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EIB Global: new branding, old problems
With the launch of its new development branch EIB Global, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has shown its appetite for...
Do the NextGenerationEU funds respect the biophysical limits of the planet?
ODG analyzes the material implications of the ecological transition financed with European funds Next Generation EU and concludes that it...
Flattering to deceive: A reality check for the ‘EU Climate Bank’
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the European Union’s investment bank and its financial arm. It has been seeking to position itself as a climate leader...
EIB Global: An opportunity to transform the EIB’s approach to development
In the last decades, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has become a significant player in the fieldof development finance. With...
Shaping the future of EIB Global: Reclaiming public purpose in development finance
This briefing aims to support civil society organisations and EU Member States to reshape the future of EIB Global. It...
Bretton Woods Dispatch - Spring Meetings 2022 Wrap-Up
With a complex and unstable global geopolitical landscape exacerbated by the war in Ukraine as the backdrop for this year’s...
Special Drawing Rights: Can the IMF’s reserve currency become a transformative financial resource?
In August 2021, the IMF issued the largest allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) in history. This briefing takes stock...
Deciphering the Review of the IMF’s Institutional View on Capital Flows
On March 30, 2022, the International Monetary Fund published the Review of the Institutional View on the Liberalization and Management...
Development Finance for Gender-Responsive Climate Action
This paper provides an overview of how members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) are integrating gender equality and climate action...
UN DESA World Economic Situation and Prospects 2022
The global economic recovery is facing significant headwinds amid new waves of COVID-19 infections, persistent labour market challenges, lingering supply-chain...
EIB Financial intermediaries briefing
Dear all, Bankwatch, Counter Balance, Euronatur and Recourse just launched a briefing comparing the EIB's draft FI standard with...
The Private Sector Window in World Bank’s IDA20: Where exactly is the development impact?
The proposed increase in the International Development Association's much criticised private sector window ignores civil society's concerns that it lacks...
New BWP report: The World Bank’s macroeconomic policies and women’s rights
Written by Ella Hopkins - with a collaborative effort between the Bretton Woods Project, the Gender and Development Network (GADN), International Women’s...
Eurodad analysis of the BWI Annual Meetings 2021: Political games while the world burns
BWI Annual Meetings 2021: Political games while the world burns Earlier in October, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund...
The European Green Deal: Reclaiming Public Investments for a real Socio-ecological Transformation
The European Green Deal (EGD) has been called by the Commission’s President Von der Leyen the “man on the moon...
Ensuring green equity means equity for people and planet
A new report published today by Recourse, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Washington DC, BankTrack, Trend Asia and Centre for Financial Accountability...
Reclaiming sustainable infrastructure as a public good
https://www.eurodad.org/sustainable_infrastructure_report
Wemos position paper on IDA20 policy framework from a health equity perspective
'Investing in global health equity - or equitable access to health services and commodities based on need and not the...
A wrong turn for World Bank concessional lending
If the World Bank's International Development Association is to be an important source of recovery funds for the poorest economies, then...
Feminist principles: the private sector and multilateralism
The Feminist Economic Justice for People & Planet Action Nexus is led by four key partners - who also serve as...
The relentless quest to mobilise private investment in infrastructure: more de-risking is not the answer
While G7 leaders argue that they "aim for a step change" in their approach to infrastructure financing, a market-led approach...
Special Drawing Rights: Saving the global economy and bolstering recovery in pandemic times
A summary of key issues emerging from recent high-level event on SDR recycling mechanisms, funds, and vehicles.
Private finance won’t decarbonise our economies – but the ‘big green state’ can
Blog article in The Guardian by Professor Daniela Gabor. 'While the private sector wants to keep control of the green...
Global austerity alert: Looming budget cuts in 2021-25 and alternative pathways
The Global Austerity Alert is published by ITUC, Public Services International, Bretton Woods Project, Third World Network, Arab Watch Coalition...
‘Rebuilding better', but better for whom?
In March 2020 the World Bank Group pledged to provide US$ 160bn to client countries in the 15 months to...
Lessons from Covid-19 for addressing loss and damage in vulnerable developing countries
By Stamp Out Poverty and GCF Watch Global solidarity is urgently needed ensure that vulnerable developing countries have the support they need...
Covid-19: A feminist perspective
In this two-part blog to mark International Women's Day, Eurodad experts explore the impact of the pandemic from a feminist...
Eurodad Strategic Plan
Eurodad's Strategic Plan sets ambitious goals to help achieve: tax justice to stem the loss of resources in developing countries; ending debt crises...
The Liquidity and Sustainability Facility for African sovereign bonds: who benefits?
The aim of this paper is to contribute to an informed dialogue on the most appropriate forms of development finance...
The Pandemic Papers: Reviews of Covid-19's impact on debt and development finance
In this compilation of reports and briefings released throughout 2020, we review the impact of the pandemic on debt and...
