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Financial Transaction Taxes: Their Role in Financing Development (March 2010)

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RBW contributes to statement on Illicit Capital Flows and Human Rights (January 2010)

In early December 2009, a meeting of human rights and financial transparency organizations at Yale University discussed the link between illicit financial practices, secrecy in global finance and their adverse impact on human rights. The New Haven "Declaration on Human Rights and Financial Integrity" was adopted as a result.

IMF backtracks on constraints to trade-led development –but how much? (October 2009)

By: Aldo Caliari

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.

Transatlantic faith-based network addresses demands to G20 leaders (September 2009)

A letter sent by International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity Network (CIDSE), a transatlantic network of faith-based development agencies of which Center of Concern is a member, addresses demands to the US and European country members of the G20 meeting in Pittsburgh.  

Book: Trade-Finance Linkages for Promoting Development (August 2009)

By: Aldo Caliari and Vice Yu

An integrated approach that links trade, debt and finance policy is essential for domestic and international economic policies to adequately support national development strategies, especially in developing countries. This publication, edited by Mr. Aldo Caliari and Mr. Vicente Paolo Yu III, takes a first approach to what such integrated approach would entail in practice. It gathers the proceedings of the First  Policy Roundtable on Trade-Finance Linkages for Promoting Development, co-organized by Center of Concern, South Centre and the German Marshall Fund of the US, in Geneva, 2006. 

 

Media reports on Center of Concern and CIDSE activities at Financial Crisis Summit (June 2009)

Media reports on Center of Concern and CIDSE views and activities at the World Conference on the Financial and Economic Crisis in New York, June 24-26.

Will UN's dominance break G8's dominance? (June 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.

 

Reaching the MDGs amidst a global financial crisis (June 2009)

Sponsored by the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands,CIDSE, Cordaid, Oxfam International, Afrodad, Latindadd

 

Modalities agreed for UN Conference on World Financial and Economic Crisis (April 2009)

By: Aldo Caliari

The UN Conference on the world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development is now scheduled to take place from June 1 -3, 2009. The agreement on the date is part of a number of agreements on modalities contained in a modalities resolution of the UN General Assembly. The agreements were finally reached after protracted negotiations that revealed a continued conflict of  views, mostly along developed and developing country lines, regarding the role that the UN is called to play on issues of financial reform.
 

Reforming Global Finance: Scenarios and Expectations (March 2009)

By: Aldo Caliari

Every day new figures on the impacts of the financial crisis reveal its depth and severity. Many observers concur that major reforms usually come after major catastrophes, so given the seriousness of the crisis, we may be about to witness a radical transformation of the international economic system. But, is that so? In this article especially commissioned by IslamOnline Aldo Caliari says there are more basis to side with the skeptics who forecast only cosmetic changes will be introduced (... unless the crisis gets much worse).


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