This article comments on a Discussion Paper by the UK Financial Services Authority that debates with the financial industry about the role of global banks and their alleged benefits for international trade.

Center of Concern joins the 16 members of CIDSE, the transatlantic network of Catholic development agencies, to demand that the financial sector bears its fair share of the burden of the crisis.

Over the summer, the IMF revised its Guidance Note for implementing Bilateral Surveillance of Members. The changes respond to some criticisms about the 2007 Decision on Bilateral Surveillance. But how much do such changes really achieve? is a question that this article tries to answer.

The Doha Financing for Development Review Conference, held in 2008 recognized the importance of respect for all human rights, including the right to development, in the global partnership for development. A side event co-organized by Center of Concern and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights explores the significance of the human rights and right to development agenda for the Financing for Development process.

In an interview on Vatican Radio, RBW Director Aldo Caliari responds questions about the recent Summit of the Group of 20 in Pittsburgh, and whether decisions reached there will make the world more resilient to financial crises in the future.