by Thalif Deen, 10 nJuly 2015, IPS | When the four-day-long international conference on Financing for Development (FfD) concludes in the Ethiopian capital later this week, one of the lingering questions in the minds of departing delegates may well be: did we really achieve anything concrete after years of negotiations?
As Oxfam International rightly points out, 2015 is a big year for major global conferences – on combating poverty, inequality, environmental degradation and climate change.
But in the first of these big conferences – in Addis Ababa, July 13-16 – decisions will be made about how money is delivered and spent by governments to tackle poverty and inequality.
One of the major sticking points during the negotiations in New York was the creation of a global tax body, including international tax reforms.
Civil Society Financing for Development (FfD) MECHANISM 