Development Finance Watch, Issue 77

Eurodad Newsletter July 07, 2011 - Issue# 77   European Network on Debt and Development DEVELOPMENT FINANCE WATCH

 

Top Story »   Four months until Busan aid forum and a long way from more effective aid Four months ahead of the Busan High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, the OECD has published the evaluation on the implementation of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. Findings indicate that progress has been unsatisfactory, and the draft outcome document from the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, does not provide a solution to overcome the implementation bottleneck.   read more     News» Public Private Partnerships: Fit for development? Public Private Partnerships are gaining prominence as a mechanism for development in the discussion on aid effectiveness and will feature significantly at the Busan High Level Forum on Aid. In Eurodad submission on PPPs we have identified several contentious issues with this modality and questioned their ability to be a productive and complementary development actor. read more     Report» Breaking new grounds: Creditor debt audit in Norway The Norwegian government is the first creditor country to commit to auditing the debts owed to the country. The audit, when implemented, will include assessing the legitimacy of the claims and has the potential to set a new precedence in the area of illegitimate debt and creditor responsibility globally.   read more     News» PRESS RELEASE: Giving human rights credit: EU countries agree to toughen scrutiny of export loans EU permanent representatives have today endorsed the European Parliament’s proposal to make national export credit agencies (ECAs) more accountable for the support they give companies doing business around the world.   read more   Blog» African countries to begin tax treaty discussions to help tackle big business tax dodging Tax justice campaigners are always pleased when companies find themselves in the headlines as a result of tax avoidance activities that we or others have uncovered. But it’s important to remember that the real purpose of our work is to achieve concrete reforms in support of tax justice for the poor in developing countries.   read more   Blog» The Netherlands supports Country-by-Country reporting As from this week the Dutch government can be added to the list of supporters of Country-by-Country reporting. Yesterday the Tweede Kamer (the Dutch parliament) adopted a motion urging the government to strive for Country-by-Country reporting to become the international norm.   read more

What's New   Issue #77   July 07, 2011 ACTION ALERT Say NO to the World Bank role in the Green Climate Fund! Send a letter to the Transitional Committee of the Green Climate Fund on the occasion of their meeting on 12 and 13 July, or join an email action urging members of the Committee not to give the World Bank a role in the Green Climate Fund! Join the call for stronger UN role on tax matters! Developing countries should have a stronger say in global tax matters, as they are the ones losing the most money through tax havens. Ask your government to push for a stronger role for the UN on tax issues!     FEATURED MEMBER Both ENDS supports organisations in developing countries to fight poverty and to work towards sustainable environmental management.     QUOTE OF THE WEEK “We need to address the issue of tax preferences given to MNEs in the mining sector. We cannot give out money with one hand and at the same time beg for money from donors” Representative of the Ghana Revenue Authority at the International Tax Compact meeting.   EURODAD IN ACTION Bodo Ellmers participated in the OECD Working Party on Aid Effectiveness plenary meetings in Paris.     MEDIA MENTIONS Eurodad was mentioned by RTL info on the export credit agencies.   NEW STAFF Alex Marriage will join Eurodad in July as an Advocacy and Outreach Assistant.   EVENTS What: Oxfam – ODI high level panel: "Budget Support - Good or bad for Development?" When: 13 July Where: Brussels, Belgium FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! 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

 

We encourage our readers to circulate this newsletter to interested colleagues. If you have problems downloading from the web and would like to receive mentioned documents as an e-mail attachment, please contact assistant@eurodad.org.   Eurodad’s articles are also available for re-use in other publications with reference to the original source. EURODAD is a non-profit organisation (ASBL/VZW) based in Belgium. For a list of EURODAD member groups across Europe, or to join, see: www.eurodad.org/members

powered by  subscribe unsubscribe forward update profile

This mailing system may only be used for sending permission based email. If you did not give permission to receive emails from this sender, please notify us. This email was sent to samjexx.splog@blogger.com by assistant@eurodad.org | Print / PDF version | Read our Privacy Policy.