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A Global Approach to Fighting Poverty: How Canada Can Lead the Charge

by cnmng

The following article by Senator Loffreda focuses on his most recent visit to Washington to attend the Global Parliamentary Forum organized by the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and the IMF. 

Every April, finance ministers, central bank governors, development experts, private sector executives, civil society representatives, parliamentarians and academics gather in Washington for the annual Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.  On the margins of this annual meeting is the Global Parliamentary Forum, hosted by the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF, which serves as a neutral platform for parliamentarians from member countries to enhance both accountability and transparency within development cooperation. 

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Une approche globale de lutte contre la pauvreté: comment le Canada peut mener la charge

by cnmng

L’article suivant du sénateur Loffreda porte sur sa plus récente visite à Washington pour assister au Forum parlementaire mondial organisé par le Réseau parlementaire sur la Banque mondiale et le FMI.

Chaque année en avril, les ministres des finances, les gouverneurs des banques centrales, les experts en développement, les dirigeants du secteur privé, les représentants de la société civile, les parlementaires et les universitaires se réunissent à Washington pour les assemblées annuelles de printemps de la Banque mondiale et du Fonds monétaire international.  En marge de cette réunion annuelle se tient le Forum parlementaire mondial, organisé par le Réseau parlementaire sur la Banque mondiale et le FMI, qui sert de plateforme neutre aux parlementaires des pays membres pour renforcer la responsabilité et la transparence dans le cadre de la coopération au développement. 

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Un approccio globale alla lotta alla povertà: come il Canada può guidare l’iniziativa

by cnmng

Il seguente articolo del Senatore Loffreda si concentra sulla sua più recente visita a Washington per partecipare al Forum parlamentare globale organizzato dalla Rete parlamentare sulla Banca mondiale e sul Fondo monetario internazionale.

Ogni anno, ad Aprile, Ministri delle Finanze, Governatori delle Banche centrali, specialisti dello sviluppo, dirigenti del settore privato, rappresentanti della società civile, parlamentari e accademici si riuniscono a Washington per gli annuali Spring Meetings della Banca Mondiale e del Fondo Monetario Internazionale. A margine di questo incontro annuale si svolge il Forum parlamentare globale, organizzato dalla Rete parlamentare della Banca mondiale e del Fondo monetario internazionale, che funge da piattaforma neutrale per i parlamentari dei Paesi membri per rafforzare sia la responsabilità che la trasparenza nell’ambito della cooperazione allo sviluppo.

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Paolo Genovese’s Afterlife Voyage: “The First Day of My Life”

by Massimo Volpe

TORONTO – A 2006 Documentary titled “The Bridge” shot 10,000 hours of footage capturing suicides off of the Golden Gate Bridge. After watching this, Italian Author and Director Paolo Genovese became fascinated with what the suicide survivors confessed in interviews. “All of them, in seven seconds, which is how long it takes [from the Golden Gate Bridge] to hit the water, had repented. These seven seconds fascinated me. How can a lifelong decision so stratified or unavoidable or incredible, be overturned in just seven seconds? I wondered about when you hit rock bottom and when there is nothing left to do, what things can lead you to change your mind?”. The questions raised by the controversial documentary became the seed for Genovese’s book “The First Day of My Life” and it’s eventual film adaptation in 2023. 

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