Miscellaneous
Posted by rbw on Tue, Jul 20, 2010
By: CIDSE
In the lead up to the MDG Review Summit 2010, to be held in September 2010, CIDSE releases a position paper that calls on leaders to agree on a "stimulus package" for the MDGs.
Posted by rbw on Thu, Jun 17, 2010
On June 15, speaking at the Informal Interactive Hearings with NGOs, Civil Society and the Private Sector on the Millennium Development Goals, RBW Director Aldo Caliari, delivered a statement. The Hearings were held in preparation for the MDG High Level Plenary Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals, at the UN Headquarters in New York.
Posted by rbw on Fri, Feb 19, 2010
Have IMF and World Bank Policies Constrained Domestic Responses to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Developing Countries?
WHEN : Tuesday, February 23rd from 3pm to 5pm
WHERE : Building I-200 (1850 I Street, NW)
Posted by rbw on Fri, Jul 3, 2009
By: Dennis Sadowski
As the participants in the Group of Eight summit gathered in L'Aquila, Italy, July 8-10, the economic crisis gripping the world was getting lots of attention. In this interview for Catholic News Service, Aldo Caliari speaks about what can be expected from the G8 meeting, and how it relates to the recently held UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis.
Posted by rbw on Wed, Jun 24, 2009
By: Aldo Caliari
In an article commissioned by Islam Online, Aldo Caliari argues that, for years, "big-picture" reforms of the global financial and monetary system were believed to be the province of rich countries, through exclusive gatherings such as the Group of 7 or 8 and their unquestionable dominance of the international financial institutions. Now that is beginning to change.
Posted by rbw on Sat, Jun 20, 2009
Center of Concern staff Aldo Caliari is quoted in this analytical article appeared on the Financial Times, June 17 2009.
Posted by rbw on Thu, Jun 18, 2009
Sponsored by the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands,CIDSE, Cordaid, Oxfam International, Afrodad, Latindadd
Posted by rbw on Tue, Jun 9, 2009
By: Aldo Caliari
Just two years ago, the IMF seemed to be on an inexorable downward path: its credibility and effectiveness in question, its portfolio of borrowers severely reduced, its legitimacy and governance structure under challenge, and its own finances in disarray. In fact, the Fund had started "downsizing" its staff as the only way to avoid running one of the deficits that it so strongly advises client countries to steer away from.
Posted by rbw on Wed, Apr 22, 2009
The Economic and Social Council held a panel discussion on "Civil Society Perspectives on the Financing for Development Agenda." The panel was held on Monday, 20 April 2009 at the UN Headquarters in New York, in preparation for its Special high-level meeting with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
Posted by rbw on Mon, Apr 6, 2009
London G-20 Summit: No ‘Bretton Woods II’ here, either