Civil society highlights the real impacts of the Global Gateway ahead of EU Forum
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Civil society highlights the real impacts of the Global Gateway ahead of EU Forum
On the eve of the Global Gateway Forum, ActionAid EU, CONCORD Europe, Counter Balance and Eurodad organised an event to discuss the real implications of the Global Gateway strategy. The panel included voices from civil society in the Global South and the European Parliament and provided an alternative to the official narrative, spotlighting the impacts of energy, mining, climate and infrastructure projects on the ground.
Read the press release | Watch the recording of the event
News
Join Eurodad and partners at the WBG/IMF Annual Meetings 2025
The Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund will take place from 13 to 18 October in Washington DC, amidst increasing geopolitical tensions and uncertainty. We will be raising issues of debt and development finance in official fora. There will also be events on the sidelines.
Find out the events co-organised by Eurodad and partners
Sign-on the letter to the G20 presidency, South Africa, for debt justice (deadline October 12)
A growing number of organisations are signing onto a letter to the South African G20 Presidency, highlighting concerns over the lack of progress on debt justice. It calls on the South African government to take a far stronger position during its presidency of the G20 to tackle the debt crisis. Please note that the official publication of the letter is embargoed to Tuesday 14th October.
Read the letter and add your organisational signature
Join the 2025 Global Week of Action (13-18 October)
Next week, as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank hold their Annual Meetings, and many Ministers of Finance meet, billions of people across all global regions increasingly remain caught in the tightening grip of polycrisis, ever-growing in breadth and scale. Join the Global Week of Action to share your voice against inequalities.
Get involved | Sign the statement (before 13 Oct) | Explore all the events
Reports
Brace for impact: Social and gender inequality in IMF surveillance
by Bretton Woods Project
This briefing uses data from IMF surveillance scanner and Article IV report to analyse the Fund’s evolving approach to gender. Findings indicate that the IMF’s core policy direction is identical to that previously described as “structural adjustment”. While there has been an increase in narratives around social and gender impacts, current policy responses are inadequate and where responses are present, they are hampered by policy incoherence.
Two-thirds of climate funding for Global South is loans as rich countries profiteer from escalating climate crisis
by Oxfam America and CARE Climate Justice Center
New research finds developing countries are now paying more back to wealthy nations for climate finance loans than they receive - for every 5 dollars they receive they are paying 7 dollars back. Sixty-five per cent of funding is delivered in the form of loans. This form of crisis profiteering by rich countries is worsening debt burdens and hindering climate action.
Regional payment agreements in Latin America - History, challenges, and future prospects
by LATINDADD
In a global scenario marked by the hegemony of the dollar and growing monetary tensions, Latin America is seeking alternatives that strengthen its financial autonomy and promote regional integration. Regional Payment Agreements (RPAs) emerge as a key instrument to facilitate intraregional trade, reduce dependence on major financial centres, and open the way for a more sovereign development model.
Read the report (English) | Spanish version
Useful resources
The deep roots of inequalities
by Eurodad
Inequalities within countries and between countries are tightly interconnected. With voices of those fighting inequalities in India, Indonesia and at the global level, this video explores how different elements of inequalities are interlinked. We examine how tax justice at the global level must be addressed if we want to effectively address inequalities at the national level. And we can't tackle inequalities effectively without addressing some of the deeply rooted forms of discrimination that keep certain groups marginalised and at a disadvantage.
Watch the video | Read the report
Bretton Woods Project’s Autumn Observer is out
by Bretton Woods Project
Among the pieces in this edition is an update on the uncertain future of the IMF’s climate work.
From Bandung to Beijing: reclaiming South-South solidarities and histories
by South Feminist Futures
Seventy years after the Bandung Conference and thirty years after the Beijing Conference, South Feminist Futures invited Southern feminists to look at their collective history and reclaim its narratives.
The coloniality of climate discourse
by Gina Cortés Valderrama and Isadora Cardoso
From the historical legacies of colonialism to the contemporary dynamics of global capitalism, the exploitation of labor, lands, and commons in the Global South continues to serve the interests of the North and elite sectors globally. These entrenched inequalities are compounded by narratives and practices within climate change frameworks that perpetuate coloniality through false solutions, such as carbon credits, technological “fixes,” extractive practices under the guise of corporate transitions, “critical” or “strategic” minerals, and conditional finance, while ignoring planetary boundaries.
Read the article (English) | Portuguese version
Short movie: "La grieta y la libertad"
"La Grieta y la Libertad" is an animated short film in Spanish. It's the result of a collective and interdisciplinary effort, that seeks to promote debate about the mechanisms of neoliberalism in Argentina and to demonstrate with evidence how and who it harms and benefits.
Events
15 Oct | Online | A united front against debt: fighting neoliberal financial models for the right to the future
As part of the 2025 Global Week of Action, this webinar aims to challenge the neoliberal and neocolonial model of lending and borrowing, and advance alternatives that center people and the planet.
15-17 Oct | Bratislava and online | Ambrela Development Forum
The world is at a critical turning point. From ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza to the escalating climate crisis and shrinking space for civil society, global partnerships are being tested. The Ambrela Development Forum (ADF) 2025 offers a unique space to navigate these complex challenges and reclaim global partnerships through dialogue.
22 Oct | Online | Climate and tax justice: why one couldn’t go without the other
In the fight against the climate crisis, new international tax rules can offer solutions. Organised by Eurodad, Youth for Tax Justice Network, European Youth Forum and Financing for Development Children and Youth Constituency, during this webinar we will explore the connections between tax justice and climate justice, and find out why COP30 and the next round of negotiations for a UN Tax Convention in Nairobi are decisive.
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This newsletter has been produced with co-funding from the European Union, Bread for the World and Norad. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of Eurodad and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the funders. |
