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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.

The Millennium Development Goals

Definitely not the G8  

Final script May 22, 2010; release date June 18, 2010.
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DNTG8
Podcast -- audio
International Financial Institutions: 
World Bank
International Monetary Fund
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Bretton Woods Institutions
Multilateral Organizations: 
United Nations
Group of Twenty
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
World Trade Organization
UN
G8
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Government of Canada: 
Finance Canada
Canadian International Development Agency
Thematic Issue: 
IFI policies and positions
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Sustainability
Poverty
Millennium Development Goals
Development Finance: 
Aid
Bilateral aid
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Bretton Woods II
Conditionality
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Millennium development goals
Official Development Assistance
Structural adjustment
Trade
Washington consensus

Bridge to South Korea: Global civil society meeting on the G20

Bridge to South Korea

Held in Toronto, on Monday and Tuesday, June 21-22, 2010, just ahead of the G8 Summit in Huntsville and the G20 Summit in Toronto, this meeting was intended as a strategy session for civil society organizations, platforms and networks from many G20 countries (and beyond) to discuss diverse perspectives on both the G20 as an institution and priorities with respect to its agenda.

As the outcome of an initial G20 strategy meeting in Washington DC in April of 2010 among various groups, the intention of this broader meeting of national, regional and international networks was three-fold:

  • To develop a greater understanding of the key issues on the G20 agenda as well as alternative agendas seeking to influence the G20;
  • To strengthen and solidify strategic connections among G20 and non-G20 countries in the lead up to the South Korean and French G20 meetings and strengthen the capacities of networks to develop their own analysis and strategies for confronting the G20;
  • To develop concrete ideas and proposals for collaboration with South Korean colleagues for the November Summit.

MEETING DETAILS

Bridge to South Korea

Held in Toronto, on Monday and Tuesday, June 21-22, 2010, just ahead of the G8 Summit in Huntsville and the G20 Summit in Toronto, this meeting was intended as a strategy session for civil society organizations, platforms and networks from many G20 countries (and beyond) to discuss diverse perspectives on both the G20 as an institution and priorities with respect to its agenda.

As the outcome of an initial G20 strategy meeting in Washington DC in April of 2010 among various groups, the intention of this broader meeting of national, regional and international networks was three-fold:

  • To develop a greater understanding of the key issues on the G20 agenda as well as alternative agendas seeking to influence the G20;
  • To strengthen and solidify strategic connections among G20 and non-G20 countries in the lead up to the South Korean and French G20 meetings and strengthen the capacities of networks to develop their own analysis and strategies for confronting the G20;
  • To develop concrete ideas and proposals for collaboration with South Korean colleagues for the November Summit.

MEETING DETAILS

Dean Baker, Co-Director, Centre for Economic and Policy Research

2010 G8/G20 Canadian Civil Society Coordinating Committee
Parliamentary Roundtables on the G8/G20 Agendas

Roundtable 2: The Global Financial Crisis

Monday, April 26th, 2010 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Room 2-2, National Press Building, 165 Sparks Street, Ottawa

Audio icon Dean Baker.mp3
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Events
Podcast -- audio
International Financial Institutions: 
World Bank
International Monetary Fund
Regional Development Banks
IMF
Paris Club
UN
Multilateral Organizations: 
United Nations
Group of Twenty
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
UN
OECD
G8
Group of Seven
G7
Government of Canada: 
Finance Canada
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Parliament of Canada
Prime Minister's Office
Thematic Issue: 
IFI accountability
IFI governance
Government accountability
IFI policies and positions
Government of Canada policies and positions
Tax Justice
globalization
IFI reform
IFI

Roundtable 2: The Global Financial Crisis

2010 G8/G20 Canadian Civil Society Coordinating Committee
Parliamentary Roundtables on the G8/G20 Agendas

Roundtable 2: The Global Financial Crisis

Monday, April 26th, 2010 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Room 2-2, National Press Building, 165 Sparks Street, Ottawa

Audio icon Roundtable2.mp3
HI Resource Types: 
Events
Podcast -- audio
International Financial Institutions: 
World Bank
International Monetary Fund
Alternatives
Bretton Woods Institutions
IMF
Paris Club
Multilateral Organizations: 
Group of Twenty
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OECD
G8
Government of Canada: 
Finance Canada
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Parliament of Canada
Thematic Issue: 
IFI accountability
IFI governance
IFI policies and positions
Government of Canada policies and positions
Domestic legislation
Tax Justice
IFI reform
ECA Reform
IFI

Fifteen years is enough - March 2010

Fifteen years is enoughWhat’s changed in the international financial system and its institutions, what hasn’t and what needs to

Executive Summary
Back in 1995, the G7 met in Halifax during a “time of change and opportunity.” The meeting took place in a context of mounting deficits and debt crises in countries in the South; in the wake of economic collapse in Mexico; and amid strong global criticism from civil society, the media and governments about the World Bank and International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) austere neo-liberal structural adjustment policies.

A lot has changed since then, partly in response to the Halifax G7 Summit and subsequent G7 and G8 meetings. Too many of these improvements, however, exist only on paper. Beyond the surface, the neo-liberal, market-oriented bias that guides the Bank and Fund’s agenda and thinking has not altered.

The 2010 G8 Summit in Toronto in 2010 takes place during another “time of change and opportunity.” The financial crisis has spurred many civil society organizations (CSOs) to insist on far-reaching changes to the global financial system and its institutions. Clearly, as this publication will illustrate, 15 years of refusing to deal with the manifest shortcomings of the global economic system is enough.

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