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11 March 2010: - Financial architecture - Capital FlightNew Eurodad briefing: EU derivatives regulation: Too little too late?
11 March 2010: - Financial architecture - Capital Flight - Aid accounting - International Financial InstitutionsBig push in Europe for the Financial Transaction Tax
11 March 2010: - Multilateral debtNew analysis on debt in Latin America
10 March 2010: - Capital FlightThe European Parliament Condemns Tax Havens and Urges the European Union to Fight Capital Flight
09 March 2010: - Aid effectivenessThe role of parliamentarians in the changing aid architecture - focus on South-South Cooperation
25 February 2010: - Capital FlightFrance publishes list of tax havens: France is missing the point, says CCFD-Terre Solidaire
25 February 2010: - Poverty analysis and strategiesChildren and economic growth
22 February 2010: - Aid effectiveness - International Financial InstitutionsWorld Bank fails to assess the impacts of their advice on the poor
18 February 2010: - Capital FlightResearch shows poor countries make huge losses due to tax evasion by multinational companies
18 February 2010: - International Financial Institutions - ConditionalityWhen facts change, I change my mind. What will you do, IMF?
17 February 2010: - Aid effectiveness - Aid accountingMissing the targets: EU aid falls short of promises
10 February 2010: - Aid effectiveness - Aid accounting - GovernanceUntying aid: Formal progress but flows still sideline developing countries
04 February 2010: - Multilateral debtHaiti’s debt burden- the real story
01 February 2010: - International Financial InstitutionsDo we need another multilateral development bank controlled by Europe?
29 January 2010: - Aid accounting0.7%: The race for new aid legislation is on in the UK and elsewhere in Europe
28 January 2010: - Capital FlightNew European Parliament resolution calls on the European Union to tackle capital flight and tax havens.
28 January 2010: - Aid accountingEuropean aid in danger of missing 2010 targets
28 January 2010: - Capital FlightAustria and Luxembourg block progress on EU fight against tax evasion
28 January 2010: - Capital FlightUN tax committee suggests measures to curb capital flight from developing countries
22 January 2010: - Capital FlightCivil society urges the OECD to develop a political agenda on tax justice and development
21 January 2010: - Illegitimate debtBolivian MPs recommend setting up an external debt audit commission
18 January 2010: - Capital FlightEurodad signs New Haven declaration on human rights and financial integrity
18 January 2010: - Capital FlightEurodad joins task force on financial integrity and economic development
18 January 2010: - Multilateral debtHaiti: Eurodad and Jubilee Debt Campaign call for large assistance grants and full debt cancellation
18 January 2010: - Multilateral debtPress release: Debt Movement calls for a total cancellation of Haiti's debt
14 January 2010: - Illegitimate debtThe need for a fair international debt work-out mechanism grows stronger as vultures gather over Argentina
14 January 2010: - International Financial InstitutionsThe climate summit fails to deliver for the world’s poor
08 January 2010: - GovernanceThe Spanish EU presidency: Opportunities in development finance
06 January 2010: - Illegitimate debtAnti-poverty campaigners call for independent arbitration in Icesave dispute
17 December 2009: - Debt sustainabilityBetween a Rock and a Hard Place: Debt Distress vs. Debt “Sustainability”
17 December 2009: - Capital FlightThe European Parliament and the European Commission put tax on the development agenda
16 December 2009: Eurodad participates at an UNCTAD meeting to discuss the 2010 report on Least Developed Countries
16 December 2009: - Financial architectureEurodad's recommendations for the new European Parliament
14 December 2009: - International Financial InstitutionsDon't bank on it! Challenging the World Bank's role in future climate finance
