Economy and Financial Affairs
- Fri Oct 10 2008
Preparations for the Week of Global Action Against Debt and IFIs
Global hunger and the growing impact of climate change are dramatic symptoms of the persistent problem of debt domination. In this sense, the second edition of the Week of Action will place special attention to the following demands: Food and financial sovereignty and climate and economic justice.
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Economy and Financial Affairs
- Wed Oct 08 2008
Casino Crash: Critical radical thinking on the financial crisis
TNI has launched a new blog "Casino Crash" to provide a space for critical analysis of the financial crisis. The blog hopes to answer some of the core questions about the global financial crisis.
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Economy and Financial Affairs
- Mon Oct 06 2008
Financial crisis: IMF chases its own tail
As global finance dries up, economic markets crash and banks go bust, criticisms mount of the IMF and its inability to convince its largest members to better regulate the financial sector or curb speculation.
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Economy and Financial Affairs
- Sun Oct 05 2008
Joint Bretton Woods Project Update Nº62
BWP launched a special edition of its Update for the IMF/WB Annual Meetings co-produced with Afrodad, the Bank Information Center, Choike, and Eurodad.
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Economy and Financial Affairs
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The time for change has come
Resolving the financial crisis must go hand in hand with concerted international action to stimulate jobs and growth so that the imminent danger of world recession is averted, and economies are launched on paths of just and sustainable development said the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).
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Social Development
/Economy and Financial Affairs
- Mon Sep 29 2008
Aid Effectiveness and the Forums in Accra
Three Forums on the issue of aid effectiveness were held in Accra, the capital of Ghana, from August 30 to September 4 2008.
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Economy and Financial Affairs
- Fri Sep 26 2008
Report on external debt reveals that its objective was to benefit financial sector and transnationals
The Comprehensive Public Credit Audit Commission presented its Final Report to the president Rafael Correa, in which it concludes that the process of indebtedness in Ecuador took place to the benefit of the financial sector and transnational corporations, affecting visibly the interests of the State.
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Economy and Financial Affairs
- Fri Sep 26 2008
Friends of the Earth opposes Bush’s blank-check bailout
Government response to financial crisis must include fundamental structural reforms; oversight, re-regulation, and means of returning lost revenue to treasury are needed.
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Indigenous Peoples
/Economy and Financial Affairs
/Sustainable Development
- Mon Sep 22 2008
World Bank excludes indigenous peoples from climate change discussions
Amazonian civil society organizations demand that the World Bank adhere to international standards by increasing the participation of indigenous peoples in meetings on forests and climate change.
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Social Development
/Economy and Financial Affairs
- Mon Sep 22 2008
Poverty is not decreasing as the World Bank claims
On the eve of a UN presidential meeting on poverty reduction the mainstream consensus that globalization is reducing poverty around the world was challenged today by Social Watch, a network of 400 civil society organizations in 70 countries. The World Bank latest estimates, announced last August, claim that extreme poverty has been reduced by half in the last 25 years and that therefore the internationally agreed goals for 2015 can be met.
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