International finance

Civil Society Perspectives on the European Union Approach
In a special CAFOD survey conducted with 56 partners in 24 southern countries, CIDSE asked civil society organisations to share their perspectives on the governance issues affecting development and social justice in their countries, and on the role of the donor community in relation to governance reform (Sept 2006)

Why the International Finance Facility (IFF), advocated by Gordon Brown and supported by a wide international coalition, is an imaginative response to the problem of meeting the Millennium Development Goals

Presentation by CAFOD's Henry Northover at the UN’s Financing for Development Preparation Committee, October 2001

8-page .pdf document summarising CAFOD's June 2002 e-consultation on NEPAD

Published in the run-up to the 2002 G8, this paper discusses NEPAD and argues that donor countries must commit themselves not only to additional resources and preferential treatment for Africa, but also to decision-making processes that include an influential voice for impoverished people.

In January 2003, the leader of Brazil’s Workers Party (PT), Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office, amid massive expectations that a PT government would herald a social and economic transformation in Brazil.

One year into his presidency, what has he achieved and what is the outlook for Brazil?

These papers are no longer available online, but copies may be sent out if you email policy@cafod.org.uk requesting the title as listed here

International Finance and the World's Poor
A new challenge confronts the struggle to end world poverty: the growing size and instability of international financial markets. Since the Mexican crash of 1994, a series of financial crises have threatened the hopes and livelihoods of millions of the world’s poorest citizens
(1999)