Samuel Worthington is quoted in this article about President Obama's nomination of Jim Yong Kim to head The World Bank. 

InterAction and Oxfam were mentioned in news clip about G20 outcomes.

http://www.haixiainfo.com.tw/166004.html

Sam Worthington quoted in article.

Sam Worthington quoted.

A proposal for a financial transaction tax to raise new new funding for poor countries failed to win the backing of the G20 although France President Nicolas Sarkozy said he planned to still pursue the idea.

Sam Worthington quoted.

Sam Worthington quoted.

CANNES, Nov 4 (IPS) - While the Greek bailout and stimulus package dominated discussion among the Group of 20 (G20) major industrialised and emerging market economies at the high-level summit in Cannes, France, this week, the proposed financial transactions tax (FTT) received meagre attention.

InterAction News Release:

The outcome of the G20 summit in Cannes was mixed, with progress on tax havens but not enough concrete action to ease the burden of the financial crisis on the world’s poor, said InterAction, the largest alliance of U.S.-based NGOs.

Sam Worthington quoted in news story published by multiple media outlets including Germany's Greenpeace magazine.

John Ruthrauff, InterAction's Director of Intl Advocacy, was interviewed about the G20.

http://english.cntv.cn/program/newshour/20111103/110252.shtml

InterAction News Release: G20 leaders meeting in Cannes should heed recommendations by philanthropist Bill Gates today in his innovative funding report and invest in inclusive and sustainable growth, said the largest alliance of U.S.-based international NGOs on Thursday.

John Ruthrauff, InterAction's Director of International Advocacy, was quoted.

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) walks with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy as they arrive at the G20 venue where world leaders gather in Cannes, France, November 2, 2011.

InterAction News Release: G20 leaders meeting in Cannes tomorrow must not solve the sovereign debt crisis on the backs of the world’s poor and should take the lead on fulfilling previous commitments, particularly on food and agricultural assistance, said the largest alliance of U.S.-based international NGOs.

Late last week, the Obama administration announced that it has sent a “small number of U.S. military advisors” to central Africa to assist forces in the region that are pursuing the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).

This week, The House this week passed its FY2012 Agriculture appropriations bill, containing deep cuts to international food aid grant funding—even as volatility in global food prices persists.

At the G-8 summit in France, Obama wins support for aid to shore up emerging democracies and movements. Aid groups are skeptical, noting that the G-8 is behind on previous financial pledges.

InterAction News Release: The selection of the next leader of the International Monetary Fund should be done in a transparent and inclusive manner, said the U.S-based NGO alliance, InterAction, whose work focuses on the world’s most poor and vulnerable populations.

InterAction News Release: The official G8 “Deauville Accountability Report” released today underscores the need for the world’s richest nations to be fully accountable and follow through on previous public promises to deliver aid in key areas like food security and global health.

In preparation for the November G20 summit’s consideration of innovative financing a number of leading institutions have produced analyses of financial transaction tax options (the IMF having done two).

Our thoughts are with those in Japan and other countries across the Pacific Ocean that have been affected by the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami. InterAction member organizations have strong partnerships with civil society groups in Japan that are responding.

U.S. Department of State fact sheet on an agreement to develop the North Industrial Park in Haiti to create 20,000 permanent jobs.

OCHA and the IASC are expected to produce a consolidated appeal document once a year for major crises: stakeholders need an organized snapshot and analysis. But the appeal is ineffective if the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) treats it as a one-off document-writing exercise – and the humanitarian response is likely to be ineffective too.

John Ruthrauff, InterAction’s International Advocacy Director, is quoted in this article about the World Bank’s International Development Association agreeing to boost funding for low-income countries.

The May 2010 issue of Monday Developments Magazine

The world’s poorest countries had no hand in creating the global economic crisis and yet continue to bear the brunt of its ricochet effects.

In response to the administration’s December 2009 Pakistan Assistance Strategy Report, InterAction members applaud the U.S.

A progress report about the Millennium Challenge Corporation and its full funding request since publication of InterAction’s 2008 Foreign Assistance Briefing Book.

A progress report on U.S. development assistance funding trends since publication of InterAction’s 2008 Foreign Assistance Briefing Book.

 A policy brief with recommendations for G-20 finance members to take action on climate change adaptation for developing countries. 

 A policy report on the steps needed to finance global adaptation to climate change. Recommends a $12.5 billion to $21.5 billion per year contribution by the U.S. for international adaptation. This report also comments on the raising, channeling, and spending of these funds. 

Statement from Rev. David Beckmann, President of Bread for the World, on the Faith Leaders Summit, convening in Pittsburgh in advance of the G-20 Summit.

InterAction applauds the G20 leaders for their re‐commitment to the achievement of the MDGs and calls for the immediate development and implementation of a transparent accountability mechanism to monitor decisions, pledges, and disbursements as agreed to at the Summit.

InterAction's policy statement on the global financial crisis for distribution and discussion at the September 2009 G20 Summit in Pittsburgh.

Response from InterAction to the 2009 G8 Summit Declaration and Preliminary Accountability Report

 Reaction from InterAction to the 2009 G20 Final Communique

InterAction’s G8 NGO Coordination Group urges the U.S. Executive branch to take a strong leadership role at the 2009 G8 Summit and build on their 2008 commitments on food, hunger and agriculture.

The G8 needs to monitor progress on commitments made by G8 countries at past Summits using common baselines and provide disaggregated data to enable the experts to assess progress.

This policy brief is part of a larger series in InterAction’s 2009 Foreign Assistance Briefing Book.

Critical Problems, Recommendations, and actions for the Obama Administration and the 111th Congress

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