Cooperation among developing nations vital to tackling current crises - D'Escoto
18 Dec 2008
"South-South cooperation is a win-win situation for all nations," Miguel D'Escoto told a meeting held to mark the UN Day for South-South Cooperation (19 December). "It is not a mere add-on in our development efforts", he said.
Ensure Development Gains Are Not Lost
16 Dec 2008
Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro today urged countries to work together to ensure that critical development gains are not lost at a time when the world's people are facing multiple crises involving food, fuel and finance, all of which threaten global anti-poverty efforts.
Urgent need to tackle Fiji poverty
16 Dec 2008
Poverty reduction measures must be undertaken in Fiji before things deteriorate to a point of no return, a Massey University economist is warning.
- more and better aid
Doha disappointment: governments fail to deliver on development finance
11 Dec 2008
The UN conference on Financing for Development finished on 2nd December in Doha, after four days of heated discussions and a whole-hearted fight by civil society (and some progressive governments and officials) to avoid a 'race-to-the-bottom' in development financing.
Market woes threaten UN aid goals
28 Nov 2008
Rich countries must not use the banking crisis as an excuse to backpedal on aid commitments, leading charities have said in advance of a Doha-hosted United Nations summit on development.
Bretton Woods 2 conference: limited expectations
13 Nov 2008
On November 15 the leaders of 20 nations and the major multilateral financial institutions will gather behind closed doors in Washington to discuss the future of the global economy. This group includes many of the people, governments, and institutions whose policies are responsible for the current financial meltdown. Civil society groups and many governments have called for a process that is much more inclusive of other nations and the peoples of those nations.
