UN conference on the world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development

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2 Feb - Risk of epidemic in Mozambique after the recent floods
27 Jan - Strong political will needed from African leaders to boost critical aspects of intra-African trade
23 Jan - Oxfam welcomes independent process to address community grievances in Uganda land dispute
20 Jan - African Nations Cup stars join Oxfam to win the match against hunger

Plan International News

6 Feb - Scores widowed in South Sudan violence
2 Feb - South Sudan: Put children at the centre of resolving crisis
1 Feb - Girls campaigner rescued in Atlantic record attempt
1 Feb - We need to talk about Niger

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Releases and Publications

ES Advisory Note: Promoting social and economic justice in South Asia: EU Cooperation with the Region

8 June 2011 - View here
EEPA PR - Can the European Union learn from Dutch development aid successes?

30 May 2011 - View here
EEPA PR - European aid supports Eritrea, land of Child Soldiers and forced labour

3 May 2011 - View here
EEPA Briefing - EU Policy on Civil Society Organisations

15 February 2011 - View here

Eurodad News

ENPI News

Egypt's popular putsch

By Daniel Korski - 26 Jan 12 - It is too early to write off Egypt's revolution. Unlike in...
Trade as a cornerstone for the EU Eastern Partnership

Karel de Gucht speech, 23 January 2012
Balkan economies confront the global crisis

Belgrade resident Jelena Stankovic, 33, works in an international creative marketing agency, surviving cut after cut in both staffing...

Asia News

Beijing: financial aid to Euro zone has ‘no preconditions’

MercoPress, 21st September

Beijing's plan to provide financial aid to the European Union is not contingent on Europe supporting a...
European twilight, Asian sunrise

East Asia Forum, 15 September 2011

The last economic era, roughly from 1980 to 2008, was the most successful combination...
Ageing populations could hurt Asian growth, says ADB

BBC News 14th September 2011

Fast aging populations in Asian countries need to be properly managed, to ensure future growth...

Latin America News

China becomes Peru’s main trade partner and a leading investor

Peruvian Prime Minister Salomon Lerner said that China’s direct investments in the country would increase between 30% and 40%...
IMF chief praises Latinamerica, which can provide ‘some lessons to the advanced world’

IMF chief Christine Lagarde who this week will be visiting Latinamerica said that Brazil, Mexico and Peru, like to...
Brazil's development: Is it sustainable for people and planet?

By MAGGIE JARUZEL POTTER

ACP News

Agricultural Innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa

The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) has promoted the integrated agriculture research for development (IAR4D) approach based...
Using small-scale adaptations to address food crisis in the Horn of Africa

paper by Richard Munang and Johnson N. Nkem
Special Economic Zones for South Africa

Paul Kruger, a tralac Researcher, discusses Special Economic Zones for South Africa.

Europe Media Monitor

6 Feb - Donors learning funding lessons - slowly
6 Feb - New Green Area Action Plan For Mid West
6 Feb - West Africa: Donors Learning Funding Lessons - Slowly
6 Feb - Russian Gas Supplies to Europe Approaching Normal
6 Feb - Should We Embrace Wind Power
6 Feb - Major events in Caspian countries' oil and gas industry for last week (Jan. 30- Feb. 4)

UN conference on the world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development

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The United Nations convened an extraordinary General Assembly from 24-26 June 2009 to assess the impact of the ongoing economic crisis on the developing countries and identify emergency and long-term responses.

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Timeline

April 27 – Non-aligned movement meeting in Cuba
May 13 – Deadline for accreditation to UN Summit
Mid May – Draft outcome document expected
May 18 – 19 - Symposium in Geneva at UNCTAD on the trade and finance linkages
May 30 – 31 -Anticipated CSO meetings and strategy discussions
June 24-26 - Summit-

Useful Documents

Comprehensive Civil Society Background Documents and Key Recommendations by CS Crisis Watch

Outcome of United Nations conference on the world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development

Statement of the Doha NGO group on financing for development (DNG)

Briefing paper, UN Non-Gouvernmental Liaison Service

World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development, Draft Outcome Document 8.05.09

Useful Links

United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development

NGLS e-bulletin on the UN conference: more information on the background of the June Conference

Website of the General Assembly

Website of the President of the General Assembly

Eurostep Weekly

LDC Watch

CTA News (ACP-EU)

InDepthNews

5 Feb - 'Plug and Play' To Bridge NATO Asymmetries
4 Feb - NATO Helps Clean APM Killers in Tajikistan
3 Feb - India and Norway Resolve Child Care Dispute

Social Watch

Blog Piebalgs

Blog of Commissioner Andris Piebalgs

27 Jan - Trade and Development: friends not foes
Today, for the first time, the European Commission presents a joint vision of how trade, investment and development policies can work hand in hand to help fighting poverty. I am proud of this Communication, which provides a complete, comprehensive and well articulated approach of how best to combine our respective competencies and instruments. Sorry for [...]
25 Jan - Aid has to be modernised; EU is not pulling out from middle income countries (MICs)
The European Union, like many other donors, is currently exploring the best ways to fight against poverty around the world. Faced with differentiation between developing countries, some of which have become aid donors themselves while others suffer from increasing fragility, the EU must ensure the greatest impact and best value for money for its aid. [...]
5 Dec - A View from Busan
I’m just back from the Busan High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, which took place in South Korea last week. It was a busy few days of negotiations, exchanges and discussions, but I’m glad to say that we finally agreed on an outcome which I think we can all be proud of. The Global Partnership [...]

Blog Georgieva

Commissioner Georgieva\'s Blog

5 Feb - The European Parliament as the voice of the citizens – my experience from last week
I have been at the Plenary of the European Parliament a number of times, always a learning experience. Last week was no exception. And it is worth telling my readers about it, since the Parliament discussed a report of direct relevance for my work – a review of humanitarian funds management drafted by MEP [...]
21 Jan - Chad’s silent children – the sad face of malnutrition
In the city of Mao in Kanem province in Chad, there is a hospital we fund where the sound of silence on the children’s ward is chilling. It’s strange to be with children who are so quiet. In the intensive care ward where they are treating babies for severe acute malnutrition there are fifteen mothers with [...]
19 Jan - The mothers of Niger
I met Rahi Harouna when she was making an important life decision – and getting moral support from what many may regard as a surprising source. Rahi, a 38-year-old mother of five children, was at a health centre run by the aid agency Concern and funded by the European Commission in the village of [...]

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