congo database on the financial and economic crisis
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CoNGO Database on the Financial and Economic Crisis
Events, Publications and Websites
(2008 – 2010)
Events
IOs and Governments
Development
Economic System
Human Rights
Information Technology
Labor
MDGs
Children & Education
Environment
Gender
Health
Poverty & Hunger
Migration
Regional
Trade and Finance
Events
CSOs and NGO
Development
Economic System
Human Rights
Labor
MDGs
Environment
Gender
Poverty & Hunger
Regional
Migration
Trade and Finance
Publications
IOs and Governments
Development
Economic System
G20
Human Rights
Information Technology
Labor
MDGs
Children & Education
Environment
Gender
Health
Poverty & Hunger
Migration
Regional
Trade and Finance
Publications
CSOs and NGO
Development
Economic System
Human Rights
Labor
MDGs
Children & Education
Environment
Gender
Health
Poverty and Hunger
Regional
Migration
Trade and Finance
Websites
Events
IOs and Governments
1. UN The interactive panel of the United Nations General Assembly on the global financial crisis 30 October 2008
2. UNESCO Future Forum: The global financial and economic crisis: What impact on Multilateralism and UNESCO? 2 March 2009
Background documents
- What Impact of the Global Financial and Economic Crisis on Climate Change and Prospects for a Green Economy?
- Impact of Financial Crisis on Women and Families
- The Financial and Climate Crises have the same roots
- Towards a Global Green New Deal? The Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Climate Change and Prospects for a
Green Economy
- Investing out of the crisis: the education dynamic
- The Impact of the Global Financial and Economic Crisis on Developing Countries, in particular Africa, and the prospects for attaining the MDGs
3. UNCTAD short course on key international economic issues, 3 April 2009
- Financial Crisis: causes, consequences and possible ways out
4. OECD Forum The crisis and beyond: For a stronger, cleaner, fairer economy, 23-24 June 2009
5. OECD Forum Road to recovery: Innovation, jobs and green growth, 26-27 May 2010
Development
1. UNGA International Conference on Financing for Development, 29 November – 2 December 2008
The follow-up international conference on Financing for Development to review the implementation of the Monterrey Consensus
IOs and Governments
IOs and Governments Roundtables
1. Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development
2. Mobilizing international resources for development – foreign direct investment and other private flows
3. International trade as an engine for development
4. Increasing international financial and technical cooperation for development
5. External debt
6. Addressing systemic issues – enhancing the coherence and consistency of the international monetary, financial and
trading systems in support of development
2. UNCTAD Trade and Development Board 55th session, 15-26 September 2008
Main page
56th session, 14-25 September 2009 The global economic crisis and the necessary policy response
Main page
Hearing with civil society and the private sector
3. UNCTAD side event at the follow-up international conference on financing for development to review the implementation of the Monterrey consensus, 30 November 2008 4. G20 Washington Summit 2008, 14-15 November 2008
5. UN General Assembly Interactive Thematic Dialogue on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, 25-27 March 2009 Main page + Webcast + Documents 6. ECOSOC Panel discussion on Civil Society perspectives on the Financing for Development Agenda, 20 April 2009 7. ECOSOC Special High-level Meeting with the Bretton Woods Institutions, the WTO and UNCTAD, 27 April 2009 Press Conference on the Global Financial Crisis by Civil Society Organizations, 20 April 2009 8. UN Open-ended Working Group to follow up on the issues contained in the Outcome of the Conference of the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, April - June 2010 9. UNCTAD Public Symposium The global economic crisis and development – the way forward, 18-19 May 2009 Responding to global crises: New development paths, 10-11 May 2010
IOs and Governments
10. UNCTAD Trade and Development Commission, 11-15 May 2009 The impact of the global economic crisis on developing countries’ trade and development prospects Main page Documents Impact of the global economic crisis on trade
11. UN Conference at the Highest Level of the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development, 1-3 June, 2009 Background Official Documents Statements News Partners
12 World Bank Monitoring the social impacts of crisis, 11 June 2009
13. World Bank Social protection responses to the three waves of crisis: Finance, food and fuel, 15-18 June 2009
IOs and Governments
14. UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, 24-26 June 2009
Official Documents
Side Events
The World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development (2009), UNSG
Press Conference on world financial crisis summit by the Global Social Economy Group (GSEG)
15. ECOSOC Substantive session, 6-31 July 2009
Newsroom
Side event on the UN Economic crisis conference follow-up, 23 July 2009
Main page
16. ECOSOC Panel discussion on the impact of financial and economic crises on
sustainable development, particularly their social implications, 13 July 2009
Main page
