SV joins E15’s First Expert Group Workshop on 13-14 April, Geneva

The Chair of Southern Voice, Dr. Bhattacharya delivered a presentation on “Post-2015 Development Agenda: Interlocking Trade and Finance in the LDCs” at the E15 Initiative’s First Expert Group Workshop on Trade, Finance and Development, held on 13-14 April 2015 at Geneva, Switzerland.

Left to right: Debapriya Bhattacharya, Centre for Policy Dialogue; Kimberly Ann Elliott, Center for Global Developmen

The session, which took place on the first day and was chaired by Prof Jean-Louis Arcand, Graduate Institute, Geneva, examined whether the international donor community has kept its commitments since Monterrey in 2002 and Doha in 2008.  The E15 Initiative is implemented jointly by ICTSD and World Economic Forum.  The Expert Group on Trade, Finance and Development is co-convened with the Center for International Development at Harvard University.