Towards financial regulation
September 23, 2024
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Financial regulation is a key area for the policy space of the global South. Currently, countries in the global South are in a subsumed position
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Undoing (neo)colonialism in development co-operation
September 23, 2024
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The following article comprises of two inputs of IBON International Executive Director, Jennifer del Rosario-Malonzo, at a global meeting for the International Development Co-operation Workstream
Global Day of Action against the IMF-World Bank: 80 years of imperialist plunder and dictates are enough! Shut down the IMF-World Bank!
July 16, 2024
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Social movements and civil society are marking July 22 as the Global Day of Action against the IMF-World Bank. It coincides with the 80th anniversary
International Situation 2024: US warmaking amid great power competition
July 11, 2024
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This article is part of IBON International’s series on the economic and political aspects of the international situation in 2024. The United States (US) asserts
Call for articles & art: People’s history of the IMF-World Bank
July 4, 2024
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The Bretton Woods Conference of 1944, held in New Hampshire in the United States (US), led to the establishment of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Ambition requires finance, argue developing countries at Bonn climate talks
July 2, 2024
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A postmortem article on the outcomes of the 60th Session of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies From June 3 to 13, 2024, the 60th Session of
Kenyan President withdraws controversial IMF-backed finance bill after mass protests
July 1, 2024
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Nairobi, Kenya, June 26, 2024 – Kenyan President William Ruto withdraws the controversial finance bill 2024 amid mass protests that swept the country and reportedly
On the present and future of aid and development co-operation
June 24, 2024
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The following article is based on an input by Rodolfo Lahoy of IBON International at the Eurodad webinar, “What the latest aid data means &
Affordable housing for whom? On recent urban poor evictions and the housing crisis in Kenya
June 11, 2024
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For many Kenyans, access to decent and affordable housing remains a big challenge. The housing crisis has been exacerbated by the rise in rural-urban migration,
Looking back at COP28 and forward to COP29: Will climate justice take a backseat, again?
May 15, 2024
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Climate change has been causing severe damage to millions of African people, particularly the poor. The climate crisis exacerbates food insecurity and aggravating conflicts over
Statement of support for the International People’s Tribunal on IHL violations in PH by US-backed Marcos Jr. and Duterte
May 10, 2024
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IBON International, a Southern-based organisation with central offices in Manila, expresses support for the International People’s Tribunal (IPT) organised by the International Association of Democratic
Away from finance capital: Towards a new narrative on the private and the public sectors in dev’t
May 8, 2024
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IBON International Policy Head, Rodolfo Lahoy, delivered the following intervention at the official session on Private Business and Finance at the 2024 UN Financing for
False “terrorism” charges against Philippine CSOs undermine people’s right to development
May 8, 2024
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IBON International stands in solidarity with our Philippine CSO partners, Paghida-et sa Kauswagan Development Group (PDG), and the Leyte Centre for Development (LCDe), who are
Let’s talk “aid debt” and systemic accountability in the int’l finance architecture
May 3, 2024
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Jennifer del Rosario-Malonzo, Executive Director of IBON International, spoke on behalf of the Civil Society Financing for Development (CS FfD) Mechanism at the official panel
On the IMF-WBG’s Spring Meetings: Systemic accountability, not climate profiteering
April 17, 2024
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This year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) will mark the 80th year of the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference, which
IBON International’s Statement on the Swedish Government’s decision to terminate partnership with civil society
April 11, 2024
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IBON International, a Southern civil society organisation, regrets the decision of the Swedish government to unilaterally terminate the partnership of its international development cooperation wing