this section last updated 29/01/06 

 


World Bank and IMF websites:

Bretton Woods Project - www.brettonwoodsproject.org
Monitoring the World Bank and the IMF is the Bretton Woods Project an excellent site giving detailed information on both organisations, explanations of various programmes and news from indebted countries - well worth a look

The Whirled Bank - www.whirledbank.org
Website analysing the operations of the World Bank

The Bank Information Centre (BIC) - www.bicusa.org
This is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation that provides information and strategic support to NGOs and social movements throughout the world on the projects, policies and practices of the World Bank and other Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs). BIC advocates for greater transparency, accountability and citizen participation at the MDBs.

The World Bank - www.worldbank.org

International Monetary Fund - www.imf.org

Debt campaigns from around the world:

Ugandan Debt Network - www.udn.or.ug

Jubilee Plus - www.jubileeplus.org
The successor to the Jubilee Campaign in the UK - with regular updates and news on debt and related issues plus country profiles

The Social Justice Committee, Montreal, Canada - www.socialjusticecommittee.org
Focussing on Global economic justice, especially the cancellation of Third World debt - unjust foreign debt carried by so many impoverished countries

Jubilee USA - www.jubileeusa.org
Jubilee USA Network began as Jubilee 2000/USA in 1997 when a diverse gathering of people and organisations came together in response to the international call for Jubilee debt cancellation. Now over 60 organisations including labour, churches, religious communities and institutions, AIDS activists, trade campaigners and over 9,000 individuals are active members of the Jubilee USA Network. Together we are a strong, diverse and growing network dedicated to working for a world free of debt for billions of people.

Jubilee Debt Campaign UK - www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk

Jubilee Zambia - www.jctr.org.zm/jubilee-zambia.htm

Jubilee South - www.jubileesouth.org
The External Debt of the countries of the South is illegitimate, unjust, and ethically, legally, and politically unsustainable.

Freedom from Debt Coalition (Philippines) - www.freedomfromdebtcoalition.org

Global Call to Action Against Poverty - www.whiteband.org

50 Years Is Enough - www.50years.org
U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice

Southern African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN) - www.sarpn.org.za
Providing a facility for raising the level and quality of public debate on poverty across the Southern African Development Community - SADC.

Odious Debt - www.odiousdebts.org

African Forum and Network on Debt and Development AFRODAD - http://www.afrodad.org
Afrodad is a civil society organisation born of a desire to secure lasting solutions to Africa's mounting debt problem which has impacted negatively on the continent's development process.

Environmental Sites:

Environmental Media Services - www.ems.org
A nonprofit organisation dedicated to providing journalists with the most current information on environmental issues.

People and Planet - www.peopleandplanet.net
Peopleandplanet.net provides a global review and internet gateway into the issues of population, poverty, health, consumption and the environment. It is published by Planet 21, an independent non-profit company and a registered British charity recognised by the United Nations.

Media Sites:

All Africa - www.allafrica.com
News from all over Africa

Project Syndicate - www.project-syndicate.org
An international association of quality newspapers devoted to: bringing distinguished voices from across the world to local audiences everywhere; strengthening the independence of printed media in transition and developing countries as well as upgrading their journalistic, editorial, and business capacities.

Related Sites:

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) - www.unctad.org
Established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body, UNCTAD is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment and development issues.
MAIN GOALS:Maximize the trade, investment and development opportunities of developing countries and assist them in their efforts to integrate into the world economy on an equitable basis

United Nations Website - www.un.org

Centre of Concern - www.coc.org
Through research, analysis, networking, public education and advocacy, the Centre of Concern works to advance more just, sustainable and authentically human development for all, especially for the marginalized and those in poverty.

Tobin Tax Initiative Ireland - www.tobintaxireland.ie
The Tobin Tax Initiative - Ireland has been established to encourage Irish citizens to become active
on this issue, and to encourage our government to advocate its adoption on the international scene

Probe International - www.probeinternational.org
Probe International exposes the devastating environmental, social, and economic effects of Canada's aid and trade abroad. In a democracy, there is no greater guarantee of justice than the free flow of information. Probe International names names.

 


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