The US$650 billion allocation of SDRs proposed by the IMF will not support the post-Covid economic recovery of the poorest countries. In the following article, we set out the argument for a much larger allocation, one worth US$3 trillion.
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The 3 trillion dollar question: What difference will the IMF’s new SDRs allocation make to the world’s poorest?
- Development Finance
- Global Processes
Joint CSO statement on UN Human Rights Council resolution affirming the importance of investing in public services
Eight international civil society organisations welcome a resolution of the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted by consensus on 23 March 2021 affirming the crucial importance of investment in public services for the realisation of economic, social and cultural rights.
- Publicly-backed Private Finance
Open Letter to the World Bank Group to strengthen public health financing and refrain from promoting public-private partnerships in health care
Urgent call to the World Bank Group to strengthen public health financing and refrain from promoting public-private partnerships in health care
- Publicly-backed Private Finance
- IFIs
Open letter to World Bank Group President David Malpass and WBG leadership calling for whole-of-institution WBG commitment to end its fossil fuels support
More than 150 organisations and individuals have signed an open letter to the World Bank Group president and leadership, calling on the World Bank to commit to ending all support for fossil fuels.
- Climate Finance
Letter to the World Bank Executive Directors about ceasing publication of the Doing Business Report
More than 300 civil society organisations and academics from across the world call upon the World Bank Executive Directors to end the publication of the World Bank’s Doing Business report.
- Aid Effectiveness
- IFIs
Making the "EU Climate Bank" a reality
Next week, the European Investment Bank (EIB) will organise its annual EIB-CSO seminar. Ahead of the event, Eurodad, together with 47 CSO organisations sent the following open letter, calling on the EIB to take necessary steps to truly become the EU Climate Bank.
- Climate Finance
Outlook 2021: effective multilateralism under the UN will be crucial
2021 brings the hope that the Covid-19 pandemic can be controlled, but existing inequalities are exacerbating access to the vaccine and with it, return to normal life. Here we set out what we expect to be the biggest issues we face as a network in the coming year.
- Climate Finance
- Covid-19
CSO submission to the public consultation on the reports on the Pillar One and Pillar Two Blueprints
The following submission was made to the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration as part of the public consultation on the reports on the Pillar One and Pillar Two Blueprints
- Tax Justice
In memory of Soren Ambrose
Eurodad pays tribute to the pioneering activism of Soren Ambrose, who dedicated his life to the cause of justice.
- Climate Finance
Join the Eurodad team
A new and exciting opportunity to co-lead Eurodad's policy and advocacy team working on development finance.
- Development Finance
Joint global response to the outcome of the Finance in Common Summit
Following the conclusion of the first Finance in Common Summit, APMDD, AFRODAD, Latindadd, Third World Network and Eurodad have issued the following response.
- Development Finance
- FiC
What are the core features of a model Public Development Bank?
Public Development Banks are in a unique and powerful position to play a key role in the post Covid-19 recovery. Explore the core features such organisations should embody.
- Publicly-backed Private Finance
- FiC