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Covid-19 and Democracy in East Africa: Online Conference, 19-20 November

SID, in collaboration with the The Kofi Annan Foundation and with the support of the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF), are hosting an online conference on 19-20 November...

Call on IMF to stop promoting austerity in the Coronavirus recovery period

More than 500 organisations and academics from 87 countries, including the Society for International Development (SID), have issued a statement yesterday calling on the...

CIVIL SOCIETY POLICY FORUM 2020 - World Bank Group's 'Maximizing Finance for Development' in times of Covid-19

The session will feature:  Daniela Gabor (University of the West of England)  María José Romero (Eurodad) Crystal Simeoni  (Nawi – Afrifem Macroeconomics Collective)  Richard...

Civil Society Policy Forum 2020 - The Role of IFIs in a World of Intersecting Conflicts and Crises in the Middle East and North Africa

This session will assess IFIs’ policies in contexts of crises and conflicts, mainly in the Mena Region, by examining the existing policies and their impact on inequality. It aims...

Separation of humans and nature, the source of ecological crises - Right to Food and Nutrition Watch 2020

As millions mobilize across the globe to demand urgent action to respond to the climate crisis, it is time to reset our societal relationship with nature. Despite our deep...

Civil Society Policy Forum 2020 - Opening Session 28 September "Covid-19 and debt: Going beyond debt suspension towards a systemic response to debt crises"

The session will take place on Monday 28th of September at 8am (EDT) / 2pm (CET).  As the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing debt vulnerabilities and triggered a new debt...

PRESS RELEASE - Pushing the reset button will not change the game

The Spotlight Report 2020 unpacks various features and amplifiers of the COVID-19 emergency and its inter-linkages with other crises. The report points out that even before COVID-...

Recipe for disaster: The IMF and World Bank’s role in the financialisation of food and agriculture

In Recipe for disaster: The IMF and World Bank's role in the financialisation of food and agriculture, written for the Bretton Woods Project Spring Observer 2020, SID's policy...

Webinar on Healthcare: The concept of “Common”, towards a social, economic and ecological democracy

The common goods' point of view seems to be a particularly useful and profitable one for understanding the crisis of the pandemic, both on the health and on the economic and...

Feminist Response to COVID-19: an online repository to strengthen solidarity

Feminist organizations and activists have been very dynamic reacting to the COVID-19 pandemic and providing their own analysis through gender and intersectional perspectives, as...

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