Table of contents

Dear Leader,
Roberto Bissio

After the fall: a New Deal is imperative
Roberto Bissio

THEMATIC REPORTS

The economic crisis: time for a new social deal
Edward Oyugi, Social Development Network

Gender in times of crisis: new development paradigm needed
Social Watch Gender Working Group
UN Women born: can it meet the policy gap challenge?
Genoveva Tisheva and Barbara Adams

Global climate: the Copenhagen collapse
Md Shamsuddoha, Equity and Justice Working Group Bangladesh
Climate funding and the MDGs
Ian Percy

Critical shareholding: how to use a financial leverage to promote human rights and the environment
Andrea Baranes, Campagna per la Riforma della Banca Mondiale (CRBM)
Mauro Meggiolaro, Fondazione Culturale Responsabilità Etica

Privatizing European development finance: the role of the European Investment Bank
Antonio Tricarico, Campagna per la Riforma della Banca Mondiale (CRBM)

The Treaty of Lisbon and the new perspectives for EU development policy
Mirjam van Reisen, Europe External Policy Advisors (EEPA)
Simon Stocker, Eurostep

The Arab States and the MDGs: no progress without social justice
Ziad Abdel Samad, Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND)

MEASURING PROGRESS

Basic Capabilities Index
Ten years after the Millennium Declaration
Progress on the social indicators has slowed down

Gender Equity Index

Net Official Development Assistance by Development Assistance Committee Country

Public expenditure

Status of ratifications of international treaties mentioned in the Millennium Declaration

Ratifications of fundamental International Labour Organization Conventions

NATIONAL REPORTS

APPENDIX

United Nations Millennium Declaration
Millennium Development Goals