2009/04/21
US dollar dominance in world financial system challenged
Roberto Bissio, director of Social Watch, an international watchdog network monitoring poverty eradication and gender inequality, said the IMF's loan conditionalities are having a detrimental effect on developing countries struggling to stimulate their economies.

2009/04/21
Civil Society perspectives on the financing for development agenda
The Economic and Social Council held a panel discussion on "Civil Society Perspectives on the Financing for Development Agenda" on Monday, 20 April 2009, in the ECOSOC Chamber in New York. Roberto Bissio from Social Watch intervened at the first panel together with other civil society representatives.

2009/04/20
IMF, reform thyself, groups say
Ahead of the annual meetings of the world's biggest international financial institutions this weekend, calls are growing for the United Nations to take new initiatives on financing for development in poor countries.

2009/04/20
Press Conference on global financial crisis by civil society organizations
The best stimulus plan to address the global economic crisis was to invest in the poor, Roberto Bissio of Social Watch told correspondents today.

2009/04/20
Judicial activism fired by middle class ideology
“The judges have imbibed middle class ideology hook line and sinker. So in instances of judicial activism, the decisions get weighted in favour of the middle class,” Prabhat Patnaik said, after releasing the Citizen’s Report on Governance and Development 2008-’09 brought out by the National Social Watch Coalition here on Sunday.

2009/04/20
Money is honey in a poll nominee’s book
In a study titled “Citizens’ Report on governance and development 2008-09”, the National Social Watch Coalition informs us that only 173 MPs in the 14th Lok Sabha actually spoke on legislative issues while the House passed nearly 40 per cent of the Bill with less than one hour of debate.

2009/04/20
IMF, reform thyself, groups say
Ahead of the annual meetings of the world's biggest international financial institutions this weekend, calls are growing for the United Nations to take new initiatives on financing for development in poor countries.

2009/04/17
Jarnail hurled a shoe, but our honourable MPs flung slippers
Twenty-two percent of the 14th Lok Sabha’s time was lost because of the unruly behaviour of parliamentarians and unnecessary disruptions, according to a report titled 'Citizens' Report on Governance and Development 2008-2009' that was released by the National Social Watch Coalition, a conglomerate of various civil society organisations active in 14 states.

2009/03/31
Deep reforms of global financial system inevitable response to protacted crisis
The UN General Assembly held an Interactive dialogue on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development from 25-27 March in New York. A representative of Social Watch said those institutions that should have warned about the crisis had the power to control small and developing countries’ economies. But they lacked the courage to tell the rulers of the world’s most powerful economies what was going wrong.

2009/03/27
New vacancy: Advocacy Coordinator
The Advocacy Coordinator will develop and implement an advocacy strategy and activities for Social Watch.
Location: The Social Watch International Secretariat in Montevideo, Uruguay. The position requires frequent presence in decision-making fora, in particular but not exclusively in New York.
The deadline is April 30, 2009.