On the eightieth anniversary of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, it is time for a change of course. In this blog, our experts on the Bretton Woods Institutions explain why the world is in urgent need of more responsive, democratic, accountable and development-orientated. global economic governance.
Iolanda Fresnillo
Debt justice in 2024: challenges and prospects in a full-blown debt crisis
Eurodad's policy and advocacy manager for debt justice, Iolanda Fresnillo, analyses the challenges the debt justice movement will face during the next months.
- Debt Justice
Irresponsible lending prevents the global south from escaping the debt-climate trap
Most climate finance for countries in the global south is in the form of loans that come with high-interest payments. This blog, written by Eurodad's Iolanda Fresnillo and Leia Achampong, outlines the impact of climate finance loans and why grants are essential to global south countries implementing robust climate measures.
- Climate Finance
Miracle or mirage: are debt swaps really a silver bullet?
This briefing aims to inform the discussions on debt swaps among civil society, academics and policy makers.
- Debt Justice
- Debt Resolution
The good, the bad, and the ugly of Macron's Global South summit
Last week's Summit in Paris ended without tangible results. Eurodad's debt expert, Iolanda Fresnillo, argues in EU Observer that it is time to leave distractions like the New Global Financing Pact behind and focus on more serious processes, where all countries can participate on an equal footing.
- Development Finance
- Global Processes
UN Financing for Development Forum 2023: The road towards global economic solutions
Positive outcomes include the welcoming of intergovernmental discussions on tax in the outcome document.
- Development Finance
Banga's nomination has Empire written all over it
Eurodad's questions ex-MasterCard chief Ajay Banga's nomination by the USA as their candidate for president of the World Bank Group. It is crucial that the next World Bank leader breaks with the past and has a vision for the future, but a Banga presidency will bring only more of the same.
- Climate Finance
- PPPs
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
COP27 misses the point again, failing to push rich nations to meet climate finance commitments
COP27 only delivered one part of the climate finance puzzle, namely a Loss and Damage Fund. Developed countries need to step up their efforts to repay the climate debt so all countries are able to pursue sustainable development.
- Climate Finance