10 December 2009: - International Financial InstitutionsIrish justice campaigners say: The IMF is naughty not nice!
08 December 2009: - Capital FlightIs the International Finance Corporation supporting tax-evading companies?
08 December 2009: - Illegitimate debtUN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen: Eurodad’s members call for a fair deal on climate financing for developing countries
03 December 2009: Reform of the Spanish Export Credit Agency will create more Southern debt
03 December 2009: Accra Agenda for Action: OECD Working Party takes stock on implementation
03 December 2009: Intermón Oxfam calls on the Spanish EU presidency for concrete measures on tax justice
02 December 2009: - Aid accountingEU Development Council backtracks on development commitments
26 November 2009: Liberia sued by Vulture Funds in London
19 November 2009: - International Financial InstitutionsWhat IMF-advised “social welfare reforms” in Mongolia could mean for the country's poor
19 November 2009: Zimbabwe Europe Network (ZEN), ZIMCODD and EURODAD call for new approach to Zimbabwe’s debt
19 November 2009: Illegitimate debt and responsible financing on the UN agenda
19 November 2009: The UN Development Cooperation Forum debates mutual accountability
18 November 2009: European development Finance and the upcoming EU presidencies: What issues What opportunities
17 November 2009: Legal Case Studies on Illegitimate Debt: New Publication by Aktion Finanzplatz Schweiz
12 November 2009: - Illegitimate debtDeveloping nations unite around justice in Barcelona talks
04 November 2009: - Illegitimate debtNew report by UN Special Rapporteur on debt issues
04 November 2009: New financial secrecy index turns OECD list upside down
04 November 2009: - Aid effectiveness - Aid accounting - GovernanceThe price of fragmentation – New European Commission report unveils the costs of aid ineffectiveness
04 November 2009: Time for a Global Fund for Health? The IMF will have to get out of the way first…
04 November 2009: What’s missing in the response to the global financial crisis? Rethinking the global financial system during a time of crisis
21 October 2009: - Financial architecture - Aid accounting - Poverty analysis and strategies - Capital FlightNew reports assess EU policy coherence for development
19 October 2009: - Financial architecture - International Financial InstitutionsSouth American countries sign Banco del Sur agreement
19 October 2009: - Illegitimate debtWipe out illegitimate debt says new report
07 October 2009: - International Financial InstitutionsCSOs discuss climate finance in Bangkok
07 October 2009: - International Financial Institutions - Debt sustainability - Multilateral debt - Capital Flight - Financial architectureBank Fund Istanbul annual meetings discuss governance, conditionality, tax and debt
05 October 2009: - International Financial InstitutionsDoing a Decent Job? New Report on the IMF shows a Leopard cannot change its spots
03 October 2009: - International Financial Institutions - Capital Flight - Financial architecture - Aid effectivenessG20 remains vague on crisis social impact measures
29 September 2009: - International Financial InstitutionsHeads up on the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings
29 September 2009: - Financial architecture - International Financial InstitutionsG20 prioritised over G8: any change for Europe, developing countries?
23 September 2009: - International Financial InstitutionsG24 Policy Brief: IMF emergency loans for low-income countries
23 September 2009: - International Financial InstitutionsIMF advice paradox: increase social spending, but contain deficits
22 September 2009: - Multilateral debt - Debt sustainabilityNeeded flexibility or seeds of new crisis?
22 September 2009: - Debt sustainability - Multilateral debtReview of the DSF: Bank & Fund Declare Countries can Borrow More
16 September 2009: - Financial architecture - International Financial Institutions - Capital FlightEU position for G20 summit reveals limited ambitions
16 September 2009: - Financial architecture - Aid accounting - International Financial Institutions - Capital FlightFrom London to Pittsburgh: assessing G20 action for developing countries
14 September 2009: - Financial architecture - International Financial Institutions - Capital FlightEurodad and member resources on the financial crisis and development
10 September 2009: - International Financial InstitutionsEuropean NGOs meet to prepare for the World Bank and IMF meetings in Istanbul
08 September 2009: - Financial architecture - International Financial InstitutionsEuropean Parliament discusses developing country crisis impacts and responses
27 August 2009: - Capital Flight - International Financial InstitutionsEuropean Investment Bank updates tax evasion policies in response to NGO pressure
07 August 2009: - International Financial InstitutionsIMF financial package for low-income countries: Much ado about nothing?
28 July 2009: - International Financial InstitutionsWorld Bank voice and representation: the moment of truth?
23 July 2009: - Capital FlightNew report calls on Norway to set up fight against tax havens
15 July 2009: - Financial architecture - International Financial Institutions - Aid effectivenessDevelopment policy priorities for the Swedish EU Presidency
15 July 2009: - Financial architectureNorway’s Pension Fund: Is Norway a Responsible Lender? A new critical report by SLUG
13 July 2009: - Capital Flight - Aid accounting - International Financial Institutions - Debt sustainabilityThe 2009 G8: what has been achieved on development and finance?
