Last week, Bond travelled to Bangkok to attend the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings. Here, Bond’s G20 and Global Reforms Manager, Maria Finnerty, and Policy Manager for Development Finance, Alex Farley, share their reflections on the UK government’s announcements at the event.
Save the Children UK and Debt Justice UK outline the six critical reforms needed to fix the G20 Common Framework, the mechanism lower-income countries can use to restructure their debts.
Trisha Mapacpac at VisionFund shares how a mix of credit, insurance coverage, digital innovation, and training is enabling rural women across 10 countries to grow their businesses and support their families.
Eleanor Rosenbach, co-director of the Corporate Justice Coalition, on how to address the rampant power imbalance between businesses on the one hand, and people and communities on the other.
The scale of today’s crisis demands urgency, structural change and a commitment to putting the most vulnerable communities first. Yet signals from the Spring Meetings suggest rich countries are being prioritised. How can this mark a turning point?
As the UK government implements its cuts to ODA, the newly released Statistics for International Development (SIDs) offer important spending insights on these reductions. Here are the key takeaways.
Sunit Bagree at Results UK examines the devastating consequences of the UK’s complicity in trade-related illicit financial flows. Can the British government turn the tide?
The UN Tax Convention negotiations begin next week. If successful, the convention would mark the beginning of a new era of international tax justice – one where wealth is no longer hoarded by a tiny elite while billions go without the basics. War on Want’s Nuri Syed Corser tells us more.
