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International Monetary Fund - IMF
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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UN Conference on the world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development
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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Initiative for Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America - IIRSA
External debt
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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The global financial crisis: implications for the South
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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Financing for Development
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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To the governments and organizations gathered in Montreal on the situation in Haiti
Tue Jan 26 2010 - Source: La Via Campesina
A large group of organizations reject the militarization of Haiti, calling on governments and international organizations to immediately and unconditionally cancel the country’s external debt.
High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development
Wed Jan 20 2010 - Source: UN NGLS
NGO in consultative status with ECOSOC as well as those that were granted ad hoc accreditation to the International Conference on Financing for Development (ICFfD), its follow-up process and the Doha Review Conference are eligible to apply for this event, which takes place on 16-17 March 2010 at the UN Headquarters in New York.
Heads up on the World Bank and IMF annual meetings
Fri Oct 02 2009 - Source: Eurodad
Civil society groups are organising events from 2nd October until the 7th October. Some of these events will take place at the Civil Society Policy Forum organised at the premises of the official Bank and Fund meetings. Others will take place at the Bilgi University and other venues outside the Istanbul Congress Centre.
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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?
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