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'Colea' México en equidad de género

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. Published on Sat, 2010-10-16 23:00

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Civil society organizations criticise the World Bank as regards its environmental and human rights responsibilities

Published on Thu, 2010-10-14 11:44

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Ana Abelenda

Thursday 7 October (Washington D.C.)
Who is responsible if a hydroelectric project financed by the World Bank displaces a whole population or pollutes rivers? These kinds of questions were raised in debates between representatives of civil society organizations and Bank officials in the forum about policies that affect civil society, which was part of the annual IMF and World Bank Group meetings in Washington DC from 6 to 10 October.

Social Watch Report 2010

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. Published on Wed, 2010-10-13 23:00

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Equidad De Genero En El Ambito De Educacion Ensayos y Documentos

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. Published on Tue, 2010-10-12 23:00

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India ranks 112 in the gender equality index

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. Published on Mon, 2010-10-11 23:00

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Silicon India

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Mea Culpa

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. Published on Mon, 2010-10-11 23:00

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Roberto Bissio

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SOCIAL WATCH UNa RED INTERNACIONAL PARA CONTROL DE LOS GOBIERNOS.

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. Published on Fri, 2010-10-08 23:00

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Re-tooling development: civil society policy forum kicks off at World Bank Annual meetings

Published on Fri, 2010-10-08 11:30

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Ana Abelenda

Tues 6 Oct (Washington D.C)
The need to build a new development paradigm with alternative measures that can provide evidence based development policies was the subject of discussions at the kick-off of the Civil Society Policy Forum of the WB and IMF Annual Meetings taking place here in Washington D.C. 6-10 October 2010. Is there a shifting trend in the way governments design development policies for social progress?

Mea Culpa

Published on Fri, 2010-10-08 11:25

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Roberto Bissio, Third World Institute

Source: Civicus

The annual meeting of the governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in the first week of October is traditionally an occasion for protesters to rally against the system and criticise these sister institutions created at Bretton Woods at the end of World War II.

The MDG Summit Outcome : What Next?

Published on Fri, 2010-10-08 11:19

Intervention by Roberto Bissio, coordinator of Social Watch in The Post MDG Summit, assessment and discussion on next steps
Monday 4 October 2010, 3pm-6pm, Room XXVI, Palais des Nations, Geneva

It is really very interesting to see the program to this debate starting with the phrase “We can end Poverty by 2015” which was highlighted around the UN building during the summit. The “we can” was probably a way of welcoming US president Barack Obama, one of the key speakers in the summit. In a way this slogan is raising the bar because the actual promise of the MDG’s was to halve poverty by 2015 and not ending it, so we welcome this increased aspiration, of course.

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