Analysis: World Bank and IMF failure to address the global polycrisis makes systemic reform even more urgent
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Analysis: World Bank and IMF failure to address the global polycrisis makes systemic reform even more urgent
Last week’s Meetings proved yet again that without fundamental reform to how both the World Bank and IMF are governed, and how they ultimately operate, the same mistakes will be repeated again and again. And that is unacceptable.
Read Eurodad's media reaction to the Annual Meetings here.
Watch the sessions sponsored by Eurodad here.
Global Week of Action for Justice and Debt Cancellation
Between 10-17 October, we stood in solidarity with the millions of people in countless countries who have taken to the streets over recent months to demand debt cancellation. You can still join the more than 400 organisations and individuals from 73 countries that signed the joint statement and add your signature.
Watch the video of the week of action here.
Reports
Riders on the storm - How debt and climate change are threatening the future of small island developing states
This Eurodad report, launched during the Annual Meetings, looks at how debt and climate change are threatening the future of Small Island Developing States (SIDS). It finds that SIDS have spent 18 times more in debt repayments than they receive in climate finance. The report suggests calls to action to help tackle these challenges.
Our future is public: Why the IMF and World Bank must support public services
This paper has been written and coordinated by Eurodad, and supported by Action Aid, The East African Center for Human Rights, Initiative for Social and Economic Rights, The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Oxfam, Public Services International and Transnational Institute. Launched during the Annual Meetings, it argues that international financial institutions such as the World Bank and the IMF are not doing enough to protect public services, despite their rhetoric arguing the opposite. It is time for a new approach and a break from the mistakes of the past.
The Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index 2022
by Oxfam International
The 2022 Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index is the first detailed analysis published looking at governments’ policies and actions to fight inequality during the first two years of the pandemic. This fourth edition of the CRI Index reviews the spending, tax and labour policies and actions of 161 governments during 2020–2022.
A Nordic Initiative to Resolve the New Debt Crisis
By Norwegian Church Aid
This report takes a historical approach by looking at what has worked in past debt restructuring, develops principles for what a successful debt workout needs to contain, and recommends the next steps.
The Care Contradiction: The IMF, Gender and Austerity
By ActionAid and Public Services International
ActionAid and Public Services International have published a new report exposing the devastating impact public sector cuts are having on women in low-income countries, who face a triple threat of losing access to services, having fewer opportunities to access decent work and being forced to take on the rising burden of unpaid care work.
Why climate justice must include debt justice
by Debt Justice
This joint paper with CAN International pulls together key information on the debt and climate crisis nexus and outlines policy positions on solutions with recommendations for decision-makers to act. It is designed as a tool to further explore the debt-climate nexus, and as a tool for advocacy in the run-up to, and during, COP27.
Climate Finance Short-changed: The real value of the $100 billion commitment in 2019–2020
by Oxfam International
In 2009, high-income countries promised to provide $100bn a year in climate finance to low- and middle-income countries by 2020. They have failed to keep this promise. Their official reports claim that the climate finance they provided and mobilized reached $83.3bn in 2020, but Oxfam estimates the real value was only around a third of what was reported.
Vacancies
Operations Intern
Eurodad | Brussels | Deadline: 26 October
Call for tender for consultancy - Project ‘Delivering debt justice in support of people and planet’
Eurodad | Remotely | Deadline: 9 November
Events
16 November | The EU's Global Gateway: smart new strategy or the Emperor's new clothes? A discussion about the new EU flagship project's risks and opportunities
Register to attend the event here.
29 November - 2 December | Our Future is Public - From global inequalities to social, economic and climate justice
Our Future is Public Conference (#OFiP2022) will bring together social movements and civil society organisations from all over the world in Santiago, Chile and online for a four-day conference.
Read more about the event and register here.
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