The G20: perils and opportunities for developing countries, Ngaire Woods and Leonardo Martinez Diaz

zoeyoung — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:29:15 +0000

Ngaire Woods and Leonardo Martinez Diaz present the findings outlined in their new briefing drawing out specific lessons as to how emerging and developing countries might best use the new G20 Leaders group. This event, The G20: perils and opportunities for developing countries, was held on the 26th Nov 2009, from 13.00-14.30 at ODI's offices in London.

Sudan World Bank

ifitv-admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:24:51 +0000

VOA's Paul Ndiho reports on the controversy over the World Bank funds for projects in South Sudan.

World Bank consultation on enviroment strategy 2010: Session Recording

zoeyoung — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:07:38 +0000

Utrecht, 2 February 2010. Multistakeholder Consultation on the World Bank Group Environment Strategy 2010, hosted by ICCO. Full recording of the session:
1. Presentation of the World Bank Group concept note on 2010 Environment Strategy
2. Intervention by Paul Wolvekamp (Both ENDS) and Ekko van Ierland (Wageningen University)
3. Debate and conclusions

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Rick Rowden Presents New Book on IMF, Health, and AIDS - Part 1

ifitv-admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:23:39 +0000

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Who Owes Who

zoeyoung — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:06:00 +0000

Committee for the Integral Audit of Public Credit. Report of the event, part 1. Ecuador.

The Robin Hood Tax - A Good Idea

zoeyoung — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:32:31 +0000

Bill Nighy appears in a video backing a Robin Hood tax on banks to raise billions of pounds to fight poverty and climate change.

Idris Elbai: Drop Haiti's Debt

ifitv-admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:53:02 +0000

Idris Elbai has joined the Oxfam campaign calling on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to drop Haiti's Debt.

Political Cafe on the European Investment Bank

ifitv-admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:15:58 +0000

On the 20th of November 2009 the Dutch NGO Both ENDS organised a Political Cafe in The Hague. In the debate a diverse panel gave their opinion on investments made by the European Investment Bank. This bank invested in a hydro-power dam in Uganda and a paper pulp mill in Brazil. In Both cases the local population and the environment were severely damaged.

IMF at Davos Proposes another "Green Fund" for Climate Change Financing

zoeyoung — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:25:14 +0000

* Strauss-Kahn proposes “Green Fund” to help finance shift to low-carbon world
* Says IMF to release proposals in a few weeks
* Fund could be created partly through issuance of IMF’s special drawing rights (SDRs)

A History of Opposition to the World Bank

ifitv-admin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:48:40 +0000

Antonia Juhasc launches a book on the history of the World Bank and IMF at Cody's bookshop in San Francisco.