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Vacancy at the Social Watch International Secretariat

POSITION Senior Research Associate
LOCATION The Social Watch International Secretariat is located in Montevideo, Uruguay, and is based at the Third World Institute (ITeM)
DEADLINE December 12, 2008 (more..)

URGENT ACTION: sign-on statement on global economic reform summit

A global campaign is being launched by civil society organisations worldwide in order to push the issue of an open and transparent conference convened by the UN to review the international financial and monetary architecture. This implies as well a revision about aims and objectives of the institutions that serve this purpose and their governance. PLEASE, SIGN THE STATEMENT BEFORE NOVEMBER 13th. (more..)

BASIC CAPABILITIES INDEX 2008

New York, September 22 -- Contrary to repeated mainstream claims that poverty is diminishing fast in the world, the coverage of the basic needs required to escape poverty is slowing down and even regressing in many places, says the 2008 Basic Capabilities Index (BCI) released today by Social Watch, a network of more than 400 civil society organizations in 70 countries. (more..)

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Multilateral financial institutions: overhauling development finance
Need for more development finance. There is a consensus on the need to drastically increase external financing for developing countries in order to achieve acceptable growth and make a dent in poverty. According to an UNCTAD estimate for sub-Saharan Africa, this requires doubling the level of development finance. This estimate was confirmed subsequently by the Zedillo Commission[3] for developing countries as a whole. On various estimates meeting 2015 MDGs would require an additional amount ranging between USD 50 billion and USD 150 billion. ( more..)

BASIC CAPABILITIES
INDEX 2008

GENDER EQUITY
INDEX 2008

Social Watch Report 2008 - Keys to Overcome the Crisis

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The Golgotha of global finance

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SOCIAL WATCH EVENTS CALENDAR

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