08 July 2009: - Illegitimate debt - Debt sustainabilityFresh call for Zimbabwe’s debt cancellation
08 July 2009: - International Financial InstitutionsImplementing the G20 deal on IMF drawing rights and gold sales
02 July 2009: - Multilateral debt - Illegitimate debt - Bilateral debtHaiti gets $1.2 billion debt cancellation after long wait
26 June 2009: - Capital FlightThe UK supports Country by Country reporting standards and publishes study minimising transfer mispricing impacts on development
26 June 2009: - Financial architecture - Multilateral debt - Illegitimate debt - Private debt - International Financial Institutions - Debt sustainability - Capital Flight - Aid effectivenessBeyond the crisis: renewing finance, demanding economic justice
26 June 2009: - International Financial InstitutionsThe UN conference on the financial crisis and development: outcomes and follow-up prospects
25 June 2009: - Financial architecture - Multilateral debt - Bilateral debt - Debt sustainabilityNew phase of debt crisis for HIPC countries prompts calls for a fair and transparent debt work-out mechanism
25 June 2009: - International Financial InstitutionsFinancial crisis: European countries block reform at the UN
22 June 2009: - International Financial InstitutionsCrucial week for UN discussions on the financial crisis and development
12 June 2009: - International Financial InstitutionsEuropeans not keen on far-reaching reforms at the UN conference
10 June 2009: - Aid effectivenessThe meeting of the Leading Group on Solidarity Levies fails to deliver genuinely innovative and pro-development proposals
28 May 2009: - Financial architectureUN crisis conference postponed, outcome may lead to institutional reforms
19 May 2009: - Aid effectivenessEuropean Council: disappointing conclusion on development finance
19 May 2009: - International Financial Institutions - Aid effectiveness - Financial architectureEurodad gives insights at UNCTAD financial crisis symposium
14 May 2009: - GovernanceFrench and Swiss progress on stolen assets recovery
14 May 2009: - Financial architectureGaping holes limit proposed “whole of the Union” ODA plus approach
11 May 2009: - International Financial InstitutionsIMF gold sales: how much for low-income countries?
11 May 2009: - Financial architectureUN Conference on financial crisis at risk of being dismissed
30 April 2009: - Financial architectureEuropean Parliament resolution on G20 conclusions
30 April 2009: - International Financial Institutions - Debt sustainability - Capital FlightWorld Bank U-turn on investment signals labour standards and tax breakthrough
27 April 2009: - Conditionality - International Financial InstitutionsFinance ministers in Washington fail to deliver on G20 promises
21 April 2009: - Aid effectivenessIMF emergency loans: Greater flexibility to overcome the crisis?
21 April 2009: - Financial architectureNot much on offer for poor countries to counter the crisis
16 April 2009: - Financial architecture - Capital FlightThe empty OECD black list: Where did all tax havens go?
15 April 2009: - International Financial InstitutionsHeads-up on the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings
15 April 2009: - International Financial InstitutionsCrisis response funding for impoverished countries: Fresh and unconditional money required
10 April 2009: - International Financial Institutions - Aid effectiveness - Aid accounting - Capital FlightCoping with the crisis: the EC's report on EU development finance
02 April 2009: - Financial architecture - Aid accounting - International Financial Institutions - Capital FlightG20 communiqué: some progress on governance and finance, but a long way to go
01 April 2009: - Aid accounting - Aid effectiveness - International Financial Institutions - Financial architectureLow-income countries likely to be short-changed by G20 London summit
30 March 2009: - Aid effectivenessNew statistics show considerable increase in 2008 development assistance, but outlook is bleak
27 March 2009: - ConditionalityPartial victory: the IMF abolishes one conditionality type
24 March 2009: - International Financial InstitutionsEuropean NGOs meet the EU World Bank Executive Directors in Brussels