IOs and Governments
IOs and Governments
17. Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands & UNDP Roundtable on “The financial and economic crisis and the implications for balanced and sustainable development”, 24 September 2009
Video and Statement by the Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Video and Statement by the UNDP Administrator Helen Clark
18. UN General Assembly 64th session Follow up to and implementation of the outcome of the 2002 International Conference on Financing for Development and the 2008 Review Conference (A/64/50) Panel discussion on “Impact of the Financial Crisis on Employment, Migration, Trade and Debt”, 29 October 2009 Second committee special event Panel discussion on “Revitalizing the International Financial System”, 30 October 2009 Second committee special event 19. UNCTAD 7th International Debt Management Conference Responding to Challenges Posed to Debt and Development Financing, 9-11 November 2009 Responding to the challenges of the global crisis Secretariat Note The Impact of the Financial and Economic Crisis on Debt Sustainability in Developing Countries
20. UNRISD Conference on social and political dimensions of the global crisis: Implications for developing countries, 12-13 November 2009
21. UNDP, UNIFEM United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development Joint Statement 2009
22. ECOSOC Special High-level Meeting with the Bretton Woods Institutions, the WTO and UNCTAD,
18-19 March 2010
Press release
IOs and Governments
Economic System
1. Annual Meetings & Spring Meetings: Board of Governors, World Bank Group, IMF 2008 Annual Meeting, 11-13 October 2008
Program seminars, 2 October
• What now, the world beyond the crisis
• Global Financial Crisis – can we afford the future?
• Financial crisis and the poor
• Impact of the global financial and economic crisis on fragile and conflict-affected countries etc
IMFC communiqué
Development Committee communiqué
2009 Spring Meeting, 25-26 April 2009 International Financial and Monetary Committee communiqué
Documents
2009 Annual Meeting, 6-7 October 2009 Development Committee communiqué
International Financial and Monetary Committee communiqué
IOs and Governments
2. IMF Pre-G8 Finance ministers’ meeting symposium, 20 May 2008
Financial turbulence and the global financial system
3. UN-NGLS Consultation on the Commission of Experts of the President of the UN General Assembly, 25 January-13 February 2009
Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System
4. World Economic Forum DAVOS, 28 January – 1 February 2009
“Shaping the Post-Crisis World”
Report
Outcomes
Webcasts and podcasts
5. World Bank Financial and Private Sector Development Forum, 24-26 February 2009
Markets and crises: What next and how?
6. IMF & Korea Development Institute Reconstructing the world economy, 25 February 2009
IOs and Governments
7. IMF Macro-economic and policy changes following financial meltdowns, 3 April 2009
8. World Bank, US Federal Reserve System & IMF Emerging from the crisis – Building a stronger international financial system, 3-5 June 2009
9. WTO Public Forum 2009, 28-30 September 2009
“Global Problems, Global Solutions: Towards Better Global Governance”
Documents
WTO Online Forum: “What is the role of WTO Services rules in the context of the current financial crisis?”
10. Halifax Initiative What’s missing in the response to the global financial crisis?: Rethinking the global financial system during a time of crisis, 19-20 October 2009
11. IMF Macro-financial policies after the crisis, 6 November 2009
IOs and Governments
12. WTO 7th Ministerial Conference, 30 November – 2 December 2009
The WTO, the multilateral trading system and the current global economic environment
13. World Economic Forum DAVOS, Switzerland, 27-31 January 2010
“Improve the State of the World: Rethink, Redesign, Rebuild”
Overview
Executive Summary
Webcasts and podcasts
Human Rights
1. HRC 10th special session, 20 February 2009
The impact of the global economic and financial crisis on the universal realization and effective enjoyment of human rights
Overview on the conclusion of the 10th special session
IOs and Governments
2. HRC 13th special session, 1-26 March 2010
High level segment panel discussion on the economic and financial crisis (RES 12/28)
Information Technology
1. WIPO Global financial crisis and economic outlook: Global think tank summit, 3 July 2009
Speech by the Director-General
2. IMF & Financial Stability Board Users Conference on the Financial Crisis and Information Gaps, 8-9 July 2009
IOs and Governments
Labour
1. ILO IMPACT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON WORLD OF WORK EXPECTED
TO BE HIGH ON AGENDA OF QUADRENNIAL MEETING, 4 February 2009
2. ILO High level regional forum on responding to the economic crisis, 18-20 February 2009 Coherent polices for growth, employment, and decent work in Asia and the Pacific
Summary report
3. ILO Global Dialogue Forum on the Impact of the financial crisis on finance sector workers, 24-25 February 2009
4. ILO Tripartite Caribbean Conference, 1-2 April 2009 Promoting Human Prosperity beyond the Global Financial Crisis: Seeking Sustainable Solutions through Social Dialogue
5. World Bank Workshop Maintaining productive employment during times of crisis, 29 April 2009
6. ILO Addressing forced labour in a time of global economic crisis, 18 May 2009
