Poverty

ECA and IFI -funded projects

This page links to information concerning a number of projects on which we have worked, in solidarity with local communities. In some cases, the projects rely on World Bank funding. In others they involve Canadian companies that may be seeking, or have secured, financial support from Export Development Canada (EDC). Sometimes they involve both. Regardless of the source of funding, in all cases, communities have contacted us because they are concerned about the significant adverse environmental, social and human rights impacts of the projects.

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Africa's Renaissance - Seminar at Carleton University, October 31, 1 - 2:30PM

The Africa-Canada Forum (Canadian Council for International Cooperation), the Halifax Initiative & the Institute of African Studies present a critical discussion regarding economic growth, aid and sustainable development in Africa. Speakers include Tetteh Hormeku-Ajei (Third World Network), James Henry (formerly McKinsey & Co.) and Vitalice Meja (Reality of Aid).

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Issue Update - August 31, 2012

The debt edition featuring articles on the re-emerging debt crisis, odious debt, debt distress assessments, export credit agencies and soveriegn debt work-out procedures.

Halifax Initiative Testimony, Foreign Affairs Committee, May 30, 2012

Presentation concerning the role of the private sector in international development with a focus on new CIDA programming in support of the extractive sector.

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Monthly Issue Update - January 31, 2012

Energy poverty, climate change and the World Bank; Durban postmortem.

Monthly Issue Update - November 30, 2011

Transparency and the international economy; Cannes G20 postmortem; export credit agencies fail on human rights.

The Financial Transactions Tax (FTT)

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PRODUCTION NOTES:

FTT - Part 1.mp3

FTT Part 2 - FTT at the G20 .mp3

HI Resource Types:

DNTG8

Podcast -- audio

Multilateral Organizations:

Group of Twenty

Thematic Issue:

Poverty

Tax Justice

Development Finance:

Currency Transaction Tax

Tobin Tax

Innovative Mechanisms for financing development

Responsible Finance

climate change

Millennium development goals

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Submission to ODA Accountability Act Consultation 2011

Submission by the Halifax Initiative and CCIC regarding implementation of the Official Development Assistance Accountability Act.

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Return of the financial transactions tax - Op-ed

Return of the financial transactions tax

Embassy Magazine, Feb. 16, 2011

By John Jacobs

In spite of Canada's attempt to bury it at the Toronto G20 meeting, a tax on financial transactions is back on the global agenda and gaining momentum.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has pledged to use his term as chair of the G20 to reform the global financial system and curb the speculation that contributed to the economic crisis. At the top of his agenda is an international financial transactions tax (FTT) to fund the fight against poverty and climate change.