Join Eurodad and partners at the CSPF and WBG/ IMF Annual Meetings 2024

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Join Eurodad and partners at the Civil Society Policy Forum and World Bank Group - International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings from 21 to 25 October.

 

 


15-27 October

Global Days of Action against the IMF-World Bank: Demanding Debt, Economic, and Climate Justice

The Global Days of Action are a campaigning initiative aimed at amplifying the demands of debt justice movements all over the world. Kicking off one week before the annual meetings of the IMF-WB, the GdoA mark a key moment for intense mobilisations and actions. Click here to view the communications toolkit and find out how you can participate. 

Find below a selection of events, that are part of the GdoA:

15 October, Debt Justice Unlocked: A Grassroots Guide to Training the Trainers

Are you a youth leader, educator, NGO worker, or trainer eager to understand and teach about debt justice? Join us for this interactive webinar designed to equip participants with the tools and knowledge to organise autonomous training sessions on global debt issues. This session will empower you to educate and mobilise others on the crucial issue of debt justice, building local capacity for change. Let’s unlock the power of grassroots organising together!

The recording of this webinar will be available soon

15 October, Discussion on Thomas Sankara theme: a united front against debt

Rewatch it here

16 October, False solutions, real harm: IMF-WB’s assault on gender justice

As the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank mark their 80th anniversary, join us in an online conversation on how these tow institutions' policies have harmed women and girls.

The recording of this webinar will be available soon


21 October
16:00-17:15 ET

Creating a fit-for-crisis global financial safety net: The role of SDRs

The recent UN Pact for the Future highlighted the role that Special Drawing Rights could play – alongside other reforms to the international financial architecture – in creating a global financial safety net that meets the challenges of the current moment. This panel will discuss the way forward on this critical issue on the side-lines of the 2024 World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings.

Register here

23 October
13:00-14:30 ET

The Importance of MIGA: New Guarantee Platform and World Bank Evolution Roadmap

Co-organised by Eurodad, Bretton Woods Project, Oxfam, Recourse, MENA Fem Movement for Economic, Development and Ecological Justice, Bank Climate Advocates

This panel looks at the rising importance of guarantees by analysing their history, structure and impact in light of World Bank Evolution Roadmap and the existing evidence of MIGA’s social and environmental impact. We seek to understand who benefits from the rise of guarantees and how.

Speakers:
• Moderator: Daniel Ribeiro, Technical and Research Coordinator, Justicia Ambiental
• Panelist 1: Farwa Sial, Senior Policy and Advocacy Officer, Eurodad
• Panelist 2: Jason Weiner, Executive Director & Legal Director, Bank Climate Advocates
• Panelist 3: MIGA representative [TBC]

 

23 October
15:10-16:45 ET

Whither Economic Transformation: The World Bank Scorecard and Its Development Mandate

The World Bank has recently launched its new Scorecard as an attempt to better measure and hold itself accountable for its development impact. While the Scorecard is a positive step in moving away from a focus on lending volumes and focusing on tangible developmental results, the panel will argue that the omission of an economic transformation indicator is a significant shortcoming, as economic transformation is an essential component of development, and thus central to the World Bank’s mandate. 

Speakers:
• Moderator: Luiz Vieira, Coordinator, The Bretton Woods Project
• Panelist 1: Ed Brown, African Centre for Economic Transformation
• Panelist 2: Professor Antonio Lacerda, Federal Economic Council, Brazil
• Panelist 3: Former or current Brazilian or South African government official
• Panelist 4: World Bank Group representative [TBC]

 

24 October
13:30-15:00 ET

Arab Voices for Sustainable Development Financing: Rights-Based Approaches to Addressing the Debt-Tax-Climate Crises

In recent years, the intertwined challenges of debt and climate change have increasingly been recognized as critical issues facing many countries in the Arab region. Various proposals have been put forward to address these dual crises, but a crucial question remains: Are these solutions adequate to meet the regions diverse needs, particularly given its varied political economies and levels of climate preparedness? This session will explore the sovereign debt landscape in the Arab region and critically examine key proposals, such as the UNESCWA Climate/SDGs Debt Swap Mechanism and existing Climate Resilient Debt Clauses. From a rights-based perspective, the session will assess whether these proposals can effectively address the region's debt and climate challenges.

Speakers:
• Moderator: Salma Hussein, Independent Expert and Researcher, salmaahussei
• Panelist 1: Ahmad Awad, Director of the Phenix Center for Economic and Informatics Studies
• Panelist 2: Niranjan Sarangi, UNESCWA, Senior Economic Affairs Officer
• Panelist 3: Hassan Sherry, Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND)
• Panelist 4: Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, Division Chief in the Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, IMF

Watch the session

 

25 October
13:30-15:00 ET

A Tale of Two Emergencies: Debt Policies of International Financial Institutions and Fiscal Injustices from a Global South Perspective

Debt policies by the IFIs have attracted intense controversy over the past decades, exemplified most recently by the popular discontent expressed in most of the Global South countries following several rounds of austerity measures proposals. In exchange for access to financial assistance, borrowing countries have been forced to settle on fiscal policy reforms which has continued to undermine their basic rights including education, health, and social sectors, thus resulting in gender and social inequalities. Situating the Global south financial crisis, the session will explore how to effectively solve the debt and fiscal conditionality crises in a way that will allow these countries to advance development goals.

Speakers:
• Moderator: Jason Rosario Braganza, Executive Director - AFRODAD
• Panelist 1 - Mae Buenaventura, Senior Program Manager for Debt and Green Economic Building- APMDD
• Panelist 2 - Eric LeCompte, Executive Director - Jubilee USA Network
• Panelist 3 - Samantha Kanoyangwa, Coordinator- African Sovereign Debt Justice Network (AFSDJN)
• Panelist 4 - Chabert Guilaume, Deputy Director - Strategy, Policy and Review Department, International Monetary Fund

 

25 October
17:30-19:00 ET

Pretend and extend, or #CancelTheDebt? A Fork in the Road for the Debt Crisis

The IMF insists that there is no “systemic” debt crisis calling for widespread debt cancellation, but rather a “liquidity crisis” calling for debt rescheduling. Some civil society voices say that by some measure we are facing the worst debt crisis ever and that the Global South faces another lost decade of development without deep debt cancellation now. What are the best empirical bases for assessing the extent of the crisis? What are the costs and risks of debt rescheduling combined with fresh lending? And of preemptive or post-default restructurings?

Speakers:
• Moderator: Patricia Miranda, LATINDADD, Global Advocacy Director and Coordinator of New Financial Architecture
• Panelist 1: Matthew Martin, Development Finance International, Director
• Panelist 2: Martin Guzman, Columbia University, Professor of Economics
• Panelist 3: Hassan Sherry, Arab NGO Network for Development, Senior Program and Research Officer,
• Panelist 4: Allison Holland, IMF, Assistant Director and Division Chief – Strategy, Policy and Review Department

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These events are being produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The contents of these events are the sole responsibility of Eurodad and its partners and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the funders.