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2 Apr 2009

G20 wrong to push for rushed completion to Doha talks says Trade Justice Movement

The Trade Justice Movement has warned that a push to complete Dohan World Trade Organisation talks, called for by the G20, would place people all around the world at risk.
25 Mar 2009

Brown's G20 plan ‘will destroy jobs’, says aid agency

Millions of people will lose their jobs in developing countries and millions more in Europe under free trade plans to be promoted by British prime minister Gordon Brown at the G20 summit of the world’s leading economies, say campaigners.
3 Dec 2008

Doha is a 'lost opportunity', say development agencies

A high level United Nations conference in Doha has proved a lost opportunity for instituting reforms to the global financial system to help poor countries, say leading development agencies Christian Aid and ActionAid.
28 Nov 2008

Development agencies challenge UK government on global finance

As world leaders and finance ministers meet this weekend to discuss funding for poorer countries, two leading development agencies are calling for major reforms of the global financial system.
25 Sep 2008

Aid agencies say rich countries are blocking anti-poverty economic action

As world leaders gather for make or break talks about halving extreme global poverty, development agencies, including Britain's Christian Aid, warn that progress is being hampered by the activities of rich countries and big business.