This new report by Counter Balance and Eurodad, and supported by Oxfam, analyses in detail the Global Gateway and focuses on 40 of its flagship projects - notably in energy and climate (including raw materials), digital, and health sectors. It dives deep into the question: is the Global Gateway advancing the EU's foreign policy and corporate interests at the expense of real development in its partner countries?

#OurCommonFuture #Aid #FfD4 #GlobalGateway #EurodadIC25

Following the close of the Summit of the Future, a common belief and consistent narrative seem to be taking shape among civil society and other critical actors that has not yet been reflected within the official proceedings. That belief and narrative? That the current international aid architecture is failing and a new and transformative approach to how international development cooperation is governed at the global level is needed. The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), taking place in Sevilla (Spain) next year, is a major opportunity to achieve that.

Civil society organisations call on the International Monetary Fund management and Board members for an evaluation of the 2015 guidelines and a Board-mandated framework to establish mandatory rules for CSO engagement at all levels.

In this letter, the DAC-CSO Reference Group called on the OECD DAC to push for an ambitious outcome that can eventually ensure that all aid is fully untied.

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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. 

#UNTaxConvention #TaxJustice #RejectTheFinanceBill2024 #IDA21 #SDRs #EndAusterity

#ODA #Aid #ClimateJustice #DebtJustice