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On 15 December SOAS, in conjunction with BOND and the Bretton Woods project, hosted a follow up to October's UK seminar on the financial crisis. This event aimed to utilise academic work on the topic in the development of coherent policy responses. read article...

Despite being billed as a 'Bretton Woods 2' meeting, the first G20 head of state meeting in Washington agreed little of substance, and was criticised for an opaque, closed preparation process. read article...

As global finance dries up and economic markets crash, criticisms mount of the IMF and its inability to convince its largest members to curb speculation or better regulate the financial sector. read article...

On 28 October, more than 40 representatives of NGOs, development organisations, labour unions, think tanks, academia and the media came together in London to discuss how to take forward demands for a fundamental redesign of the international financial system. The main themes for the day were about creating a system that works to improve people's live, reduce poverty, and protect the environment. read article...

An initial response from individuals, social movements and non-governmental organisations in support of a transitional programme for radical economic transformation

An initial response from individuals, social movements and non-governmental organisations in support of a transitional programme for radical economic transformation

Statement on the financial crisis from the board of members of South Centre, an intergovernmental organisation and policy think tank of developing countries.

The world´s unions are calling for a series of urgent actions to stave off the prospect of deep and long-lasting global recession, coupled with major changes in the running of the global economy to turn back decades of deregulation policies that have caused the current crisis.