A new wave of debt crises is hitting developing countries, but governments have ignored the calls for action. After the first CSO Debt Workout organised at this year’s FfD Forum, the CSO FfD group helped organise another CSO Debt Workout on the sidelines of this year’s HLPF, to wake governments up and call for a Global…
FfD Forum 2019 Statement to Panel E: “Debt sustainability and systemic issues” on behalf of Civil Society FfD Group (including the Women’s Working Group on FfD) Delivered by Miriam Brett, Bretton Woods Project 18 April 2019 The crisis of multilateralism has been shaped by wider discontent with status quo of international financial institutions – A…
FfD Forum 2019 Statement to Panel E: “Debt sustainability and systemic issues” on behalf of Civil Society FfD Group (including the Women’s Working Group on FfD) Delivered by Jurgen Kaiser, Jubilee Germany 18 April 2019 We are discussing the next sovereign debt crisis, as if it were inevitably coming our way. However, it is not.…
FfD Forum 2019 Statement to Panel E: “Debt sustainability and systemic issues” on behalf of Civil Society FfD Group (including the Women’s Working Group on FfD) Delivered by Heron Belfon, Jubilee Caribbean 18 April 2019 Thank you, chair As a global Jubilee Debt Movement we have learnt from the catastrophic debt crisis of the 1980s…
FfD Forum 2019 Statement to Panel E: “Debt sustainability and systemic issues” on behalf of Civil Society FfD Group (including the Women’s Working Group on FfD) Delivered by Eric LeCompte, Jubilee USA Network 18 April 2019 Thank-you Mr. Chair. Today I speak on behalf of Jubilee USA, a coalition of more than 700 faith communities…
FfD Forum 2019 Statement to Panel D: “Trade, science, technology, innovation and capacity building” on behalf of Civil Society FfD Group (including the Women’s Working Group on FfD) Delivered by Ranja Sengupta, Third World Network 18 April 2019 Thank you Moderator. I am Ranja Sengupta from Third World Network, also part of the CSO FFD…
FfD Forum 2019 Statement to Panel D: “Trade, science, technology, innovation and capacity building” on behalf of Civil Society FfD Group (including the Women’s Working Group on FfD) Delivered by Elenita Daño, Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration (ETC Group) 18 April 2019 Digital Economy will change Trade in various ways and different scales…
FfD Forum 2019 Statement to Panel D: “Trade, science, technology, innovation and capacity building” on behalf of Civil Society FfD Group (including the Women’s Working Group on FfD) Delivered by David Boys, Public Services International 18 April 2019 David Boys, Speaking on behalf of CSO FFD group, Major group workers and trade unions, Public Services…
FfD Forum 2019 Statement to Panel C: “International Development Cooperation” on behalf of Civil Society FfD Group (including the Women’s Working Group on FfD) Delivered by Jennifer del Rosario-Malonzo, IBON International 17 April 2019 Thank you, madame moderator. I’m Jennifer del Rosario-Malonzo, speaking on behalf of IBON International and as part of the Civil Society…
FfD Forum 2019 Statement to Panel B: “Domestic and international private business and finance” on behalf of Civil Society FfD Group (including the Women’s Working Group on FfD) Delivered by Ana María Suárez Franco, FIAN International 17 April 2019 I speak on behalf of the Civil Society FFD Group and FIAN International, member of the…
FfD Forum 2019 Statement to Panel A: “Domestic public resources” on behalf of Civil Society FfD Group (including the Women’s Working Group on FfD) Delivered by Misun Woo, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development 17 April 2019 Thank you chair for the opportunity. My name is Misun Woo from Asia Pacific Forum on…
FfD Forum 2019 Statement to Panel A: “Domestic public resources” on behalf of Civil Society FfD Group (including the Women’s Working Group on FfD) Delivered by Mr. Jason Braganza, Tax Justice Network-Africa 17 April 2019 The President of ECOSOC, Country delegations, Madam moderator, distinguishes guests, all protocols observed. I take this opportunity to speak on…
