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Op-Ed: ‘Financing Development in a Post-Crisis World: The Need for a Fresh Look’

December 9, 2010 by Andrew Clappison 1 Comment

By Gerardo della Paolera, GDN President and George Mavrotas, GDN Chief Economist.

Gerardo della Paolera, GDN President

In the shadow of the global financial crisis, development finance has an uncertain and challenging future. External capital flows are extremely volatile and are concentrating mainly in certain developing countries and emerging markets, private capital flows and remittances are in decline in the poorest countries in the world, while many donors are currently struggling to honour their aid commitments. Add to these, the growing complexity of the development finance ‘system’ and a new landscape in this area seems to have emerged.

GDN’s 12th Annual Conference, which takes place in January 2011 in Bogotá, aims to put the spotlight on this issue by bringing together some of the brightest minds to challenge and develop current thinking. Finding alternative and innovative sources of development finance is crucially important: there can be no slippage in the fight against poverty. Read more of this post

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Communiqué: 11th Annual Global Development Conference Delivers Key Messages on Economic and Regional Integration

February 5, 2010 by Andrew Clappison Leave a comment

There is no learning without dialogue, and no action without reasonable consensus. This assumption was put to the test over the course of the recent 11th Annual Global Development Conference, Prague. The event was framed by one central question – Regional and Economic Integration: Quo Vadis? The 450 participants from around the world attending the event had their own distinct views on exactly where regional and economic integration is going. It is these views we wanted – and the world needs – to hear.

The financial crisis that has rocked the global economy has had, and continues to have, dangerous repercussions for international development. Read more of this post

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