This working document details the main features of the recently created Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), addressing its structure, operation and current funded projects and the role played by China in its institutionalization.
This publication seeks to disseminate the arguments and recommendations of civil society, individuals and communities impacted on the impact on the right of access to information and transparency in extractive contexts in eight countries of Latin America and the Caribbean: Nicaragua, Guatemala, Dominican Republic , Honduras, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.
On October 30, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) published a communiqué inviting civil society organizations and other interested social actors of the Organization of American States (OAS) to send information on the situation. of human rights in the region. This information will be used for the preparation of chapter IV A of the annual report of the IACHR corresponding to the year 2018 that will be presented to the General Assembly of the OAS.
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Comments sent by the organizations that make up GREFI to the IDB Invest in the framework of the revision of its Policy on Access to Public Information.
As a result of several investigations carried out by the Regional Group on Financing and Infrastructure (GREFI), the need to have a better understanding of the regulatory frameworks of the main International Financial Institutions (IFIs) present in Latin America has been detected, from a financial perspective. human rights.
This publication presents an analysis of the Urban Solid Waste Management project implemented for the town of Villa Carlos Paz.
The comments presented here aim to highlight positive aspects and improve, with respect to the guidelines for the Consultation Phase.
This document is about the legal and socio-environmental foundations that make it necessary to pass a law on minimum budgets for environmental protection in the field of agrochemicals.
This document proposes a brief tour of the Five-Year Plan Agreement between the Argentine Republic and the People’s Republic of China signed by President Mauricio Macri in 2017. This plan aims to strengthen relations between both nations and design a cooperation strategy in the field of infraestrucutra.
This document compiles basic information in relation to 8 emblematic projects with Chinese funding in Argentina managed during the presidencies of Cristina Fernández and Mauricio Macri; and that reflect the growing relevance of Chinese investments in Argentina.
This working document presents a brief analysis of the current relations between the People’s Republic of China and Argentina in a national and international context; and taking into account aspects such as the relationship between the Asian giant and the Kirchner government, the change of government that took place in Argentina at the end of 2015, the Argentine economic reality and the election of the Republican Donald Trump as president of the United States.