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Ireland Cuts Aid - Civil Society Responds

At a time when World Bank research is showing that more people are being pushed into poverty in developing countries due to the global financial crisis, several developed countries are cutting their overseas aid budgets drastically.

Doha FFD was another missed opportunity as poverty levels plummet drastically

December 5th, 2008; The final declaration of the UN Summit on Financing for Development this week lacks the depth of commitment required to address the growing disaster befalling millions of people living in poverty throughout the developing world. Campaigners from the Global Call to Action Against Poverty condemned the power battles that dominated much of the proceedings, the lack of timelines for delivering aid and implementing just trade rules, as well as the overall lack of urgency in tackling mounting hunger levels around the world.

Sharing power is not easy...

Sharing power in a world which is clamouring for inclusive and effective democracy at the UN level, is obviously not easy for the rich countries. But it is exactly the power of money rather than putting people and values at the centre which has got the world in this mess of multi-crises - what I call a moral crisis.

Doha poverty talks expose deep divisions over global financial reform

As the UN Financing for Development conference drew to a close in Doha today, Oxfam International warned that it had highlighted fundamental splits over how to respond to the global financial crisis, while failing to make the concrete progress that poor countries were promised.

No-shows mar Doha development - Al Jazeera

Sylvia Borren, GCAP Co-chair take part in a debate on the Doha talks, hosted by the programme Inside Story, by news channel Al Jazeera.

Rollercoaster negotiations in Doha

On the second day of the Financing for Development (FfD) International Review Conference, negotiations went into a spin following anti-democratic power-play by the Bush administration.

Contribution of the Commission on Women and Development to the Doha Summit on the Review of the Monterrey Consensus

The Doha summit takes place at a time when the world is undergoing an unprecedented social-ecological crisis. This crisis is characterized by crashing financial markets and strong volatility of prices in products and energy while the consequences of global warming are felt all over the world. In all likelihood, it will considerably increase worldwide imbalance.

Civil Society Forum final day

The second and final day of the Civil Society Forum began with a variety of self-organized seminars and workshops ranging from bridging the funding gap: MDGs through innovative funding mechanisms; Reaching for Tax Justice - CSO perspectives on how to capture more funds for national development; to illegitimate debt, reality of aid policies and the GCAP co-sponsored session on the F's crises: Financial, Food and Fuel.

"Is the United States a 'failed state'?" - Civil Society Forum at Doha off to a challenging start

The Civil Society Forum preceding the International Review Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) at Doha, Qatar, started yesterday.

Crisis the focus as Civil Society gathers for two day debate

“Is the United States a ‘failed state’? Its financial mismanagement has triggered a world wide crisis.” Thus, Social Watch coordinator Roberto Bissio challenged some 300 civil society delegates, who meet today at the Ramada Plaza Hotel. The Civil Society Forum leading to the Financing for Development Review Conference is addressing the international crises that threaten our climate, development and social justice, developing recommendations for change to carry into the official Conference..

Key CONCORD demands for FfD

 

Preparations begin for talks in Doha next week

The International Review Conference on Financing for Development will take place in Doha, Qatar from 29 November - 2 December.

Financing for Development - Doha Review Conference (Doha, Qatar, from 2008-11-29 00:00 to 2008-12-02 00:00)

 

Results from Accra mostly disappointing

Last week ministers and senior officials from over 150 countries including heads of multilateral institutions and civil society organisations concluded their High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra, Ghana. At the forum they discussed a limited number of key issues around the subject of Aid Effectiveness. The result was the negotiation and endorsement of the Accra Action Agenda (AAA), or as we wanted to call it... the Accra IN-Action Agenda.

Get the latest news from the Aid Effectiveness forum in Accra

GCAP, IPS, TI, Interaction, CIVICUS and Better Aid have partnered to bring you a publication from the Civil Society Organizations parallel Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra, Ghana.

World's biggest anti-poverty alliance says Accra Forum an opportunity not to be missed

Members of the world’s largest anti-poverty alliance, the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP), are calling on those attending the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Ghana next month (2-4 September, 2008) to ensure international aid reaches those most in need.

GCAP gets ready to mobilise for more and better aid

The Aid Effectiveness Forum will take place in Accra, Ghana from September 2nd-4th. GCAP organisations will be taking part in the events and mobilising worldwide for more and better aid.

High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness - "more and better aid" (Accra, Ghana, from 2008-09-02 00:00 to 2008-09-04 23:55)

Tied aid, conditionality, the use of aid as a foreign policy tool, the use of concessionary loans as a form of development assistance, the use of debt cancellation to inflate ODA figures – all of this contributes to aid not being used for poverty reduction and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. The organisation Reality of Aid estimates that only 25% of new aid resources from 2000 to 2004 was available for poverty reduction or MDG programs.

Speaking out against poverty in South Africa

"If South Africa fails to address the issues of poverty that affect more than 40% of South Africans both society and our democracy are under great threat," said the organization African Monitor following the first of nine poverty hearings that will take place in South Africa in the next two months.

Singing out against poverty at the World Bank