Noticias
10 November: Giving With One Hand and Taking With the Other
Eurodad as coordinator of the European Tax Justice Network has coordinated 13 European NGOs in producing an excellent analysis of European countries’ role in tax-related capital flight from developing countries. The report concludes that no governments are demanding country-by-country reporting from companies; most are reluctant to allow public access to information on the true owners of companies; data is rarely exchanged among governments on tax matters; and no governments support equal inclusion of developing countries in the ongoing discussions on global tax reform.
29 October – 8 November - DeMPA Mission to Armenia
A joint World Bank-DRI mission visited Yerevan, in Armenia from Oct 29th to November 8th, 2013, to assess debt management activities in the country based on the DeMPA methodology developed by the World Bank. The mission met with staff from various institutions involved in debt management such as the Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank and presented its preliminary assessment to the authorities. The mission will finalise the report and submit it the Armenian authorities.
25 October - 1st November - Dakar Welcomes an MTDS Francophone Regional Workshop
DRI coordinated for the World Bank Debt Management Facility (DMF) a regional MTDS training workshop in Dakar, Senegal, facilitated by World Bank and DRI consultants. The 25 participants from 11 Francophone countries and institutions were asked to prepare their databases before the event according to specific data requirements. They were then able to finalise their own country databases, ready for the introduction to the toolkit developed to assist governments to develop an MTDS. The training also familiarised them with the analytical tool through a series of exercises enabling them to quantify and measure the performance of alternative debt management strategies under different shock scenarios.
20-25 October - MTDS Mission to Cape Verde
DFI joined a joint World Bank/IMF mission to Praia, Cape Verde. The mission took place at the request of the Ministry of Finance, and focused on providing technical assistance in debt management strategy formulation. The mission shared the Bank-Fund framework for Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy (MTDS) development, and jointly with a government team, applied it to Cape Verde. In the process, the team provided training on basic cost-risk analysis, data preparation, and preparation of a debt management strategy document.
21-24 October - GSW @ UN Women Expert Meeting
GSW was asked to attend the UN Women Expert Group Meeting (EGM) in Mexico City entitled ‘Challenges and Achievements in the implementation of the MDGs for Women and Girls’, to present findings of a paper into ‘gender responsive’ expenditure tracking, commissioned by UN Women. The GSW and other papers presented formed the basis for an overall EGM report, of which the main recommendations will be presented at the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (10th-21st March 2014).
