Journalism craves the concrete, the known, the here and now and is repelled
by conditionality, distance, and the future.
Those who stand to be directly affected
by conditionality rules should have a much greater voice in determining their content.
The sovereignty of poor countries is thus undermined
by the conditionalities placed on aid.
Not exact matches
Despite the rhetoric of democracy there is a lack of transparency m discussions of officials with the IMF / WB authorities and their decisions regarding
conditionalities often imposed on the debtor countries without clear exposure even to Parliament and its select committees, much less to the general public affected
by them.
It creates explosive contradictions between political
conditionalities that press for good governance, democracy and respect for human rights and economic
conditionalities that impose such austere measures that the resulting inequalities can only be controlled
by highly undemocratic policies!
In a society with a lot of background injustice, tighter
conditionality risks weakening the bargaining power of disadvantaged workers and thereby compounding the injustice they suffer (as emphasised
by Richard Seymour).
Following the path beaten out
by the Plain English Campaign (now in its 30th year) and their Golden Bull Awards, organisations such as the Local Government Association (LGA) and the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) have been expressing their frustration at the proliferation of gobbledegook in public life.At the end of 2007, the LGA released a list of 100 words local authorities should not use, such as
conditionality, coterminosity and contestability.
President Akufo - Addo also recounted how in July 2008, Ghana began preparations for the establishment of the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles, and highlighted the unique role played
by the then Minister for Lands, Forestry and Mines, Prof. Dominic Fobih, who discovered and brought to the attention of President Kufuor's administration, the
conditionality of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea's (UNCLOS) approaching deadline of 13th May, 2009.
Indeed, the Court considers that the sustainable development chapter «plays an essential role in the agreement» (para. 162) and that the agreement operates under a form of
conditionality «
by making liberalisation of that trade subject to the condition that the Parties comply with their international obligations concerning social protection of workers and environmental protection» (para. 166).
Final decisions on compliance with
conditionality and changes to its content are taken
by the Council (Art. 7 (5) and (7) Regulation 472 / 2013 / EU).
In any case, the CJEU continued
by emphasising that stability support is only granted subject to strict
conditionality and when such support «is indispensable to safeguard the financial stability of the euro area as a whole».
«The Kinship Care Alliance warmly welcomes the announcement
by Lord Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform, of a year's exemption from
conditionality under Universal Credit for grandparents, older siblings, aunts and uncles and other relatives and friends (kinship) carers who are taking on the responsibility for bringing up children who are unable to live with their parents.