IOs and Governments
7. ILO 98th Session of the International Labour Conference, 3-19 June 2009
8. ILO Summit on the global job crisis, 15-17 June 2009
9. OECD Tackling the job crisis – the labour market and social policy response, 28-29 September 2009
Final communiqué
10. ILO Panel discussion on people with disabilities in times of economic crisis, 12 November 2009
11. ILO Routes out of the Crisis: Strategies for Local Employment Recovery and Skills Development in Asia, 1-3 December 2009
Country briefs for routes out of the crisis
IOs and Governments
MDGs
1. UNICEF In times of Crisis: Making budgets work for children, women and the MDGs, 20 November 2008
Children & Education
1. UNICEF Conference on the “Impact of the Economic Crisis on Children”, 6-7 January 2009
2. UNICEF Junior 8 Summit, first week of July 2009
Children’s rights in the context of the financial crisis
3. World Bank 5th Education Conference Financing higher education at a time of economic crisis, 27-29 October 2009
4. UNICEF & ODI The global economic crisis – Including children in the policy response, 9-10 November 2009
IOs and Governments
Environment
1. UNEP Finance Initiative 2009 Global Roundtable, 22-23 October 2009
2. OECD Global Forum on Environment on Eco-Innovation, 4-5 November 2009
Gender
1. ECOSOC CSW 53rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, UN NY, 2-13 March 2009
Emerging issues, trends and new approaches to issues affecting the situation of women or equality between women and men: Gender Perspectives of the Financial Crisis, 5 March 2009
Summary Report
Issues paper
Papers
Statement submitted by the Asia Pacific Caucus, calling for a study of the impact of the global financial crisis on the goals of gender equality
IOs and Governments
2. UNESCO Future Forum: The global financial and economic crisis: What impact on
Multilateralism and UNESCO?, 2 March 2009
The potential impact of the global financial and economic crisis on women and gender equality
3. UNIFEM Financial Crisis Workshop: Policy Issues and Priorities, 4-5 March 2009
Part 1
Part 2
4. UNCTAD Expert meeting on mainstreaming gender in trade policy, 10-11 March 2009
5. UNDP, UNIFEM, and Permanent Missions Breakfast Dialogue on the economic
crisis: Economic recovery and sustainable development with gender equality, 26 June
2009
Joint statement by UNDP & UNIFEM
IOs and Governments
6. UNIFEMThe World Economic and Financial Crisis: What Will It Mean for Gender Equality? Vienna, Austria, 13 July 2009
7. OHCHR, ECE, UNIFEM Women and migration in Europe and the Commonwealth of
Independent States, including in the context of the financial crisis, 4 November 2009
Health
1. WHO High-level consultation on the financial and economic crisis and global health,
19 January 2009
2. WHO Health in times of global economic crisis: Implications for the WHO European region, 1-2 April 2009
3. UN Secretary-General’s Forum on advancing global health in the face of the crisis,
15 June 2009
4. UNAIDS 24th Meeting of the Programme Coordinating Board, 23 June 2009
IOs and Governments
5. ECOSOC Dialogue on Regional Perspectives on the Global Economic and Financial Crisis, Including the Impact on Global Public Health, 10 July 2009
Poverty and Hunger
1. G8 Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting, 18-20 April 2009
Final Declaration
2. OECD-FAO High level meeting, 6 May 2009
3. FAO World summit on food security, 16-18 May 2009
Food security and the financial crisis
4. G8 L’Aquila Summit 2009, 8-10 July 2009
Main issues
Documents
IOs and Governments
5. FAO World Food Day 2009: Achieving food security in times of crisis, 16 October 2011
Civil Society Organizations Roundtable: Achieving the right to food in times of crisis
6. Civil Society Forum, Rome, 14-16 November 2009
Declaration
Roundtable 1: Minimizing the Negative Impact of the Food, Economic and Financial Crisis on World Food Security
IOs and Governments
Migration
1. UNITAR Seminar on Migration and the Economic Crisis, 21 May 2009
2. OECD High level policy forum on migration, 29-30 June 2009
Towards responsive, effective, and fair migration policies
Key issues
Conclusions
3. IFAD Global forum on remittances 2009, 22-23 October 2009
Regional
1. IMF Conference After the storm: The future face of Europe’s financial system, 24 March 2009
IOs and Governments
2. IMF Conference Post-Crisis growth and poverty reduction in developing Asia, 22 March 2010
3. WTO Global financial crisis, export-led growth and aid for trade: Focus on the ASEAN experience, 28-29 May 2009
4. World Bank ABCDE 2009: Lessons from East Asia and the Global Financial Crisis, 22-24 June 2009
5. UNU Recovering from the global crisis: Towards an action plan for Africa and the least developed countries, 25 June 2009
Side event at the UN Conference on the world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development
6. Asian Development Bank The impact of the global economic slowdown on poverty and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific, 28-30 September 2009
IOs and Governments
Trade and Finance
1. World Bank Trade Finance in the context of the global financial crisis, 1-5 June 2009
2. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago & World Bank 12th Annual International Banking Conference,
24-25 September 2009
The international financial crisis: have the rules of finance changed?
