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 COP29 is a test of wealthy countries’ commitment to securing a liveable planet

As COP29 opens in Baku, Azerbaijan, tomorrow, ActionAid International’s Global Lead on Climate Justice, Teresa Anderson, says:  

“Frontline countries who have done almost nothing to cause the

ActionAid joins over 40 CSOs in new letter to the Multiannual Financial Framework

ActionAid has signed a letter with over 40 organisations entitled

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Lebanon: ActionAid partners flee Baalbek as people “scramble like scared mice” to escape Israeli airstrikes

ActionAid called on world leaders to act immediately to prevent further humanitarian catastrophe in Lebanon, after staff of its partner organisation RDFL (The Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering )

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“Reckless” UNRWA ban will cost Palestinian lives – ActionAid 

ActionAid condemns the ban on the activities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Israel, passed by the Knesset which paralyses the UN agency’s ability to provide essential

“A damp squib” - IMF and World Bank annual meetings end on a low as growing debt crisis and burden of austerity remain unresolved – ActionAid 

ActionAid says the 2024 International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Annual meetings in Washington, D.C., were a damp squib that fell short of addressing the bread-and-butter issues for people

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Urgent global appeal: Defend UNRWA from Israeli ban and prevent catastrophic consequences for Palestinians

Urgent global appeal: Defend UNRWA from Israeli ban and prevent catastrophic consequences for Palestinians

“It is outrageous that the IMF is once again calling for cuts to government wage bills" - ActionAid reacts to the Fiscal Monitor presented by the IMF

Reacting to the Fiscal Monitor presented by the IMF on 23 October 2024, Roos Saalbrink the Global Economic Justice Lead at ActionAid International said: “It is outrageous that the IMF is once again

The IMF’s World Economic Outlook is a colonial relic that needs to be overhauled, says ActionAid 

Responding to the recent World Economic Outlook released by the IMF, ActionAid has said there is a need for a broader approach to assess the economic performance of countries.  

ActionAid calls for the abolition of the IMF and World Bank if there’s no overhaul ahead of the institutions’ annual meetings

Colonial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have no place in the 21st century and unless they are overhauled