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Selected new papers on Financing for Development

In the run-up to the Doha Financing for Development conference from 29 November to 2 December 2008 civil society organisatione (CSOs), non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and other agencies have multiplied their research and educational publications. World Economy & Development In Brief has compiled the direct links to the most recent policy papers on financing for development and related issues.

To be complemented:

	If Not Now, When? (Oxfam Briefing Note)
	Upholding the spirit of Monterrey: the financing for development agenda and its unfinished business (CIDSE)
	Doha Financing for Development Talks: What Should Developing Countries Push for? (Aileen Kwa in: South Bulletin)
	Financing for Development from Monterrey to Doha. A South Centre Input Into the Preparatory Proces Leading to the Doha Meeting
	Gender equality at the centre of Financing for Development (WIDE Position Paper on Doha)
	With Realistic Radicalism. Which approach to the upcoming era of reforms (Peter Wahl/weed)
	EU agrees joint position for Doha, but leader's eyes are on Washington (EURODAD)
	Sustainable Financing for Development and Poverty Eradication (VENRO position paper)

In German:

	Die zweite Weltkonferenz für Entwicklungsfinanzierung in Doha. Erwartungen und Forderungen aus Entwicklungspolitik und Zivilgesellschaft (terre des hommes/Global Policy Forum/VENRO)
	Nachhaltige Finanzierung für Entwicklung und Armutsbekämpfung (VENRO-Positionspapier zur 2. Weltkonferenz für Entwicklungsfinanzierung in Doha)

Important websites:

	Official Website of the International Conference on FfD
	Civil Society Website on Financing for Development
	NGLS Website on the FfD Conference in Doha

(Posted: 24 November 2008)

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