Noticias
15 April - Global Financial Governance and Impact Report
DFI took part in discussions with New Rules technical partners and Board members on the forthcoming GFGIR, which will analyse the governance and impact on sustainable development of the G20, IMF, World Bank, FSB, OECD and UN. The report will be written by a multi-agency team including DFI and launched at the BWI Annual Meetings.
14-19 April - MTDS Mission to Mongolia
DFI joined a World Bank MTDS mission in Ulan Bator to focus on providing technical assistance in debt management strategy formulation. At the request of the Ministry of Finance, the mission shared the Bank-Fund framework for Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy (MTDS) development, and jointly with a government team, applied it to Mongolia. In the process, the team provided training on basic cost-risk analysis, data preparation, and preparation of a debt management strategy document.
3 April - Launch Plans for Government Spending Watch (GSW)
DFI and Oxfam will jointly launch the new Government Spending Watch (GSW) initiative in Washington DC on 19 April and in London on 16 May. The meetings will launch the draft executive summary of the GSW 2013 report, website and database which aim to galvanise campaigning and advocacy for greater spending on the MDGs, by providing analysis and data on spending in 55 countries, as well as a campaigning and advocacy hub for spending and transparency. More details of the launch and the analysis will appear on this site and on the GSW site which will go live on 19 April.
March 2013 - OIF/DFI Enhanced Cooperation on Development Finance
Following a mandate from Francophone Ministers in Tokyo in October 2012, OIF and DFI have agreed an enhanced partnership on development financing issues. This will establish a technical network of senior officials from Finance Ministries from OIF IDA-eligible member states, which will be supported by country case studies and multi-country research on managing development finance, quarterly newsletters and a website. The technical network (which will hold its first meeting in April) will help member states to learn from one another about best practices in financing development, and to reach agreement on key issues for the Ministerial Network’s advocacy and lobbying activities.
27 mars – Financement concessionnel: l’heure du choix?
DFI a fait partie du panel de discussion du séminaire de lancement d'un nouveau rapport de l'Overseas Development Institute, The Age of Choice, Soulignant la présence croissante de pourvoyeurs Sud-Sud, cette étude examine le nouveau contexte du financement concessionnel pour les pays en développement, et s'interroge: ce contexte offre-t-il un choix plus varié aux pays en termes de financement et assure-t-il une plus grande proximité avec leurs priorités nationales? La vidéo de cette rencontre est disponible here.
