The Halifax Initiative is actively engaged in following a number of issues. In doing so, we work with a number of NGO partners, government organizations and multilateral institutions. Below are links, organized by institution and issue, to both non-governmental and official web sites that offer both complementary and alternate visions to those presented on this web site.

INSTITUTIONS: Export Credit Agencies and Export Development Canada | International Monetary Fund | World Bank Group | Other Institutions - G8, G20 and UN

ISSUES: Aid | Canada, the Bank and Fund | Conditionality | Corporate Accountability | Debt | Financing for Development | Human Rights | IFI Accountability | Project Finance

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EXPORT CREDIT AGENCIES and EXPORT DEVELOPMENT CANADA

NGO

• ECA-Watch - the International Export Credit Campaign
• Probe International - Stop EDC Campaign

Official

• Export Development Act
• Export Development Canada (EDC)
• EDC and Disclosure
• EDC and the Environment
• EDC and Corporate Social Responsibility

• OECD export credit and environment home page

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INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

NGO

• Bretton Woods Project
• Brookings Institution
• Centre for Economic and Policy Research
• Centre for Global Development
• Centre for International Governance Innovation - IMF Reform Program
• New Rules for Global Finance
• Rethining Finance
• Third World Network
• UNDP International Poverty Center

Official

• International Monetary Fund
• Independent Evaluation Office of the IMF
• Canada and the IMF

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WORLD BANK

NGO

• Bank Information Centre
• Bretton Woods Project
• Focus on the Global South
• IFI Watch
• International Financial Institutions in Latin America
  
• Rethining Finance
• South Centre
• Sustainable Energy and Economy Network
• Third World Network
• World Development Movement

Official

• World Bank
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
• International Development Association
• International Finance Corporation
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

• Canada and the World Bank Group
  • Canadian Executive Director's Office at the World Bank

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OTHER INSTITUTIONS

G8/G20  

NGO

• University of Toronto G8 Information Centre

Official

• Canada's G8 site
• G-20 site

G8/G20  

NGO

• NGO Liaision Service

Official

• United Nations
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs
• United Nations Development Program
• UN Conference on the Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development

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ISSUES

AID

NGO

• African Forum and Network on Debt and Development
• Better Aid
• Canadian Council for International Co-operation
• European Network on Debt and Development
• Europe's Forum on International Cooperation
• ONE International
• Oxfam International
• Reality of Aid

Official

• OECD Development Assistance Committee
• UN Development Cooperation Forum

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CANADA, THE BANK AND FUND

NGO

• Canada, the Bank and Fund
  

Official

• Canada and the IMF
• Canada and the World Bank Group
  • Canadian Executive Director's Office at the World Bank

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CONDITIONALITY

NGO

• African Forum and Network on Debt and Development
• Bank Information Centre
• Bretton Woods Project
• CHOIKE
• European Network on Debt and Development
• IFI Watch

Official

• IMF Conditionality Fact Sheet
• Structural Adjustment Participatory Review Initiative
  

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CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY

NGO

• Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
• CorporateKnights
  
• Corporate Responsibility (CORE) Coalition - UK
• Corporate Watch
• Interactive Geopolitical Map of Energy Conflicts Around the World
• Partnership Africa Canada - Kimberly Process
• Publish What You Pay
• Tranparency International

Official

• OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
• UN Global Compact
• UN Secretary General's Special Representative on Business and Human Rights

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DEBT

NGO

• African Forum and Network on Debt and Development
  
• European Network on Debt and Development
• International Financial Institutions in Latin America
• Jubilee Research (successor to Jubilee 2000)
• Jubilee South - Jubilee UK | USA

Official

• World Bank Debt Issues
• IMF Debt Relief Initiative
• Canada's Debt Programme
• Paris Club - bilateral creditors

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FINANCING for DEVELOPMENT

NGO 

• NGO Strategy Group for FfD Conference in Doha

Official

• Financing for Development office, United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs
   
• Leading Group on Solidarity Levies to Fund Development

Tobin tax

NGO

• ATTAC France
• Global Policy Forum
• Center for Environmental Economic Development - Tobin Tax Initiative
• Halifax Initiative's Currency Tax site
• Stamp Out Poverty (UK)

Official

• National Legislation
• Parliamentary Resolutions, Motions and Bills
• Government Studies
• World Parliamentarians Call for a Tobin Tax 

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HUMAN RIGHTS
NGO

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IFI ACCOUNTABILITY

NGO

• Global Transparency Initiative
• IFI Transparency Resource
• One World Trust Global Accountability Index

Official

• Compliance Advisor Ombudsman
• Independent Evaluation Office (IMF)
  
• Independent Evaluation Group (World Bank)
• Parliamentary Network on the World Bank
• World Bank Inspection Panel

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PROJECT FINANCE

NGO

• AfricaFiles
• Bank Information Centre
• Banktrack
• Bretton Woods Project
• CEE BankWatch Network

Official

• Canadian Roundtable Report on the Extractive Industries
• Extractive Industry Review
• Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
• The Equator Principles
• IFC Environmental and Social Standards
• World Commission of Dams

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