3. IMF 10th Annual research conference, 5-6 November 2009
Financial frictions and macroeconomic adjustment
Discussion on macro-financial policies after the crisis, 6 November 2009
4. UNCTAD Corporate governance in the wake of the financial crisis: Linking governance, strategy and sustainability, 20-21 April 2010
IOs and Governments
CSOs and NGOs
1. Prague Global Policy Institute – Glopolis The world in crisis: Economies and policies for global transformation, 30th March – 1st April 2009 NGO Declaration
2. CSOs People’s Voices on the Crisis, 20 June 2009 Overview
Agenda
3. South Centre Workshop on the global economic situation and climate change, 29 January 2010 Summary
Agenda
4. Swiss Network for International Studies Academic Debate Series “Perspectives within international organizations on the financial and economic crisis”
Presentation on the recently released report on income inequalities in the age of financial globalization, 19 February 2009
Development implications of the financial and economic crisis, 23 March 2009
The financial crisis and public health, 30 April 2009
The financial and economic crisis and its impact on environmental organizations, 29 May 2009
Security issues and the financial and economic crisis, 2 October 2009
CSOs and NGOs
Development
1. UNCTAD Trade and Development Board 55th session, 15-26 September 2008
Hearing with civil society and the private sector (The global financial crisis and its impact on sustainable development) Civil Society inputs and contributions
Addendum
2. UNGA International Conference on Financing for Development Doha, 29 Nov – 2 Dec 2008
Doha Global Civil Society Forum, 26-27 November 2008
3. ECOSOC Panel discussion on Civil Society perspectives on the Financing for Development Agenda, 20 April 2009
Civil Society Organizations Press conference on the global financial crisis, 20 April 2009
4. UN-NGLS, ITUC & Third World Network Financing development in a time of crisis: An interactive dialogue, 23 July 2009
5. Asian Development Bank Post Crisis Agenda for Asia, 3 May 2010
CSOs and NGOs
Economic System
1. Civil Society Policy Forum: Board of Governors, World Bank Group and the IMF
2008 Annual Meetings, 9-13 October 2008
2009 Spring Meetings, 23-26 April 2009
2009 Annual Meetings, 2-7 October 2009
Critical Voices on World Bank & IMF and the World in Crisis, CSOs and Europad, 2-5 October 2009
2. Global Progressive Forum and other CSOs Europeans for financial reform 2009:
Regulating global finance now, 21 September 2009 and continuing
3. CIGI Towards a Global New Deal, 2-4 October 2009
4. Research on Money and Finance One year on from the panic of 2008: Whither
financialised capitalism?, 7 November 2009
CSOs and NGOs
5. Asian Development Bank Institute Global Financial and Economic Crisis:
Fiscal policy issues after the crisis, 19 January 2010
6. European University Institute The 2007-2010 Financial and Economic Crisis:
Causes, consequences and policy responses, 15 April 2010
7. World Social Forum Thematic conference on alternatives to the crises, 2 May
– 4 May 2010
CSOs and NGOs
Human Rights
1. CESR, ESCR-Net & UN-NGLS Side event Human Rights responses to the
global economic crisis, 4 March 2010
Labour
1. ITUC World day for decent work, 7 October 2009
2. Eurofound Preparing for the future: maintaining employment in times of crisis,
18-20 November 2009
CSOs and NGOs
MDGs
1. Friends of Europe Saving the MDGs from Global Recession, 3 March 2009
Environment
1. Carnegie Endowment The Environmental Impact of the Financial Crisis: Challenges and opportunities, 11 April 2009
Gender
1. CoNGO NGO Committee on the Status of Women, 2-13 March 2009
International Women’s day celebration: “The economics of the financial crisis: Gender equality and the role of women”, 6 March 2009
2. WILPF International Women’s Day Celebration “The Economics of the Financial Crisis: Gender equality and the role of women”, 6 March 2009
CSOs and NGOs
3. Gender Equality and Economy Program, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
International conference on gender and the global economic crisis, 13-14 July 2009
