Donor Country Chapter
The PNoWB established an informal alliance of donor country parliamentarians, at a high level seminar convened in Naples, Italy on February 27-28, 2005.
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Rather than creating a formal chapter, donor country parliamentarians decided to maintain an informal platform for dialogue with meetings on a regular basis –including holding a side meeting at the PNoWB conference-
- On February 9, 2007 PNoWB Board member, Monica Frassoni participated in a discussion held at the European Parliament with Rodrigo De Rato, Managing Director of IMF, as well as Jossep Borell, President of the Development Committee of the European Parliament and Benoît Hamon, author of the draft of the IMF reform report for the European Parliament. The debate addressed the question of “World Poverty: how does the IMF see it?” Mr. De Rato asserted that free trade was key to promote sustainable growth based on macro-economic stability and stressed the necessity to coordinate donor aid, thus overcoming likely discrepancies between poverty reduction and the need for increased public expenditures. On the controversial issue of IMF governance structure, De Rato recognized the need to empower emerging economies in the decision-making process, contending that economic performance would continue to prevail over democratic principles of equality between countries. The resolution reached last September in Singapore during the IMF/World Bank meeting, to increase quota shares for developing countries was deemed good but not sufficient. But building an efficient and legitimate governance structure requires a system that is able to enhance the voice of the poorest countries and not limited to strict economic weighting criteria.
- PNoWB Board member Monica Frassoni, MP, Italy convened a breakfast meeting at the European Parliament in October 2006 to introduce PNoWB activities to new members.
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