Eurodad briefing on FiC: Development Finance Institutions and Covid-19: Time to reset
Between 9 and 12 November 2020, over 400 Public Development Banks (PDBs) will be gathering (virtually) at the first Finance...
Inequality, poverty and the privatization of essential services: A ‘systems of provision’ study of water, energy and local buses in the UK
This paper is concerned with the distributional effects of the deregulation and privatization of essential services in Britain since the...
Failing to Reach the Poorest: Assessment of the World Bank Funded Uganda Reproductive Health Voucher Program
The Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER) launched its report "Failing to Reach the Poorest: Assessment of the World Bank Funded...
A Rights-Based Economy: putting people and planet first
The report defines a rights-based economy as one that guarantees the material, social and environmental conditions necessary for all people...
Oxfam research/analysis on Austerity, Health, and Inequality
A Virus of Austerity? Oxfam new analysis finds that a whopping 84 percent of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) COVID-19 loans...
Never let a pandemic go to waste: How the World Bank’s Covid-19 response is prioritising the private sector
The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered health, economic and social crises of unprecedented proportions that have the potential to seriously undermine...
Tanzania hit by costs of public-private partnerships
By Jubilee Debt Campaign.
Repeat Prescription: The impact of the World Bank’s Private Sector Diagnostic Tools on developing countries
The World Bank exerts influence over the development policies of low and middle income countries. It does this through various...
Blended Finance: Finding Its Right Place
Report by Gunnel Axelsson Nycander, Act Church of Sweden.
The impact of PPPs on gender equality and women's rights
As public-private partnerships (PPPs) are increasingly promoted, concerns about their impact are rising.
Des projets qui ne décollent pas - Défis à relever et leçons à tirer des partenariats public-privé en Tunisie
Les Partenariats Public-Privé (PPP) sont de plus en plus promus comme une solution au déficit de financement nécessaire pour atteindre...
Failure to Fly: Challenges and lessons learned from public-private partnerships in Tunisia
Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are increasingly being promoted as the solution to the shortfall in financing needed to achieve the Sustainable...
Asociaciones público-privadas y asistencia de salud universal en América Latina: ¿a qué costo?
En el centro de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible está el compromiso internacional con la Cobertura Sanitaria Universal (CSU). Esto responde...
Wemos Discussion paper 'Best Public Value for Public Money?' - A discussion of case study findings also includes cases in Africa.
Wemos conducted a case study on the application of Dutch Official Development Assistance (ODA) policy instruments for business strengthening in...
Impact of development finance institutions on sustainable development
Development finance institutions (DFIs) have a positive role to play in supporting economic growth and job creation through the mobilisation...
Public private partnerships and universal health care in Latin America - at what cost?
At the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals is an international commitment to Universal Health Coverage (UHC). This responds to...
Buyer Beware A Critical Assessment of Public-Private Partnerships in Ireland and the Global South
Our latest research, Buyer Beware: A Critical Assessment of Public-Private Partnerships in Ireland and the Global South, launches on 26th September...
Multi-country research on private education in compliance with the right to education: A study of Ghana, Kenya and Uganda
This report assesses whether and how the development of private schools in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda is enabling or impairing the realisation...
Flawed conditions: the impact of the World Bank's conditionality on developing countries
The World Bank exerts enormous influence over the economies of developing countries through loan conditions, advisory services, technical assistance and...
¿Pueden las Asociaciones Público-Privadas promover la igualdad de género?
Las Asociaciones Público-Privadas (APP) vienen siendo activamente impulsadas por los gobiernos donantes y las instituciones financieras internacionales para financiar servicios...
Can public-private partnerships deliver gender equality?
Support for PPPs runs counter to governments’ commitments to promote gender equality and the fulfilment of women’s rights under Agenda...
Eurodad and CONCORD open letter to the FAC: Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 - Heading VI
This letter was sent to the Foreign Affairs Council on 26 November 2018.
History RePPPeated - How public-private partnerships are failing
Download the report here. Public-Private Partnerships are increasingly being promoted as the solution to the shortfall in financing needed to...
Have public-private partnerships gone out of fashion?
Opinion: the Project Ireland 2040 plan reveals that the government does not see PPPs playing an important role over the...
The Bratislava Bypass: A PPP to get around traffic problems and debt statistics
Through an analysis of two procurement processes and other dodgy practices adopted during the project development, Bankwatch and Counter Balance...
Socialising losses, privatising gains
Eurodad’s members SOMO and Both ENDS in collaboration with Transnational Institute and Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands) have published a report titled Socialising losses,...
The State of Finance for Developing Countries 2014
This report provides the most comprehensive review of the quantity of different financing sources available to developing countries, and how...
A Dangerous diversion: will the IFC’s flagship health public-private partnership bankrupt Lesotho’s Ministry of Health
Read the report https://www.oxfam.org/en/research/dangerous-diversion