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Il y a 19 years 7 months. IFI accountability, IFI policies and positions. April 8, 2005
2005FIN153718
Mr. John Mihevc and co-signatories
Chair
Halifax initiative Coalition
104-153 Chapel Street
Ottawa, ON KIN 1H5
Dear Mr. Mihevc and co-signatories:
Thank you for your correspondence of January 28, 2005 regarding debt relief, additional financing and other development issues. I apologize for the delay of my reply.
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Il y a 19 years 7 months. . PDF Letter available here
Version PDF française disponible ici
January 28, 2005
The Honourable Ralph Goodale M.P., P.C.,
Minister of Finance
140 O'Connor Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0G5
Fax: 995-5176
RE: Canadian CSOs Call for Leadership to Secure Full and Unconditional Cancellation of Poor Country Debts
Dear Minister Goodale,
The next few months offer an historic opportunity for Canada to take leadership among the G7 Finance Ministers to consider genuine and permanent solutions to the problems of debt and development, especially as they affect Africa.
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Il y a 19 years 7 months. . Version PDF française disponible ici
PDF English Letter available here
Le 28 janvier 2005
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Il y a 19 years 8 months. . January 13, 2005.
Mr. Marcel Mass
Canadian Executive Director
World Bank Group
MC-12-175, 1818 H St. N.W.,
Washington, DC 20433, USA
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Il y a 19 years 8 months. . January 13, 2005
Mr. Fraser Reilly-King
Halifax Initiative
153 Chapel Street, Suite 104
Ottawa ON KIN 1H5
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Il y a 19 years 8 months. . Chirac Proposes International Taxes to Fight Poverty
French President Jacques Chirac, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, called on all developed countries to substantially increase aid budgets to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Taxes designed to skim some of the wealth generated by globalization include levies on crossborder financial transactions, taxing aviation and shipping fuel, environmental taxes and air travel charges.
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Il y a 19 years 9 months. . December 9, 2004
Mr. Gilles Ross
Acting President and CEO
Export Development Canada
151 O'Connor Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 1K3
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Il y a 19 years 9 months. . KAIROS Statement on Global Day of Action Against Debt Domination
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Il y a 19 years 9 months. IFI policies and positions, Transparency and disclosure. International Finance Corporation Review
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private lending arm of the World Bank, is in the process of revising its social, environmental, and disclosure policies. These policies are currently the de facto international standards for export credit agencies, the Equator Principle banks, and the IFC - touching upon nearly three quarters of all international public and private project finance. The new Performance Standards are better integrated than the IFC's predecessor, the safeguards, but groups have individually challenged them on a number of fronts.
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Il y a 19 years 10 months. Government of Canada policies and positions. Calling for a "Made in Canada" Proposal Percent Debt Cancellation
By Michael Bassett
This weekend Finance Minister Ralph Goodale will join his counterparts from 20 developed, emerging and developing countries at the regular G20 Finance Ministers meeting. Prime Minister Paul Martin created this grouping of countries in 1999. It stands as an example of the Canadian leadership on the international stage that Mr. Martin has often spoken of, but little delivered since becoming Prime Minister last year.
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