Development Finance Watch, Issue 75

Eurodad Newsletter June 09, 2011 - Issue# 75   European Network on Debt and Development DEVELOPMENT FINANCE WATCH

 

Top Story »   PRESS RELEASE: IMF Managing Director – campaigners denounce Lagarde’s PR stunt and demand public debate Campaigners have demanded that prospective candidates for the next Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund debate each other in public forums.   read more     Report» Procurement, tied aid and country systems in Bolivia Bolivia’s  economic situation has improved a lot over the past four years and this has also made major increases in public expenditure possible. Bolivia is now able to shift from a policy of fiscal tightening to one of active investment, fostering development through the procurement system. read more     Report» Democratic Ownership beyond Busan: Building Inclusive Partnerships for Development This  cross-country synthesis report is the final outcome of a research and monitoring project on Democratic Ownership conducted by Alliance2015 in preparation for the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, to be held in Busan in 2011.   read more     Report» Challenging Self-Interest: Getting EU aid fit for the fight against poverty This is the sixth year that development NGOs from all 27 EU countries have come together through the AidWatch initiative to produce this report, under the umbrella of CONCORD.   read more Report» Growing a better future: Food justice in a resource-constrained world Eurodad member Oxfam has recently published a report “Growing a Better Future: Food justice in a resource-constrained world”, which outlines the basis for Oxfam’s new  GROW campaign. read more

What's New   Issue #75   June 09, 2011 ACTION ALERT Open letter to all Governors of the International Monetary Fund Send this letter to your finance ministers to call for a fair appointment of the IMF managing director!   FEATURED MEMBER One is a grassroots advocacy and campaigning organization that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa.   QUOTE OF THE WEEK “We need to reclaim the state as a development institution, not simply as an assistant in the development process.” Justin Fong, Moving Mountains at the Eurodad International Conference in Rome.   EURODAD IN ACTION Øygunn Brynildsen spoke at the Debt Management Facility Stakeholders Forum 2011 in Bern, organised by the World Bank and Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs. Bodo Ellmers spoke at the conference on “Aid Effectiveness for Health. Towards the fourth high-Level Forum in Busan”  on June 7 in Madrid.      FACTS AND FIGURES “The EU has fallen far short of its collective 0.56% goal for 2010, with the gap amounting to nearly €15 billion.” AidWatch Report 2011   MEDIA MENTIONS Eurodad was mentioned in...   This is Money on the mining company Mopani dodging taxes in Zambia.   GFS News and Terra on choosing a new head of the IMF.   African Manager on debt related issues.   EVENTS What: Eurodad and Institute of Global Responsibility Aid Effectiveness Seminar When: Monday, June 13 Where: Warsaw, Poland     JOB VACANCIES Eurodad is looking for an Advocacy and Otureach Assistant, Brussels, Belgium FOLLOW US ON TWITTER!   FYI Read the PDF version of this Newsletter. If you have feedback on articles, suggestions of content for future issues or other thoughts, please write to: assistant@eurodad.org

 

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