4. CoNGO NGO Committee on the Status of Women, 4 November 2009
The global economic crisis and the empowerment of women
5. Social Watch Economic crisis, finance and development: Views and proposals from Latin
America and the Caribbean, 10-11 December 2009
Seminar workshop within the Framework of the MERCOSUR Summit of Presidents
Poverty
1. Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC) The financial crisis –
Whom does it truly hit?, 27 November 2009
CSOs and NGOs
Regional
1. Peterson Institute for International Economics US and European responses to the global financial crisis, 13 February 2009
2. ICTSD Dialogue on trade policy nexus with climate change and sustainable development: Developments for the Asia Pacific region, 17-19 February 2009
3. Friends of Europe Summit Outlook Africa: Investing in Africa’s growth and health, 29 April 2009
4. International Food Policy Institute Implications of the financial crisis on developing countries, 30 April 2009
5. Carnegie Endowment The Global Crisis: Will the Middle East and North Africa emerge stronger?, 21 May 2009
CSOs and NGOs
6. Carnegie Endowment The Middle East and North Africa: Exiting the great recession?, 19 October 2009
7. Eurofound Foundation Forum 2009, 5-6 November 2009
Global recession: Europe’s way out
Background paper
Report
8. Friends of Europe Summit Europe’s interlocking challenges: Energy and the economic crisis, 18 November 2009
Migration
1. Migration Policy Institute Immigration and the current economic crisis, 14 January 2009
CSOs and NGOs
Trade and Finance
1. Bretton Woods Project A coherent civil society response to the financial crisis,
28 October 2008
2. Carnegie Endowment Happy New Year? The World Economy in 2010, 5
January 2010
CSOs and NGOs
Publications
IOs and Governments
1. The global financial crisis: Analysis and policy implications (2009),
Congressional Research Service
2. The global economic crisis: systemic failures and multilateral remedies (2009), UNCTAD
3. The global financial crisis and its impact on the work of the UN system (2009),
UN System Chief Executive Board for Coordination
Development
1. UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, 24-26 June 2009
Outcome document
Report of the Secretary-General
2. Averting a human crisis during the global downturn (2009), World Bank
3. Global Monitoring Report 2009: A development emergency (2009), World Bank
4. Responding to the challenges posed by the global economic crisis to debt and development finance (2010), UNCTAD
Economic System
1. Governance of the IMF: An evaluation (2008), IEO
2. IMF Performance in the run-up to the current financial and economic crisis (2009), IEO
3. A changing IMF: Responding to the crisis (2009), IMF Factsheet
4. Review of recent crisis programs (2009), IMF
5. OECD Strategic response to the financial and economic crisis (2008), OECD Update: The road to recovery (2009)
IOs and Governments
6. Report of the Commission of Experts of the President of the United Nations General Assembly on reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System (2009), UN
G20
1. Global financial crisis: Responding today, securing tomorrow (2008), World Bank
2. Improving financial regulation (2009), Financial Stability Board
3. Overview of progress in implementing the London summit recommendations for strengthening financial stability (2009), Financial Stability Board
4. Report on G20 Trade and Investment Measures (2009), WTO, OECD & UNCTAD
IOs and Governments
Human Rights 1. The impact of the global economic and financial crisis on foreign debt and the
enjoyment of human rights (2009), OHCHR
2. 2009 Trafficking in persons (2009), US Department of State
Information Technology 1. Policy responses to the economic crisis: Investing in innovation for long-term growth (2009),
OECD
2. The impact of the crisis on ICTs and their role in the recovery (2009), OECD
3. World intellectual property indicators 2009 (2009), WIPO
Press release: Global economic slowdown impacts 2008 international patent filings, 27 January
2009
Economic crisis drives down applications for patents and trademarks, 18 September 2009