19 March 2009: - Financial architectureSecrecy jurisdictions under pre-G20 summit pressure
18 March 2009: - Aid effectivenessFrom opportunity to vulnerability; liberalisation reassessed, but with what result?
18 March 2009: - Aid effectivenessPress Release: EU risks turning a blind eye to the world’s poor
13 March 2009: - International Financial Institutions - Illegitimate debt - Debt sustainability - Financial architecture - Private debt - ConditionalityEU crisis response plan for development revealed ahead of key summits
12 March 2009: - Financial architectureJersey meeting and protest expose ‘offshore’ finance problems
09 March 2009: - International Financial InstitutionsEuropean NGOs launched a position paper on the financial crisis and capital flight, debt and IFIs
05 March 2009: - Capital FlightMomentum building fast for reform of tax havens, offshore banks
04 March 2009: - Aid effectivenessEurope to the rescue for development? Expectations revised downwards
19 February 2009: - International Financial InstitutionsParliamentarians get to grip with financial crisis response
19 February 2009: - International Financial InstitutionsEuropean meeting on financial and climate crises and international financial institutions advocacy
19 February 2009: - Aid accounting - Bilateral debtForum Syd and others urge Swedish government to take responsibility for Liberia’s debt
17 February 2009: - Multilateral debt - Illegitimate debt - Capital FlightFormer dictator’s funds to be returned to the people of Haiti
05 February 2009: - International Financial Institutions - Financial architecture - Capital FlightWorld Social Forum participants call for a new financial system that puts people first
05 February 2009: - Bilateral debtLess and worse aid? Financial crisis shows first impacts on European aid budgets
05 February 2009: - Aid accounting - Capital Flight - Multilateral debtDevelopment ministers discuss possible EU support plan for developing countries
04 February 2009: - Capital Flight - Financial architectureEuropean Union considers initiatives in response to financial crisis
03 February 2009: - Illegitimate debt - Multilateral debtHarvard conference considers odious debt proposals
22 January 2009: - Capital Flight - Financial architectureThe UN discusses implications of the financial crisis for development and the international financial system
22 January 2009: - International Financial Institutions - Financial architectureReport back from the European cross network meeting on the financial crisis
22 January 2009: - International Financial InstitutionsG20 asks too much of the IMF
22 January 2009: - Aid effectivenessJakarta Commitment: Indonesia and development partners sign agreement to increase aid effectiveness
22 January 2009: - International Financial Institutions - Poverty analysis and strategiesMore questions than answers emerge from global climate talks
21 January 2009: - Bilateral debt - Multilateral debtInstitutional arrangements to deal with sovereign debt: did the Doha FFD Review make any progress?
09 January 2009: - Capital Flight - Financial architectureEuropean civil society organises in response to the global financial crisis
08 January 2009: - Aid effectivenessAid reform advocates urge new U.S. administration to act
11 December 2008: - International Financial Institutions - International Financial InstitutionsDoha disappointment: governments fail to deliver a good outcome on development finance
11 December 2008: - Aid effectiveness - Aid accountingEurodad analysis of the Doha UN Financing for Development Outcome Document
11 December 2008: - Governance - International Financial InstitutionsInternational climate negotiations in Poznan: World Bank role challenged
02 December 2008: - Poverty analysis and strategies - Debt sustainabilityLeaders in Doha fail to agree significant development finance reforms
01 December 2008: - Multilateral debt - Bilateral debt - Aid effectivenessDoha- UN development finance conference update
28 November 2008: - Financial architecture - Aid effectiveness - International Financial InstitutionsPress Release: Development campaigners express alarm about UN development finance summit
27 November 2008: - Bilateral debt - Multilateral debtPoliticians gather in Doha for UN development finance conference
27 November 2008: - International Financial Institutions - Financial architectureFood speculation discussed in financial crisis context
26 November 2008: - Poverty analysis and strategies - International Financial InstitutionsParliamentarians debate financial crisis response, aid effectiveness
24 November 2008: - Bilateral debt - Multilateral debtEcuador postpones debt repayment, launches critical audit report
13 November 2008: - International Financial Institutions - Poverty analysis and strategiesEU agrees joint position for Doha, but leaders’ eyes are on Washington
13 November 2008: - International Financial Institutions - Financial architectureBretton Woods II conference: limited expectations
13 November 2008: - International Financial Institutions - Poverty analysis and strategiesIMF and World Bank put best feet forward ahead of Bretton Woods II summit
12 November 2008: - Poverty analysis and strategies - Aid effectivenessEuropean Parliament hears arguments on budget support scrutiny
10 November 2008: - Bilateral debt - Illegitimate debtNorwegian Church Aid Symposium Statement
07 November 2008: - Financial architecture - Capital FlightEU indicates platform for global finance summit
30 October 2008: - Capital FlightOECD countries gather in the fight against international tax evasion and avoidance in Paris
24 October 2008: - Capital FlightSpeculation undermines the right to food
24 October 2008: - Capital FlightA European agenda to fight capital flight
24 October 2008: - Capital FlightDangerous derivatives at the heart of the financial crisis
24 October 2008: - Aid effectivenessEconomic Commission for Africa and OECD discuss “mutual review” of effectiveness
24 October 2008: - Poverty analysis and strategiesTaxation and Financing for Development
23 October 2008: - International Financial InstitutionsNorway calls for the need to address illegitimate debts and co-responsibility between creditors and borrowers
23 October 2008: - International Financial InstitutionsWorld Bank and IMF Annual Meetings 2008: which direction for the IFIs?
