http://alliancesud.ch daily 1 2009-07-02T13:29:38Z http://alliancesud.ch/en/policy/expertise/publications/swiss-debt-reduction-program Achievements and outlook: a comprehensive evaluation after ten years. 2009-08-26T09:03:22Z Page http://alliancesud.ch/en/policy/tax_justice/poor-countries-are-losing-billions-1 Developing countries are losing at least US$ 50 billion annually as a result of tax evasion and damaging tax practices. This is six times the amount needed to pay for the education of all the children in the world. - Article published in: Swiss Coalition News, No. 27, June 2001 2009-08-05T09:04:43Z Page http://alliancesud.ch/en/policy/trade/qatar-many-promises-few-concessions In mid-November the 4th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) came to a close in Qatar after a 6-day marathon of negotiations. The 142 member countries agreed on the start of a new round of negotiations. While the poor countries managed to make themselves better heard, they failed to obtain any binding commitments from the rich countries. - A>rticle published in: Swiss Coalition News No. 29, December 2001 2009-08-04T14:04:16Z Page http://alliancesud.ch/en/policy/finances/tobin-tax-necessary-desirable-feasible Contribution to the Panel Discussion of the Swiss Federal Finance Administration by Bruno Gurtner, senior economist, Swiss Coalition of Development Organisations (Alliance Sud). 2009-08-05T06:51:05Z Page http://alliancesud.ch/en/policy/other/the-un-global-compact Multinationals in the social and environmental vanguard? - Article published in: Swiss Coalition News, No. 32, October-November 2002 2009-08-03T14:26:12Z Page http://alliancesud.ch/en/policy/aid/promoting-privatisations-with-development-aid Public private partnerships mean: the profits for the companies, the risk for State. Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) wishes to promote such a policy. - Article published in: Swiss Coalition News, No. 33, December 2002 2009-08-03T14:19:59Z Page http://alliancesud.ch/en/policy/other/g-8-globalisations-politburo Seldom has any event generated so many headlines so far in advance as the summit of the most powerful industrial countries (G8) slated for early June 2003 in Evian. The interest is of course focused less on content than on security issues. Yet much could be said precisely about policies of this exclusive club. - Article published in: Swiss Coalition News, No. 34, March 2003 2009-08-03T14:11:11Z Page http://alliancesud.ch/en/policy/tax_justice/ngos-against-tax-haven-switzerland The Swiss Coalition of Development Organizations and the Berne Declaration accuse Switzerland of favouring worldwide tax fraud and tax avoidance, thereby causing massive revenue losses to developing countries. - Media conference in Berne/Switzerland, May 13, 2003 2009-08-05T08:59:24Z Page http://alliancesud.ch/en/policy/water/water-crisis-cultural-crisis To close the United Nations International Year of Freshwater, the University of Applied Sciences Basle and Zurich University together with the Conseil International des Femmes à Genève organised a symposium on 6 and 7 November 2003 in Geneva with the theme «Cultural diversity and international solidarity». We reproduce hereunder the contribution of Rosmarie Bör, Swiss Coalition / Alliance Sud. 2009-07-27T14:56:52Z Page http://alliancesud.ch/en/policy/trade/wto-after-cancun In Cancún the countries of the South have successfully stood up to the behemoths of world trade. Still, their concerns and interests are finding it difficult to be taken seriously. Even in the positions taken by Switzerland, they were low on the agenda. Cancun shows that the WTO must undergo fundamental change, if it is to emerge from the impasses. - Article published in: Swiss Coalition News, Nr. 36, November 2003 2009-08-04T14:20:28Z Page http://alliancesud.ch/en/policy/expertise/publications/prs-burkina-faso The Debt-for-Development Unit of Alliance Sud (the former Swiss Coalition) carried out a study on "Civil Society and Monitoring the PRSP in Burkina Faso" (2003). 2009-08-20T07:39:40Z Page http://alliancesud.ch/en/policy/aid/do-ngos-have-a-problem-of-legitimacy Many governments, international organizations and globally active companies today consider it a must to involve non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in their work. Yet these same entities are becoming increasingly critical of NGOs and are questioning their legitimacy. - Article published in: Swiss Coalition News, No 37, December 2003 2009-08-03T13:54:02Z Page http://alliancesud.ch/en/policy/water/why-we-need-an-international-water-convention Water needs the protection of international law. One of the central demands of Alliance Sud is that a water convention binding under international law should be worked out. 2009-07-27T14:37:19Z Page http://alliancesud.ch/en/policy/tax_justice/taxation-agreement-ch-eu The Swiss-EU agreement on the taxation of savings income is like a block of Emmental cheese: it is full of holes. - Article by Bruno Gurtner published in: Swiss Coalition News No. 39, June 2004. 2009-08-05T08:53:40Z Page http://alliancesud.ch/en/policy/tax_justice/tax-optimation-is-unfair Multinational corporations are turning to offshore centres to make massive tax savings. They are supported in this by consulting firms such as PricewaterhouseCoopers, which offer an aggressive «tax optimisation service». While developing countries are powerless against this practice, the governments of industrialised countries are beginning to fight back. - Article published in: Swiss Coalition News No. 39, June 2004 2009-08-05T08:04:42Z Page