World Wealth Report 2011
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- Written by CapGemini
- Category: Documents
Very very interesting reading in times of crisis ...
On how the financial system strangles European economies
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- Category: Analysis
Interview with Fernando Sanchez of Cemla (Center for Latinamerican monetary studies) in Mexico : on the links between the Dollar and the Euro and the dominance of neoliberalism and the financial sector:
Read more: On how the financial system strangles European economies
G20 Ministers of Labour
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- Category: News
On September 27, the G20 Ministers of Labour and Employment met in Paris and demanded active employment policies and a strengthening of social protection.
Will the Dollar be dethroned by the Euro?
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- Written by Zsolt Darvas - Bruegel
- Category: Analysis
The US dollar still dominates global currency markets. It has appreciated sharply at the outbreak of the recent global financial crisis. This is remarkable, since risky American financial structures were the prime reason behind the crisis. The US economy accumulated large current account deficits before the crisis, which would have called for dollar depreciation. Also, the huge rise in the country's public debt, and the stalemate of its politics, should raise doubts about the prime role of the US dollar.
Proposal for a European FTT
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- Written by European Commission
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Said Commissioner Semeta: The EU becomes a forerunner in the global implementation of a Financial Transaction Tax ... a fair contribution from the financial sector ...
Gender Equality
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- Written by World Bank
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The World Development Report 2012 is out: Gender Equality: The right and smart thing to do
Nearly 4 million poor women missing each year in developing countries
The newest answer to lacking development, when everything else is failing: women!
Raw Material Strategy for the EU
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- Written by European Parliament
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The European Parliament adopted on September 13 2011 a resolution, following up on an Initiative Report, on the Raw Material Strategy of the European Union.
Read and find the references to the Commission's documents...
Ending Aid Dependency
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- Written by Action Aid
- Category: Analysis
An interesting new report of Action Aid on how the aid dependency of poor countries is slowly declining and on how real aid can be effective.
The Global Partnership for Development
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- Written by United Nations
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The 2011 Report from the UN MDG Gap Task Force, focusing on MDG8: more can be done ...
How to Spend It?
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- Written by Eurodad
- Category: Analysis
Boomerang Aid: How billions of development aid are diverted towards companies in the rich countries ...
The IMF looks at inequality!
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- Written by IMF
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'All for One' examines inequality and the many ways it matters. In our overview article, the World Bank's Branko Milanovic explains how income inequality is measured and tells us that it's increased in most countries. The good news, he says, is that global inequality--between countries--could be on the downturn.
