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Down to Earth IFIs Factsheet Series

No 4, May 2000: IFI Campaigning Resources



IFIs in Indonesia

This series of monthly factsheets on International Financial Institutions (IFIs) will include information on the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), focussing on their involvement in Indonesia.


IFI Campaigning Resources:
NGOs working on IFIs


NGO The Bretton Woods Project (UK based) works to monitor and reform the World Bank and IMF. It tracks key policy statements and reports, and provides critiques and early warnings used by non-governmental organizations across the world.
Website:
E-mail:
Tel:
Fax:
http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/
bwref@gn.apc.org
(44) 207 523 2170
(44) 207 620 0719
Resources: Newsletter (free E-mail subscription) at
http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/news.html
Briefings at http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/brief.html
   
NGO: Bank Information Centre (USA based) is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization that provides information and strategic support to NGOs and social movements throughout the world on the projects, policies and practices of the World Bank and other Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs).
Website:
E-mail:
Tel:
Fax:
http://www.bicusa.org/
info@bicusa.org
(202) 737 7752
(202) 737 1155
Resources: Toolkits for activists - a series of fact sheets IN INDONESIAN and English that describe the structure, functions, policies and procedures of the World Bank Group at http://www.bicusa.org/toolkits.htm#download
Briefings at http://www.bicusa.org/publications.htm
   
NGO: Friends of the Earth International (Netherlands based) is the world's largest federation of environmental groups, uniting close to one million activists worldwide.
Website:
E-mail:
Tel:
Fax:
http://www.foei.org/
foei@foei.org
(31) 20 6221369
(31) 20 6392181
Resources: IFIs Bulletin (free E-mail subscription) at http://www.foei.org/campaigns/IFI/BIFI.htm
   
NGO: 50 years is enough: U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice
(USA based) is a coalition of 205 grassroots, faith-based, policy, women's, social- and economic-justice, youth, solidarity, labor, and development organizations dedicated to the profound transformation of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Website:
E-mail:
Tel:
Fax:
http://www.50years.org/
wb50years@igc.org
(202) 463 2265
(202) 544 9359
Resources: IFIs newsletter at http://www.50years.org/ejn/v3n1/index.html
Factsheets at http://www.50years.org/factsheets/
   
NGO: Focus on the Global South (Thailand-based) is an NGO which has published policy analysis of the financial crises and the roles of the World Bank and IMF.
Website:
E-mail:
Tel:
Fax:
http://focusweb.org
admin@focusweb.org
(66 2) 218-7363
(66 2) 255-9976
Resources: Economic bulletin (free e-mail subscription) at http://www.focusweb.org/focus/pd/apec/list.html
   
NGO: International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development
(Indonesia based) INFID is an open and pluralistic network of NGOs from Indonesia and various member countries of the Consultative Group for Indonesia (CGI) as well as of international organisations with an interest in and commitment to Indonesia.
Website:
E-mail:
Tel:
Fax:
http://www.infid.ngonet.be/
infid@nusa.or.id
+62 - 21 - 7919 6721
+62 - 21 - 794 1577
   
NGO: AID/WATCH
is a community-based, not for profit, activist group that campaigns on Australian involvement in overseas aid and development projects, programs and policies. Campaign areas: the Commercialisation of Aid; Export Credit Agencies; 'Timor-Watch'; Tied Aid; Corporate Globalisation; World Bank - pushing the privatisation of Water; Mekong.
Website:
E-mail:
Tel:
Fax:
http://www.aidwatch.org.au
aidwatch@aidwatch.org.au
+61-2-9557 8944
+61-2-9557 9822


Others:

Jubilee 2000
http://www.jubilee2000uk.org
Jubilee 2000 is an international movement campaigning for the cancellation of the unpayable debts of the world's poorest countries by the year 2000 under a fair and transparent process.

Christian Aid
http://www.christian-aid.org.uk
Christian Aid works in over 60 countries helping people, regardless of religion or race, to improve their own lives and tackle the causes of poverty and injustice.

Oxfam International
http://www.oxfaminternational.org
Oxfam International is a worldwide partnership of Oxfam groups working for change and development.

One World NGO Links
http://www.oneworld.net

Agir ici / AITEC / CRID
http://www.globenet.org/ifi
French language site aiming to: inform and mobilise public opinion on IFIs; improve transparency of French policy in IFIs; and draw up proposals to reform IFIs policies.


Can you suggest others? E-mail to dte@gn.apc.org


Official News/Newsletters
World Bank News: http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/forjourn.htm
IMF News: http://www.imf.org/external/news.htm
ADB News: http://www.adb.org/News/


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