4. Confronting the Crisis: Its Impact on the ICT Industry (2009), ITU
5. The impact of the current financial crisis on the telecom industry (2009), ITU
IOs and Governments
Labour
1. Global employment trends report 2009 (2009), ILO
2. Protecting people, promoting jobs (2009), ILO
3. Recovering from the crisis: A global jobs pact (2009), ILO
4. Tackling the global jobs crisis: Recovery through decent work policies (2009), ILO
5. The financial and economic crisis: A decent work response (2009), ILO
6. OECD Employment outlook 2009: Tackling the job crisis (2009), OECD
IOs and Governments
7. The Financial and Economic Crisis: A Decent Work Response (2009), ILO
8. The financial and economic crisis: A Decent Work response (2009), ILO
9. Financial Crisis, Deflation, and Trade Unions Responses: What are the Lessons?
(2010), ILO
MDGs
1. Strengthening the Global Partnership for Development in a Time of Crisis (2009),
MDG Gap Task Force
2. The impact of the global economic crisis on the Millennium Development Goals in Latin
America (2009), UNDESA
IOs and Governments
Children and education
1. Impacts of the global financial and economic crisis on child labour and youth
employment (2009), ILO
2. Impact of the global economic crisis on children in East Asia and the Pacific: A mid-year update on UNICEF policy and programme responses (2009), UNICEF
3. Aggregate economic shocks, child schooling, and child health (2009), World Bank
4. Education policy in times of crisis: less inequality, better quality (2009), UNESCO
5. Education for All – Global Monitoring Report 2010, UNESCO
Press release: Financial crisis threatens to set back education worldwide UN report warns, 19 January 2010
6. The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Fiscal Space for Education Expenditure in Africa
(2010), UNESCO
Environment 1. State of the world’s forests (2009), FAO
Postscript: Challenges and opportunities in turbulent times
IOs and Governments
2. Green growth: Overcoming the crisis and beyond (2009), OECD
3. The global financial crisis and its impact on renewable energy finance (2009), SEFI
4. Trade and development report: Responding to the global crisis, climate change mitigation
and development (2009), UNCTAD
5. Green Economy Initiative, UNEP Green economy report: A Preview (2009), UNEP
6. Global Green New Deal
Global Green New Deal – A policy brief (2009), UNEP
Global Green New Deal – An update for the G20 Pittsburgh Summit (2009) , UNEP
7. The Transition to a Green Economy: Benefits, Challenges and Risks from a Sustainable
Development Perspective - A Report by Panel of Experts (UN-DESA, UNEP and UNCTAD)
IOs and Governments
IOs and Governments
8. The Transition to a Green Economy: Benefits, Challenges and Risks from a Sustainable
Development Perspective - A Report by Panel of Experts (UN-DESA, UNEP and UNCTAD)
9. A Brief for Policymakers on the Green Economy and Millennium Development Goals (2010) UNEP
10. Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication (2011),
UNEP
Gender
1. Asia in the global economic crisis: Impacts and responses from a gender perspective (2009),
ILO
2. Global employment trends for women (2009), ILO
3. Factsheet: Economic Meltdown and Women (2009), UNFPA
4. Implementing the Bank’s gender mainstreaming strategy: FY08 Annual monitoring report
(2009), World Bank
Health
1. HIV/AIDS and the world economic crisis (2009), ILO & World of work feature story
2. Leading by example – protecting the most vulnerable during the economic crisis/ The global
campaign for the health Millennium Development Goals 2009 (2009), Office of the Prime
Minister of Norway
3. The global economic crisis and HIV prevention and treatment programmes: Vulnerabilities
and impact (2009), UNAIDS
Update on the impact of the economic crisis: HIV prevention and treatment programmes
(2010), UNAIDS
4. The financial crisis and global health (2009), WHO
5. Health in times of global economic crisis: Implications for the WHO European region (2009),
WHO
IOs and Governments
Poverty and Hunger
1. Agricultural Outlook 2009-2018 (2009), FAO & OECD
Press release: Financial crash could deepen food crisis (FAO), 15 October 2008
Agriculture more resilient to global crisis than other sectors (OECD), 17 June 2009
2. Hunger in the face of crisis: Global economic slowdown underscores urgency of
addressing long-term challenges (2009), FAO Policy brief
3. The state of food insecurity in the world 2009: Economic crises – impacts and lessons learned (2009), FAO & WFP
4. The urgent need to strengthen social protection systems (2009), OHCHR
Independent expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty
5. The right to food and the financial and economic crisis (2009), Special Rapporteur on the right to food
6. How the financial crisis affects the hungry (2009), WFP
Video clip by the Executive Director of WFP
7. The global economic crisis: Assessing vulnerability with a poverty lens (2009), World Bank
IOs and Governments
Migration
1. The threat posed by the economic crisis to Universal Access to HIV services for migrants (2009), Joint United Nations Initiative on Mobility and HIV/AIDS in South East Asia
Press release: UN Report – Echoing ’97 financial turmoil, current financial crisis leaves migrants more vulnerable to HIV (12 August 2009)
2. The global economic crisis and migrant workers: Impact and response (2009), ILO
3. The global economic crisis and the impact on migrant workers (2009), ILO Feature story
