the institution is to retain legitimacy and renew its mandate.
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The food, environmental and economic crises have challenged civil society organizations and the communities they serve. A broad-based survey, financially supported by the UN, measured the impact of the crises on the operating capacity of CSOs around the world and their expectations as they look ahead.
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There is no doubt that the recent natural disaster has lead to considerable and unforeseeable material and human damage. Emergency aid is therefore needed and everyone can agree on this point. However, this earthquake was not the root cause of poverty and squalor. This country needs to be re-built because it has been stripped of its means to rebuild itself. Haiti is neither a free nor a sovereign country.
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On 19 June 2009, the International Labour Conference, with the participation of Government, Employers’ and Workers’ delegates from the ILO’s member States, unanimously adopted “Recovering from the crisis: A Global Jobs Pact”, a global policy instrument addressing the social and employment impact of the international financial and economic crisis. It promotes a productive recovery centred on investments, employment and social protection.
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This publication from WIDE reviews the current debates about development, as well as the background for this new aid architecture, and analyses the international frameworks for financing for development and women rights, as well as governments´ commitments for resources. It also summarises and analyses all the contributions to the aid effectiveness agenda from a gender perspective.
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