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Sustainable Finance: Seeking Global Financial Security

Addressing the critical need for a more integrated and sustainable financial system, this paper draws together a broad range of viewpoints from different groups and sectors. The paper examines current trends in public and private financial systems. Then it goes on to describe some of the existing instruments and institutional frameworks to deal with:

  • short term financial volatility and crises;

  • long term financial insecurity

The paper profiles some of the key ideas that have been proposed for financial reform, before finally outlining key questions that will need to be addressed in the future.

Briefing paper on Sustainable Finance: Seeking Global Financial Security - Pdf format

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Trade and Investment

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Regional/multilateral

Business

Local Authorities

NGO

Trade Unions

Issue Links 

Communities and Alternative Currencies

  • Argentinean Barter System called Red Global de Trueque or Global Barter Network http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/5413/index.html

  • Climate and Currency: Proposals for global monetary reform. The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability.

  • Community currencies interactive. Information (in English) of local currencies http://www3.plala.or.jp/mig/interactive

  • Foundation for International Community Assistance. Village banks in 17 countries. www.villagebanking.org  

  • Grameen Bank www.grameen-info.org  

  • LETS and Hours: local currency systems. http://ccdev.lets.net

  • Microenterprise Finance: Is there a conflict between growth & poverty alleviation? Hulme, D & Mosley, P. (1998) World Development Vol. 26/5. http://www.uncdf.org/sum/mcsv/ftp_downloads/hulme.pdf

  • Reinventing the Market: Alternative Currencies and Community Development in Argentina. http://www.geog.le.ac.uk/ijccr/4no3.htm

  • TARAhaat internet portal for Indian villages www.Tarahaat.com

Finance and Development

  • Adjustment and poverty in Asia: old solutions and new problems. Stewart, F. (1998) QEH Working Paper Series 20. http://www2.qeh.ox.ac.uk/research/wpaction.html?jor_id=28

  • Financing for Development Forum http://ffd-forum.net 

  • Growth Is Good for the Poor. Dollar, D. & Kray, A. (2000) www.worldbank.org/research/growth/absddolakray.htm.

  • The Marginalisation of Africa in the World Economy. Collier, P. (1997) Final project report to DFID pcollier@worldbank.org

  • South Africa's Integration into the global economy. Mboweni, T.T.  (200) http://www.bis.org/review/r001030b.pdf

  • UN Financing for Development official site www.un.org/esa/ffd

  • WB Global Development Finance 2000. WB (2000)  http://www.worldbank.org/prospects/gdf2000/vol1.htm  

  • World Bank International Financial Architecture. Update 2001 http://www.worldbank.org/ifa/images/IFARPT4_01.pdf

  • UNCTAD Trade and Development Report 2002: Developing Countries in World Trade (TDR 2002)  http://www.unctad.org/en/pub/ps1tdr02.en.htm

Sustainability Reporting

  • Ecological Footprint Analysis: Towards a Sustainability Indicator for business http://www.acca.org.uk/soc_env.html

  • Environmental Sustainability Index (project of Global Leaders for Tomorrow World Economic Forum) http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/indicators/ESI/  

  • Global Reporting Initiative www.globalreporting.org

  • The International Corporate Environmental Reporting Site http://www.enviroreporting.com 

Trade and Investment

  • Fighting Corruption, Promoting Good Governance. Commonwealth Secretariat (2000) Expert Group Report Economic Management Series www.thecommonwealth.org/

  • The Future of Money. Lietaer, B. (2001) review at: www.transaction.net/money/book/index.html

  • Global Finance: New thinking on regulating speculative capital markets. Bello. W, Bullard. N & Malhorta. K, (2000)  www.blahtech.com/zed/singles/1%2085649%20791%207.htm

  • Global Financial Challenges. Towards responsible architecture for the developing countries. Norwegian Forum for Environment and Development. Brunhoff, S. et al (2000) www.forumfor.no

  • IMF Code of Good Practices on Transparency in Monetary and Financial Policies

  • Progress in Strengthening the Architecture of the International Financial System. IMF (2000)  http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/arcguide.htm

  • Reforming the International Institutions. Dodds, F. (2000) Earth Summit 2002: A New Deal Ch. 23 pp. 291 www.earthsummit2002.org/es/2002/    

  • The TRIPs Agreement. A Guide for the South, The Uruguay Round Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights’ South Centre (1999d) www.southcentre.org/publications/trips/toc.htm

  • UN Report of the Secretary-General on Financial Resources and Mechanisms. ECOSOC (2000) Chapter 33 of Agenda 21.  www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd8/sg_finance.pdf

  • UNDP Inter-Agency Procurement Services Office http://www.iapso.org/index.html

  • WB Contagion of Financial Crises. http://www1.worldbank.org/economicpolicy/managing%20volatility/contagion/index.html

  • WB Declaration of G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors http://www.imf.org/external/np/g7/103098dc.htm

  • What is Government Procurement? European Commission (1999) DG Trade. www.europa.int/comm/dgo1/wgovproc.htm

  • World Investment Report: 1999 Foreign Direct Investment & the Challenge of Development.UNCTAD (1999) www.unctad.org/en/pub/ps1tdr99.htm

  • WTO Government Procurement Gateway http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/gproc_e/gproc_e.htm

