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following way at this point international civil society as sort of structured by great groups like interaction and its component, have got a pretty secure and privileged seat at that table. uh-huh. at the same time, these institutions, at least from the point of view of supporting the poorest developing countries uh-huh. i think are threatened with being hollowed out by what ken rogoff and carl rhinehart call the great contraction over the next five to ten years. that is that there will be fiscal contraction in the advanced countries, there will be a pulling back from international engagements, particularly concessional ones, and to the extent that aid budgets are maintained and defended, including by civil society partners, they are increasingly bilateral in character. and the challenge that i just want to put to this room is that i think that sometimes civil society organizations have slightly mixed interests in this, because the bilateral agencies are actuall
there as well. thank you. let s shift the conversation slightly on a subject that i m sure is at the heart of a lot of people sitting in this room, international ngos. we ve heard a lot this week about how the ground is shifting, things are changing. there s a lot of focus on partnership, a lot of conversations on country ownership. there s a lot in our mind, i think we could say, collectively here. what role do you think these multilateral institutions can play with international ngos? let me start with the minister, because i know you ve got some time pressure. sure. sure. i mean, i think for the imf, the international ngos have been increasingly important partners for us in many ways. o one, in terms of being people we consult with on many of our policy issues. we ve got some current policy issues, say, on how countries manage natural resources well or or debt ceilings or how do you tax the financial sector are ones where we re having conversations with international n