Étiquette : Crisis
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Analysis of G20 statement
06 April 2009 Caritas welcomed renewed commitments from the G20 Summit on reaching aid and development targets, but fears leaders did not do enough to spare millions of people falling into poverty. Leaders of the G20 of developed and emerging economies met in London on 2 April, as the world faces the greatest challenge to […]
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Caritas calls on G20 to put ethics back into economy
Version française 27 March 2009: Caritas is calling on a G20 meeting in London on 2 April to put the poor at the heart of a reform package that will build a new low-carbon economy, based on justice and equality. The G20 is a group of developed and emerging economies. They will seek coordinated policies […]
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Caritas points to 2009 as year for poor in Africa
March 6, 2009: Caritas members from 22 African countries and Caritas representatives from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and Oceania met in Nairobi, 4 to 6 March. Pope Benedict XVI comes to Africa for his first pastoral visit at the end of this month. Then, in October, Bishops meet for the 2nd African […]