4. The effect of the global economic crisis on Asian migrant workers and governments’ responses (2009), ILO paper
5. International Migration Outlook (2009) , OECD
6. Migration and the Economic Crisis in the European Union: Implications for Policy (2010), International Organization for Migration
7. MRS N°37 - The Impact of the Global Financial Crises on International Migration: Lessons Learned
Regional 1. Report on the effects of the global financial and economic crisis on developing countries and on development cooperation (2010), European Parliament
IOs and Governments
2. The implications of the global financial crisis for low-income countries (2009), IMF
3. Economic survey of the European Union 2009: Policies to overcome the crisis (2009), OECD
4. The impact of the financial and economic crisis on debt sustainability in developing countries (2009), UNCTAD
5. A matter of magnitude: The impact of the economic crisis on women and children in South Asia (2009), UNICEF
6. Middle East and North Africa Region Economic Developments and Prospects 2009: Navigating Through the Global Recession (2009), World Bank
7. Swimming Against the Tide: How developing countries are coping with the global crisis (2009), World Bank
IOs and Governments
Trade and Finance
1. Financial stability frameworks and the role of central banks: Lessons from the crisis (2009), IMF
2. Global financial stability report: Navigating the financial challenges ahead (2009), IMF
3. IMF Annual Report: Fighting the global crisis (2009), IMF
4. World Economic Situation and Prospects Reports;
WESP 2011
WESP 2012
World Economic Situation and Prospects, 2005-2009: On the global financial and economic crisis
5. World Economic Outlook: Crisis and recovery (2009), IMF
IOs and Governments
6. The financial crisis: Reform and exit strategies (2009), OECD
7. Assessing the impact of the current financial and economic crisis on global FDI
flows (2009), UNCTAD
8. Global economic crisis: Implications for trade and development (2009), UNCTAD
9. Report on G20 trade and investment measures (2009), WTO, OECD & UNCTAD
10. Report to the Trade Policy Review Body on the financial and economic crisis
and trade-related development (April 2009), Director-General of the WTO
11. Global Economic Prospects 2010: Crisis, Finance and Growth (2010), World
Bank
IOs and Governments
CSOs and NGOs
1. Oldest are most sheltered: Different age groups, different recessions (2009), Pew
Research Centre
Development
1. The morning after the night before: The impact of the financial crisis on the
developing world (2008), Christian Aid
2. Ensuring Development in the face of the financial crisis (2009), EURO step and other
CSOs
Economic System
1. Fruits of the crisis (2010), Action Aid and Third World Network
2. The cost of reserves: Developing countries pay the price of global instability
(2010), Europad
3. Doing a decent job? IMF policies and decent work in times of crisis (2009), SOLIDAR, Europad & Global Network
4. New International Financial Architecture: Little progress in global financial reform
(2009), Third World Network
5. Civil Society Consultation on the work of the President of the UN General Assembly’s
Commission of Experts on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System
(2009), UN-NGLS
6. Global Economic Prospects: The recession may be over but where next? (2010),
South Centre
7. Financial Crisis: Reflecting on reforms amidst new threats (2010), Third World Network
Human rights
1. Public Statement Issued by CEOs of INGOs on the impact of the global economic
downturn (2008), Amnesty International, Oxfam International, World Vision International,
PLAN International, Greenpeace & CARE International
2. Amnesty International Report 2009: State of the World’s Human Rights, Amnesty
International
CSOs and NGOs
3. Making finances work: People first (2009), Social Watch Report 2009
4. Bringing human rights to bear in times of crisis: A human rights analysis of government
responses to the economic crisis (2010), AWID Women’s Rights, Center of Concern,
Center for Economic and Social Rights, Center for Women’s Global Leadership & ESCR-
NET
Labour
1. Restructuring in recession (2009), Eurofound
2. Global Unions Statement of Priorities for the 7th WTO Ministerial Conference (2009),
ITUC & Global Unions
MDGs
1. Millennium Development Goals – Impact of the financial crisis on developing countries
(2009), Commission of the European Communities staff
CSOs and NGOs
Children and Education
1. Children in times of economic crisis: Past lessons, future policies (2009), ODI
Environment 1. The Crisis and the Environment (2008), Foreign Policy in Focus
2. Environmental sustainability and the financial crisis: Linkages and policy
recommendations (2009), Centre for International Governance Innovation Working group on Environment and Resources
3. Rethinking the Economic Recovery: A Global Green New Deal (2009), University of Wyoming
Gender 1. The current economic and financial crisis: A gender perspective (2009), Levy Institute
Health 1. Health in crisis: Why, in a time of crisis, Europe must do more than ever to achieve the health Millennium Development Goals (2009), Action for Global Health
CSOs and NGOs
Poverty and Hunger
1. How the food and financial crises are interconnected (2008), Counterpunch.org
2. Food and financial crises: Implications for agriculture and the poor (2008),