23 October 2008: - Poverty analysis and strategies - International Financial Institutions - Financial architectureIMF back in business as Bretton Woods II conference announced
23 October 2008: - International Financial Institutions - Financial architectureBretton Woods II conference FAQs
17 October 2008: - Poverty analysis and strategies - Capital FlightReinforcing the UN tax committee
09 October 2008: - Multilateral debt - Bilateral debt - Debt sustainabilityThe World Bank should take urgent measures on Liberia’s debt
09 October 2008: - Financial architecture - International Financial Institutions - Capital FlightSenior figures call for new Bretton Woods ahead of Bank/Fund meetings
09 October 2008: - Financial architecture - Capital Flight - Debt sustainability - Aid accountingEurodad encourages strong EU action for Doha development finance summit
08 October 2008: - Debt sustainability - Financial architectureNew Ecuador constitution includes debt safeguards after audit reveals damages
03 October 2008: - International Financial Institutions - Financial architectureHeads-up on the WB and IMF Annual Meetings
26 September 2008: - International Financial Institutions - ConditionalityThe World Bank and water privatisation: public money down the drain
26 September 2008: - Illegitimate debt - International Financial InstitutionsWorld Bank, NGOs clash at roundtable on odious debt
26 September 2008: - Illegitimate debt - Aid accounting - Capital FlightThe European Parliament urges the EU to address odious debts and capital flight in Doha
25 September 2008: - Financial architecture - International Financial Institutions - Capital FlightFinancial crisis: The time has come for Europe to lead on regulation
25 September 2008: - Private debt - Financial architecture - Capital FlightCitizens mobilization needed to prevent worse financial crisis impacts and change financial model
24 September 2008: - Poverty analysis and strategies - International Financial InstitutionsWorld Bank new poverty estimates: more confusing than ever
24 September 2008: - ConditionalityThe World Bank response to the food crisis: loosening the conditionality grip?
24 September 2008: - ConditionalityIMF loans for food crisis still too burdensome and too expensive
24 September 2008: - International Financial InstitutionsThe World Bank’s Climate Investment Funds: still fueling global warming
24 September 2008: - ConditionalityInternational People's Tribunal charges the World bank of Human Rights abuse and environmental damage in India
23 September 2008: - Aid effectiveness - International Financial InstitutionsBank plays blocking game in Accra aid negotiations
19 September 2008: - Aid effectiveness - Financial architecture - ConditionalityAvoiding a knowledge monopoly: what can the EU bring to the MDG debate?
18 September 2008: - Financial architecture - Illegitimate debt - International Financial InstitutionsEuropean Union’s position the Monterrey review process
18 September 2008: - GovernanceWorld Bank voice and representation: time for change
17 September 2008: - Aid effectivenessThe way forward after Accra: Eurodad-GMF roundtable debate
17 September 2008: - Financial architectureGovernments start negotiations on the Doha Outcome Document
10 September 2008: - Aid effectivenessBetterAid's human pyramid is a civil society expression shown through photography
09 September 2008: - Aid effectivenessEurodad analysis of the outcome of Accra
08 September 2008: - International Financial Institutions - Bilateral debtThe United Nations' newly published volume, “National Development Strategies – Policy Notes”
05 September 2008: - Aid effectiveness - Aid accountingWorld aid summit makes marginal progress to reform ineffective aid
03 September 2008: - Aid effectiveness - International Financial InstitutionsEurodad´s 2008 Paris Survey Analysis
01 September 2008: - Aid effectivenessCSOs call for urgent measures on aid effectiveness in Accra
25 August 2008: - Aid effectivenessCivil society prepares for busy programme in Accra
25 August 2008: - Aid effectivenessEU with important role to play in Accra negotiations
25 August 2008: - Aid effectivenessKeeping up with the news from Accra
05 August 2008: - Aid effectivenessCivil society response to new Accra agenda for action
01 August 2008: - ConditionalityThe World Bank’s International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes rules in favour of Tanzanian people
01 August 2008: - Financial architectureFirst draft Financing for Development outcome document breaks some new ground but misses key development finance issues
01 August 2008: - GovernanceAfrican solutions to African problems
01 August 2008: - Aid effectiveness - ConditionalitySigns Accra could result in Agenda for Inaction
24 July 2008: - Aid effectivenessSpanish seminars on democratic ownership and mutual accountability
17 July 2008: - Conditionality - Aid effectiveness - Aid accountingCan the UN Development Cooperation Forum replace the OECD DAC as the place for global aid negotiations?
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