European Network on Debt and Development

…In a new research paper, GDAE Senior Researcher Kevin P. Gallagher and Brittany Baumann from Boston University show how emerging market and developing countries can regulate cross-border finance in innovative ways. The findings suggest that emerging market and developing countries … →

…By Seeun Jung (People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD) The Korean financial sector has experienced a fundamental transformation since the beginning of the 1990s. In the wake of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the government has implemented reforms aimed at … →

…Tax evasion poses an acute challenge to developing and developed countries. From 2000 to 2010, illicit financial flows deprived developing countries of US$5.86 trillion. Tax evasion is not a victimless crime – for people in the developing world, the consequences … →

…Eurodad partner ODA Watch Korea published a parallel report for the An OECD DAC Peer Review team will visited Korea in June 2012. This OECD DAC Peer Review  was the first time that Korea undergoes this formal process since it … →

…By Carlos Villota, Eurodad visited Seoul last week under the framework of the “Civil society dialogues on sustainable finance Europe- Republic of Korea” project, that aims to open an important new channel of knowledge, intelligence and experience exchange, through which … →

…IMF recognition that it has dramatically underestimated the impacts of austerity policies strengthened calls for reform of IMF conditionality, and the World Bank’s jobs report undermined its own Doing Business rankings, but the IMF/World Bank annual meetings ended this weekend … →

… Tokyo, Japan, October 12, 2012 As the IMF and World Bank pursue implementation of tax policies in developing countries, members of Civil Society worry that these powerful institutions are putting the interests of international investors above those of the … →

…On September 11th the European Parliament voted in favour of introducing a minimum tax rate on interests and royalty income. This is a crucial step in the fight against tax dodging by multinational companies. Royalties and interest payments made between … →

…By Carlos Villota, Last week the European network of IFI (International Financial Institution) watchers – the EuroIFInet – met in Amsterdam for its 20th Annual Meeting to strategically review its last 10 years of activism. In addition the network coordinated NGO actions for … →

…Procurement is a keystone in development finance. Eurodad estimates that US$ 69 billion of aid money is spent on procuring goods and services annually either by donors or by recipient countries, more than 50% of total Official Development Assistance (ODA). … →