Introduction
This page aims to provide links to a selection of the many materials now being produced on the global financial crisis and its impact in developing countries. Click on an entry below to access a website or document. Suggestions for additions to this page are welcome at any time:
to contact the DCED Secretariat
News and Discussion - Some Useful Resources
Websites
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DFID - Crisis Update: Country-by-country breakdown of the impacts starting to be felt in developing countries.
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USAID - Financial Crisis Updates: Weekly updates on the global financial crisis including a global economic overview, global financial market indicators, emerging market equity and bond prices, commodity prices, and foreign exchange rates.
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Documents (most recent first)
Organisational Responses to the Economic Crisis
Past Events
- The Impact of the Global Economic Slowdown on Poverty and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific, ADB, 28-30 September 2009, Hanoi, Vietnam
- e-Discussion on Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development, UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and UNDP, Phase I lasts until 26 June
- Recovering from the Global Crisis: Towards an Action Plan for Africa and the Least Developed Countries, (Side Event at the UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development), United Nations Headquarters, 25 June 2009, New York, USA.
- The Crisis and Beyond: For a stronger, cleaner, fairer economy, OECD Forum, 23-24 June 2009, Paris, France
- Corporate Governance and Development , ESRC Seminar Series, 5 June 2009, Lancashire, UK
- The Global Financial Crisis and the Reform of the Financial Regulatory Framework, German Development Institute (DIE), 7-8 May 2009, Beijing, China
- The Global Recession and Africa: Where next after the G-20?, ODI, 5 May 2009, London, UK
- New Ideas in Development after the Financial Crisis, Centre for Global Development, 22-23 April 2009, Washington DC, USA
- High-Level Regional Forum on Responding to the Economic Crisis - Coherent Policies for Growth, Employment and Decent Work in Asia and the Pacific, ILO, 18-20 February 2009, Manila, Philippines
- The Global Financial Crisis and Developing Countries, ODI, 11 February 2009, London, UK
- Enabling Growth and Promoting Equity in Global Recession , ODI, 12-13 February 2009, London, UK
- Effects of the Global Financial Crisis on Developing Countries and Emerging Markets, 11 December 2008, Berlin, Germany