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News and analysis on complex policy issues by experts in their field.

Tove Ryding

Submission to the UN Secretary General's Tax Report 2023

Together with the Civil Society Financing for Development Mechanism and a coalition of over 90 civil society organisations and trade unions, Eurodad has made a submission to the UN Secretary-General's Tax Report 2023.

  • Tax Justice
  • Global Processes
Eurodad

Eurodad supports Global Days of Action on Tax Justice for Women's Rights

On International Women's Day, Eurodad staff, along with members of the Board, came together for a photo action in support of the Global Days of Action on Tax Justice for Women's Rights.

  • Gender Justice

Letter of rejection of the US nomination of Ajay Banga, former Mastercard chief, to be World Bank president

Civil society organisations from around the world reject the nomination of Mr. Banga for World Bank president and call for an end of the gentlemen's agreement. 

  • Climate Finance
  • IFIs
Eurodad

Our Future is Public: Santiago Declaration for Public Services

The Declaration is a momentous agreement signed by more than 200 organisations, including Eurodad, who vow to work to transform our systems to ones which value human rights and ecological sustainability over GDP growth and narrowly defined economic gains.

  • Publicly-backed Private Finance
  • PPPs
Jean Saldanha

2023: A more just world is still possible

Eurodad Director Jean Saldanha looks forward to the challenges and solutions in 2023.

  • Climate Finance
Chiara Mariotti

Demystifying Bretton Woods institutions’ rhetoric on public services

Drawing on the specific case of IMF and World Bank’s response to the multiple crisis triggered by the pandemic, a journal article shows that there is a discourse-practice disjuncture in the Bretton Woods institutions approach to public services as they continue to favour austerity and market-oriented solutions for the delivery of public services. The article therefore seeks to demystify the institutions rhetoric and demand the adoption of a different way of understanding public services, and social policy more broadly.

  • Gender Justice
  • IFIs

More than 100 CSOs call for swift action on UN tax resolution

More than 100 civil society organisations call for a speedy implementation of the UN tax resolution.

  • Tax Justice
Ilaria Crotti

Small Island Developing States drowning in debt and climate emergencies

This week, CSOs, academics and policymakers met in Grenada to discuss the challenges that climate change and debt pose for the Caribbean region.

  • Debt Justice
  • IFIs

69 CSOs welcome landmark General Comment by African Commission on States' obligations to public services

A resounding response to the growing human rights concerns arising from the rapid commercialisation of public services in Africa

69 civil society organisations welcome the publication yesterday of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission) landmark General Comment detailing States’ obligations with regard to public services, such as education, healthcare and water. This is a major step forward to consolidate the human rights and legal framework, in a context where public services have emerged as one of the critical tools to address the climate, health, food, and inequality crises of the last years.

  • Development Finance
Chiara Mariotti

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.

  • Development Finance
  • IFIs

Join Eurodad and partners at the WBG-IMF Annual Meetings

Join Eurodad and partners at the Civil Society Policy Forum (CSPF), that will be held in-person in Washington, DC, alongside the WBG-IMF Annual Meetings 2022

  • Climate Finance
  • IFIs

Joint CSO recommendations ahead of the September 2022 meeting of the DAC WP STAT: Towards increased quality and integrity of ODA in the context of PSIs and SDRs

A coalition of 33 CSOs expressed their concerns about the quality and integrity of ODA statistics ahead of the DAC Working Party on Development Finance Statistics (WP STAT) meeting on 26-28 September. 

  • Development Finance