  • A "Critique" of the EC’s WTO Sustainability Impact Assessment Study and Recommendations for Phase III http://www.oxfam.org.uk/policy/papers/wto6.htm

  • WTO New Round. Sustainability Impact Study. Phase 2. Kirkpatrick, C. & Lee, N. (2000) Institute for Development Policy and Management. Environmental Impact Assessment Centre, University of Manchester http://fs2.idpm.man.ac.uk/sia/

  • WTO GATS Protocol 5 Financial Services Article exemptions http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/servfi_e/sl45.htm

New Financial Mechanisms

  • Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions for the Aid of citizens (ATTAC) www.attac.org

  • National Environmental 

  • Local Environmental Budgeting. ICLEI http://www.iclei.org/europe/ecobudget/ENVBUD-E.HTM 

  • Tobin Tax for Social Development. Enayati, J. & Hemmati, M. (2000) http://www.earthsummit2002.org/wssd/wssd5/wssd5tobin.htm

  • Tobin Tax Initiative - USA (TTI-USA) http://www.ceedweb.org/iirp/

Poverty and Debt

  • The unbreakable link: Debt relief and the Millennium Development Goals. Romily Greenhill, jubilee research, New Economics Foundation (2002) http://www.jubileeplus.org/analysis/reports/unbreakable_link.pdf 

  • Eliminating World Poverty: Making globalisation work for the poor. DfID (2000) White Paper on International Development www.globalisation.gov.uk

  • Poverty Reduction and Global Public Goods: Issues for the World Bank in Supporting Global Collective Action. WB (2000) Joint Committee of WB and IMF http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/dcs/devcom.nsf/

  • Special Study No.5 Trade, Income Disparity and Poverty. WTO (2000) www.wto.org/english/news_e/pres00_e/pr181_e.htm

  • UNCTAD Debt Management and Financial Analysis Systems http://www.unctad.org/en/subsites/dmfas/english/index.htm

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Stakeholder Links

International

  • Bank of International Settlements, Basel, Switzerland http://www.bis.org/

  • Financial Stability Forum www.fsforum.org

  • The International Monetary Fund http://www.imf.org/

  • ILO http://www.ilo.org

  • International Organisation of Securities Commissions (national regulators of futures and securities) www.iosco.org

  • UN Capital Development Fund www.uncdf.org

  • UNCTAD http://www.unctad.org/en/wwwsites/fwwwsite.htm

  • UNEP Financial Initiatives http://unepfi.net

  • UNIDO http://www.unido.org/WhatWeDo.htmls

  • UNDP www.undp.org

  • The World Bank www.worldbank.org, WB Finance http://www1.worldbank.org/finance, WB link to International Financial Architecture http://www.worldbank.org/ifa/

  • World Trade Organisation http://www.wto.org

Regional / Multilateral

  • Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) http://www.oecd.org

  • European Commission's INFO-POINT on World Trade in Services GATS 2000: Financial Services Proposal from the EC and their Member States December 2000 http://europa.eu.int/comm/trade/services/nspw07.htm

Business

  • Association of Chartered Accountants http://www.acca.org.uk/

  • Central banks worldwide links http://www.bis.org/cbanks.htm

  • Global Compact http://www.globalcompact.org 

  • International Association of Insurance Supervisors www.iaisweb.org

  • International Federation of Accountants www.ifac.org

  • International Accounting Standards Committee  www.iasc.org.uk

  • Institute of International Finance www.iif.com

  • The Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development International Investment Rules Project http://www.nautilus.org/enviro/Investment.html 

  • World Resources Institute http://www.digitaldividend.org/

Local Authorities

  • International Council of Local environmental Initiative. Info on Environmental Budgeting, ecological footprints. http://www.iclei.org 

NGO

  • Accion International www.accion.org

  • Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions for the Aid of citizens (ATTAC) www.attac.org

  • Calmeadow Canadian micro-finance pioneer www.calmeadow.com

  • Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) www.ciesin.columbia.edu

  • Crossroads Resource Centre - community economic development www.igc.org/crossroads/ced.html 

  • Development Alternatives www.devalt.org

  • European Network for Debt and Development (Eurodad) www.oneworld.org/eurodad

  • Global Policy Forum. Think tank and policy material. www.globalpolicy.org 

  • Grameen Foundation www.grameenfoundation.org  

  • Institute for Development Studies. UK–based Development Research institute www.ids.ac.uk

  • Jubilee 2000 or Jubilee + http://www.jubilee2000uk.org/

  • MicroFinance Network http://www.bellanet.org/partners/mfn/

  • New Economics Foundation http://www.neweconomics.org/

  • Planet Finance. Microcredit development www.planetfinance.org

  • Pride Africa www.prideafrica.com

  • Third World Network Southern NGOs looking at development policy http://www.twnside.org.sg/

  • Transparency International www.transparency.org  

  • War on Want http://www.waronwant.org

  • World Economic Forum http://www.weforum.org/

  • World Resources Institute's  Digital Dividend project http://www.digitaldividend.org/ tackling the digital divide - useful links section http://www.digitaldividend.org/related_links/related_links.htm 

Trade Unions

  • International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. Resources on TNCs, Trade and Labour standards. http://www.icftu.org   

Up-dated August 2002. 

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