Cancel Debt Fast

Thursday 6 Sep 2007 - 15 Oct 2007
Hosted by Jubilee USA

The 2007 Jubilee Act would provide expanded debt cancellation for many countries that were not included in the 2005 G8 agreement and need debt cancellation to address extreme poverty.

Moving the Jubilee Act through Congress is the central goal of this fall's Cancel Debt Fast, a rolling 40-day fast for debt cancellation that will take place from September 6 to October 15, 2007.

Week of Global Action vs. Debt and IFIs -- Debtweek

Sunday 14 Oct 2007 - 21 Oct 2007

Despite all promises, the debt problem is not over. What can you do? Getting involved in the Week of Global Action VS Debt and IFIs gives you a chance, as a citizen, to challenge and confront northern governments, international banks, transnational companies and multilateral institutions such as the IMF, the World Bank and the WTO to take responsibility. Mobilizations worldwide will take place from October 14 to 21. Check out the website and get involved!

Prayer Breakfast (Washington D.C.)

Tuesday 16 Oct 2007 - 16 Oct 2007
Hosted by Jubilee USA

Jubilee USA members and supporters will break the 40-day Rolling “Cancel Debt Fast” with a prayer breakfast on Capitol Hill, led by religious and political leaders including Archbishop Ndungane (Cape Town South Africa), the Episcopal Archbishop of Haiti, German Theologian Ulrich Duchrow, a Zambian Member of Parliament, civil society leaders from Zambia, and US religious and political leaders.

Breaking the Fast: Education and Lobby Training Day (Washington D.C.)

Tuesday 16 Oct 2007 - 16 Oct 2007
Hosted by Jubilee USA

The prayer breakfast will be followed by a day of education sessions and lobbying training for Jubilee supporters and other interested participants on international debt, the IMF/World Bank, and global poverty and lobby training. Participants will have an opportunity at this time to meet with supporters from their state to plan their lobbying meeting on Wednesday. Click here to register

Beyond Investigation: Innovations for the Inspection Panel (Washington D.C)

Wednesday 17 Oct 2007 - 17 Oct 2007
Hosted by International Rivers Network (IRN), Bank Information Center (BIC), Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and Heinrich-Boell Foundation

A half-day workshop on IFI accountability focusing particularly on the effectiveness of the World Bank Inspection Panel in providing relief to communities impacted by World Bank projects, discuss the challenges involved in doing this, and share ideas on how to improve the functioning of the Panel. Speakers include Mustafa Talpur (inspection claimant from Pakistan), Tess Bridgeman (researcher on WB Inspection Panel), Lori Udall (researcher on IFI Accountability Mechanisms), and Richard Bissell (former member, WB Inspection Panel).

The Gender Impacts of Debt and the IFIs (Washington, DC)

Wednesday 17 Oct 2007 - 17 Oct 2007
Hosted by Gender Action

Gender Action and Jubilee USA Network will hold this education session on gender, debt and the IFIs as part of Jubilee USA's National Lobby Day for debt cancellation. At the event we will discuss how the often illegitimate and unpayable debt burden of poor countries disproportionately falls on women and girls. Indebted governments are forced to prioritize payments to rich country creditors over spending on essential services such as healthcare, education and clean water.  ...more »

The IMF/World Bank, the Economy and Energy Policy in Bolivia (Washington, D.C.)

Wednesday 17 Oct 2007 - 17 Oct 2007
Hosted by Center for Economic and Policy Research

Featuring speakers:

Carlos Villegas, Minister of Hydrocarbons and Energy and Luis Arce, Minister of Finance

With introductory remarks by Mark Weisbrot, economist and co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research

Civil Society Meet and Greet Happy Hour!!! (Washington, DC)

Wednesday 17 Oct 2007 - 17 Oct 2007
Hosted by Bank Information Center

Come socialize with old and new friends at BIC’s bi-annual happy hour!

Contact Benjamin Bryan (bbryan@bicusa.org) or Srabani Roy (sroy@bicusa.org) with any questions.

National Mobilization Against the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank/October Rebellion

Thursday 18 Oct 2007 - 21 Oct 2007

As part of the Week of Global Action vs. Debt and IFIs, 50 Years Is Enough is calling for a united mobilization against the World Bank and IMF during the annual meetings.

Read the Call to Action

Mapping Multilateral Development Banks’ Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS Spending (Washington, DC)

Thursday 18 Oct 2007 - 18 Oct 2007
Hosted by Gender Action

Gender Action will present Mapping Multilateral Development Banks’ Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS Spending—the first report assessing the quantity and quality of Multilateral Development Banks’ (MDBs’) spending for reproductive health and HIV/AIDS. Mapping demonstrates a decline in World Bank and little African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, and Inter-American Development Bank loans and grants for reproductive health and HIV/AIDS.  ...more »

CANCELLED: The Declining Influence of the IMF and World Bank: Is Less Better? (Washington, D.C.)

Thursday 18 Oct 2007 - 18 Oct 2007
Hosted by American University Department of Economics

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Annual NGO/CSO Meeting with the World Bank Inspection Panel (Washington, DC)

Thursday 18 Oct 2007 - 18 Oct 2007
Hosted by Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and Bank Information Center (BIC)

The annual meeting of NGOs and CSOs with the World Bank Inspection Panel. This will be an opportunity to meet Roberto Lenton, the new Inspection Panel member, who has confirmed that he will be attending.

Universal Access to Basic Services in Developing Countries: (Washington D.C.)

Thursday 18 Oct 2007 - 18 Oct 2007

Sponsored by Oxfam International. Featuring panelists: Ruth Kagia, Education Director, World Bank Julian Schweitzer, Health, Nutrition and Population Director, World Bank Max Lawson, Senior Policy Advisor, Oxfam Great Britain Andrew Kumbatira, Executive Director, Malawi Economic Justice Network Akanksha Marphatia, Global Campaign for Education Peter Bakvis, Director, Washington Office, ITUC/ Global Unions, (Moderator and Chair)

2007 Annual Meetings of the World Bank and IMF

Friday 19 Oct 2007 - 22 Oct 2007

The Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund (IMF) hold their Annual Meetings to discuss a range of issues related to poverty reduction, international economic development and finance. The Annual Meetings are held in Washington, D.C. every 2 out of 3 years.

Gender Justice: A Citizen’s Guide to Gender Accountability at International Financial Institutions (Brown Bag Lunch) (Washington, DC )

Friday 19 Oct 2007 - 19 Oct 2007
Hosted by Environmental Law Institute

Please join Gender Action and the Center for International Environmental Law as we launch the first guide for taking gender discrimination cases to IFI accountability mechanisms!  ...more »