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       Posted on May 10th, 2012

Cashing in on climate change? Assessing whether private funds can be leveraged to help the poorest countries respond to climate challenges

The effects of climate change on developing countries have created a huge financial burden. Policymakers aim to limit global warming to a rise of 2°C in this century. In this scenario, the cost of adapting to and mitigating the impact of climate change would be in the range of USD 110-275 billion (€79-198 [...]


       Posted on December 11th, 2011

Exporting goods or exporting debts? Export Credit Agencies and the roots of developing country debt

Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) are institutions that aim to support export industry in their home countries. They provide official credit or credit guarantees to public or private buyers, often in developing countries. Export Credit Agencies are therefore debt-creating agencies, yet the loans they create are driven by the interests of the exporters and [...]


       Posted on November 29th, 2011

Exposing the lost billions: How financial transparency by multinationals on a country by country basis can aid development

The international community has repeatedly stressed the need to mobilise domestic resources in developing countries, as the most sustainable way of financing development and ending aid dependency. Yet, many developing countries are affected by a number of challenges that limit their capacity to collect taxes. One such challenge is multinational companies’ lack of [...]


       Posted on June 28th, 2011

The private turn in development finance: Effective for development?

The global financial and economic crisis has accelerated vast transformations in the current landscape of development finance. While ODA budgets are increasingly under threat, public development finance is increasingly being used to leverage private financial resources. This is taking place at a time when the patterns in private flows are swiftly changing – [...]


       Posted on January 20th, 2011

Eurodad submission – Green Paper on “EU development policy in support of inclusive growth and sustainable development: Improving the impact of EU development policy”

The European Commission (EC) is preparing in the coming months to debate the future of its development policy. For this purpose it has launched a number of public consultations to receive inputs from stakeholders regarding key issues for EU’s development policy.

Eurodad’s submission is based on recent Eurodad research that shows how all too [...]


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