United Nations, New York City – Members and experts from the Civil Society Financing for Development Group release statements at the conclusion of the 2018 Financing for Development Forum. Commenting on forum discussions around debt relief processes for Caribbean and small islands, Eric LeCompte, Executive Director of Jubilee USA, said: “During the Financing for Development Forum we saw growing…
April 26, 2018–1:15pm | Conference Room A | UNHQ, New York Dowload flyer The Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA) has defined the follow-up process for the Financing for Development process as well as the means of implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This includes assessing progress, obstacles, challenges as well as new and…
Time: 8 – 9.30 am, Place: CR-7, UNHQ, New York, Date: April 25, 2018 Download Flyer Organised by the CS FfD Group (including the Women’s WG on FfD); Facilitating organizations: SID, TWN and OWINFS The recent years have seen some major game changers in international trade policymaking. While for some time trade policy-making has become…
Financing for Gender Equity: Challenges and Solutions 10 Years After the Financial Crisis April 25th | H 6:30 – 8PM | Conference Room A (A UN pass is necessary to attend this event) Co-sponsors: Civil Society Financing for Development Group, including the Women’s Working Group on FfD, and the Feminist UN Campaign Co-organizers: Feminist Task Force,…
Last October, more than 150 organisations signed a PPP Global Campaign Manifesto, expressing our alarm at the increasing use of PPPs to deliver infrastructure projects and public services around the world, and in particular the World Bank’s role in promoting these contracts. Our combined evidence shows that the experience of PPPs has been negative, and…
Moves towards the greater involvement of the private sector in Official Development Assistance (ODA, or “aid”) could have a negative impact on the quality and quantity of development aid. This paper sets out Eurodad’s concerns with the direction taken by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) towards encouraging the use of Private Sector Instruments (PSIs),…
The latest scandal about offshore tax avoidance has prompted debate about whether these activities are legal or illegal. From a human rights perspective, it is abusive behaviour The article is authored by Matti Kohonen, Principal Advisor – Private Sector, Christian Aid, United Kingdom and first published by Lawyers for Better Business website The lawfirm Appleby,…
