Comments for International Anti-Corruption Conference Blog http://iaccforum.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:47:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Political corruption behind financial crisis, says poll by iaccforum http://iaccforum.wordpress.com/2008/10/24/political-corruption-behind-financial-crisis-says-poll/#comment-3 iaccforum Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:47:03 +0000 http://iaccforum.wordpress.com/?p=28#comment-3 Amnesty International, joined by other NGOs such as Oxfam and Greenpeace, today issued a statement, <a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/statement/ngos-warn-poor-countries-neglected-financial-bail-outs" rel="nofollow">NGOs warn poor countries neglected in financial bail-outs</a>, in which they drew attention to the fact that the bail-out packages being prepared on both sides of the Atlantic exceed development spending and the price tag for the MDGs by orders of magnitude. And yet, these massive capital injections have been prepared at a dizzying speed, while commitment to fighting global poverty remains lacklustre. A question of priorities. Amnesty International, joined by other NGOs such as Oxfam and Greenpeace, today issued a statement, NGOs warn poor countries neglected in financial bail-outs, in which they drew attention to the fact that the bail-out packages being prepared on both sides of the Atlantic exceed development spending and the price tag for the MDGs by orders of magnitude. And yet, these massive capital injections have been prepared at a dizzying speed, while commitment to fighting global poverty remains lacklustre. A question of priorities.

]]> Comment on Welcome to the official IACC blog! by Inés Selvood http://iaccforum.wordpress.com/2008/10/20/welcome-to-the-official-iacc-blog/#comment-2 Inés Selvood Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:32:50 +0000 http://iaccforum.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-2 Hello all! as a former TI Staff I am delighted to see you soon at this new IACC! And, as you may know I will coordinating a WS on Investigative Jorunalism http://www.13iacc.org/en/IACC_Workshops/Workshop_6.7 , with lots of experiences around the world and more! You will not want to miss it!!! Looking forward to seeing you all! Inés Hello all! as a former TI Staff I am delighted to see you soon at this new IACC! And, as you may know I will coordinating a WS on Investigative Jorunalism http://www.13iacc.org/en/IACC_Workshops/Workshop_6.7 , with lots of experiences around the world and more! You will not want to miss it!!!
Looking forward to seeing you all!
Inés

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