29-30 September - Commonwealth/OIF Meeting on Innovative Financing
DFI helped to facilitate a technical meeting of Commonwealth and OIF country and secretariat officials, held at Wilton Park in the UK, to raise awareness and discuss the practicalities of various types of innovative financing instruments and mechanisms. DFI gave a presentation on public revenue-raising measures such as Financial Transaction Taxes and taxes on aviation and shipping fuels. The meeting followed the recent Commonwealth and OIF Finance Ministers' meetings which discussed these issues (see 22 September).
