15 September 1999
UK NGO Christian Aid has begun a research project on the role of civil society groups in Consultative Group and Round Table donor coordination and planning bodies. The recommendations will come in two parts: a desk review of the processes, and two country case studies with partners. The results will feed into current World Bank and UNDP proposals for changing their approaches to these bodies.
Contact: Jennie Richmond: jrichmond@christian-aid.org.
At the 80th anniversary of the World Bank and IMF, global civil society must maintain pressure on the Brazilian and South African G20 presidencies to ensure the forth Financing for Development Conference in 2025 results in urgently required international financial architecture reform.
Multilateral development banks can reduce their dependence on hard currency lending and make local currency financing a central element of their developmental mandate.
