European Network on Debt and Development

…By Shannon Kindornay, The North South Institute, and Fraser Reilly-King, Canadian Council for International Co-operation, January 2013 The international development community is increasingly looking to the private sector as key partner for achieving sustainable development results. Despite this trend, donor policies for engaging … →

…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 … →

…By Jesse Griffiths Normally, I enjoy reading flagship annual reports from august international institutions; they can provide useful overviews and normally have one or two nuggets. The World Bank’s new Global Financial Development Report 2013, however, left me hoping they … →

…By Jesse Griffiths, Oygunn Brynildsen, Alex Marriage and Jeroen Kwakkenbos  On 7 July, the European Commission released the latest in its annual series of “Accountability Reports” on financing for development (until 2010 called the “Monterrey Survey”), and issued a Communication … →

…By Carlos Villota, The Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries’ (BIO) is turning ten and 11.11.11, a member of Eurodad, is celebrating the occasion with a report looking at the institution’s performance. The report tries to answer the following question: Do … →

…BRUSSELS, 29 May 2012: A new Eurodad report reveals how donor governments and international institutions are increasingly seeing investing public money in private companies as a panacea for combatting global poverty, despite weak evidence of effectiveness. Eurodad’s report shows that … →

…Donor governments and multilateral institutions have provided grants and loans to private companies operating in developing countries for decades. However, since the 1990s the scale of this support has increased dramatically. In 2010 external investments to the private sector by … →

…BRUSSELS, 19 April, 2012: A new Eurodad report reveals how rich nations are using a complex web of private funds and financial intermediaries to wiggle out of pledges to provide $100 billion a year to help developing countries cope with … →

…The effects of climate change on developing countries have created a huge financial burden. Policymakers aim to limit global warming to a rise of 2°C in this century. In this scenario, the cost of adapting to and mitigating the impact … →

…By Carlos Villota,  Last week the European network of IFI (International Financial Institution) watchers – the EuroIFInet – met in Brussels for its yearly meeting to prepare NGO actions for the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF, which … →