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
3. What is the likely Poverty Impact of The Global Financial Crisis? (2009),
Institute of Development Studies
4. Global hunger index 2009 – The challenge of hunger: Focus on financial crisis and gender inequality (2009), IFPRI, Welthungerlife & Concern Worldwide
5. The global financial crisis: Poverty and social protection (2009), ODI Briefing paper
6. 100 People every minute pushed into poverty by the economic crisis (2009), Oxfam
CSOs and NGOs
Regional
1. Voices from the South: The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Developing Countries (2008) Institute of Development Studies
2. The global financial crisis and developing countries (2008), ODI Background note
3. The effect of the world financial crisis on developing countries: An initial assessment (2009), Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
4. Bail-out or blow-out? IMF Policy advice and conditions for low-income countries at a time of crisis (2009), Europad
5. Policy Response to the Global Financial Crisis: Key Issues for Developing Countries (2009), South Centre
CSOs and NGOs
Migration
1. Migration and the financial crisis: How will the economic downturn affect migrants? (2009), Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty briefing
2. Fact-Sheet on the impact of the economic crisis on human rights of migrants (2009), Global Migration Group & OHCHR
3. The recession and migration: Alternative scenarios (2009), Philip Martin (International Migration Institute)
4. Immigrants and the current economic crisis: Research evidence, policy challenges and implications (2009), Migration Policy Institute
5. Migration and the economic downturn: What to expect in the European Union (2009), Migration Policy Institute
6. Migration and the global recession: A report commissioned by the BBC World Service, Migration Policy Institute
CSOs and NGOs
Trade and Finance
1. Hole in the pocket: Why unpaid taxes are the missing link in development
finance (2008), Action Aid
2. Towards a global new deal (2009), CIGI Conference report
3. Rebuilding global trade: Proposals for a fairer, more sustainable future (2009),
International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development & University of Oxford
CSOs and NGOs
Websites
IOs and Governments
1. Asian Development Bank
The Global Economic Crisis: Implications for Asia-Pacific and ADB
2. European Commission
Facts, Analysis and Policies
Economic Crisis in Europe : Causes, Consequences and Responses
Driving the European Recovery: EU’s response to the economic and financial crisis
Overview
Key documents + Statistics and Surveys + Forecast and Analysis
3. Human Rights Council
Human Rights and the Global Economic Crisis, OHCHR
The Global Economic Crisis – the Human Rights Perspective
4. IMF
Addressing the global financial crisis
Reforming the International Financial System
IMF Civil Society Consultation on IMF Reform
Report on the Fourth Pillar consultations
5. OECD
From Crisis to Recovery
Economic Survey of Switzerland 2009: Getting Out of the Crisis (2010)
Financial Market Trends (OECD Journal)
Current Issues in Financial Markets: Exit and Post-financial Crises Issues
Corporate governance and the financial crisis
The Corporate Governance Lessons from the Financial Crisis (2009)
Trade policy response to the global economic crisis
Tackling the crisis – a strategic response
IOs and Governments
6. UNDP
The Economic Crisis Around the World
7. UNEP
Global Green New Deal
UNEP Green Economy Initiative
8. UNU
UNU Conversation Series: Economic crisis
9. US Department of State
Financial Crisis and Human Trafficking
10. World Bank
World Bank Reform main page
Crisis Talk: Emerging markets and the financial crisis blog
IOs and Governments
Financial Crisis: What the World Bank is doing
Global Perspectives on the Economic Crisis
Global dialogues as a response to the global economic crisis
Dialogue 1: Sub-national Finance
Dialogue 2: Macro and Financial Policies (Argentina, Hungary, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Turkey)
Dialogue 3: Macro and Financial Policies (Brazil, China, India, Macedonia, Mexico, South Africa)
Dialogue 4: Social Policy
Dialogue 5: Trade Policy
Research at the World Bank
Financial Crisis: IFC (International Finance Corporation) ’s response
Prospects for development: a forward looking analysis of the global economy
Financial Crisis and Africa
IOs and Governments
11. Financial Stability Board
12. WHO
13. UNCTAD
Course on Key Issues on the International Economic Agenda
IOs and Governments
CSOs and NGOs
1. Amnesty International
Report 2009 Website State of the World’s Human Rights
2. Bretton Woods Project, Casino Crash, Debtonation, EURODAD, Focus on the Global South and Choike.org
Rethinking Finance: Alternative voices for a new financial architecture
3. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
The Financial Crisis: A timeline of events and policy actions
4. Global Policy Forum
General Analysis on the World Financial and Economic Crisis
5. International Trade Union Confederation
Global Financial Crisis Union’s watch
6. REUTEURS
Times of Crisis: The year of global change
7. Social Watch
10 Days of Action: Countdown to commitments
Take action to demand a rights-based solution to the financial and economic crisis
8. South Centre
Global Financial and Economic Crisis
Cross-cutting issues in global economic governance
CSOs and NGOs