International Development and Trade $355,000

A. Promoting Policy and Program Change in U.S. and Multi-Lateral Institutions that Govern International Development and Trade

Bank Information Center (BIC): $35,000 a) For general support of this organization, which partners with civil society organizations in developing countries to promote social and economic justice and ecological sustainability in World Bank and other International Financial Institutions’ policy ($25,000); and b) to provide technical assistance to groups working to resist mining in Guatemala ($10,000).

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR): $30,000 For its Global Economic Policy Project, which seeks to foster a more accurate and balanced debate on key international economic issues, promote accountability, and improve governance at International Financial Institutions (IFIs).

Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL): $30,000 For its project to Reform International Financial Institutions (IFIs), which aims to improve the social and environmental impacts of IFIs and Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) by promoting transparency, public participation and accountability, and by improving their impacts on the environment, health and human rights.

Center of Concern: $30,000 For its Engendering Economic and Social Justice project, which aims to develop a more integrated approach to seeking economic and social justice domestically and globally through research, popular education, economic literacy, advocacy and communication.

Forest Peoples Programme (FPP): $30,000 For its International Financial Flows and the Rights of Forest Peoples project, which seeks to effectively implement the new IFI social and environmental standards aimed to safeguard critical forest habitats and the rights and interests of forest peoples.

Institute for Policy Studies (IPS): $30,000 For its Global Economy and Sustainable Environment and Economy Network projects, which advance alternative proposals around trade, international development and debt and undertake research and advocacy work in support of better environmental and social lending practices at international financial institutions (IFIs).

Public Citizen: $30,000 For its Global Trade Watch (GTW) project, to support its work on Western hemisphere trade and globalization issues such as CAFTA and the FTAA, including its public education and organizing, research, analysis, monitoring, and international networking and media work.

B. Supporting Communities and Populations Directly Affected by International Development and Trade

Amazon Watch: $30,000 For general support of this organization, which works to defend environmentally pristine areas from industrial mega-projects, building capacity among indigenous communities and informing investors and financial institutions about the financial risks of investing in such projects.

Food and Water Watch: $25,000 Recommended for Our World Is Not For Sale, a global coalition of organizations, activists and social movements committed to challenging current trade and investment agreements that advance the interests of the world’s most powerful corporations, and promoting alternative proposals that benefit the world’s peoples and the environment.

Gender Action: $20,000 For general support of this organization, which promotes gender equality ad women’s rights in International Financial Institution investments through training, advocacy and research.

International Rivers Network (IRN): $30,000 For its Mesoamerica Program, which works with communities that will be, or that have been, affected by dam projects funded by International Financial Institutions (IFIs), helping these communities to oppose environmentally and socially destructive mega-projects and to propose alternative development plans.

Quixote Center: $10,000 Recommended for the Alliance for Responsible Trade (ART), a national network of labor, family farm, religious, women’s environmental, development and research organizations that promotes equitable and sustainable trade and development.