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Growth, Innovation, Inclusion: The G20 at Ten
Edited by John Kirton and Madeline Koch
Published by Newsdesk Media Group and the G20 Research Group, 2008
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Contents
Forewords
- Welcome
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, president of Brazil
- Brazil takes the chair
Guido Mantega, minister of finance, Brazil
- The G20 takes centre stage
John Kirton, director, G20 Research Group
- Planning for the future
John Kirton, director, G20 Research Group
- Brazil and the G20: leading the way
Denise Gregory, executive director, and Mariana Luz, academic co-ordinator, Brazilian Centre for International
Relations (CEBRI)
From Founding to Future
- Time for the G20 to take the mantle from the G8
The Right Honourable Paul Martin, former prime minister of Canada
- The birth of the G20
Lawrence Summers, former US Treasury secretary
- Fundamental principles for global financial governance
Christian Sautter, former finance minister, Republic of France
- From Bretton Woods to the G20
Giuliano Amato, former finance minister and former prime minister of Italy
- Ten years on
Andrew F Cooper, associate director, Centre for International
Governance Innovation
On the Agenda
- The OECD: an active player in building global governance
Angel Gurría, secretary general, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- A co-ordinated effort to resuscitate growth
Robert Fauver, former US under secretary of state for economic affairs and former G7 sherpa
- The Japanese crisis: a valuable lesson
Toshiro Mutoh, former deputy governor, Bank of Japan
- Limiting the economic fallout
Paola Subacchi, research director, Chatham House
- Reducing risk through policy co-ordination
Richard Waugh, co-chair, Committee on Market Best Practices, Institute of International Finance
- A process of stabilisation
- Chiara Oldani, University of Viterbo ‘La Tuscia’
- A collaborative approach to global energy issues
Nobuo Tanaka, executive director, International Energy Agency
- The price of climate change
Alicia Bárcena, executive secretary, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
- Clean energy: prevarication is not an option
Camilla Toulmin, director, International Institute for Environment and Development
- Biofuels: what path forward?
C Ford Runge, distinguished McKnight University professor of applied economics and law, University of Minnesota
- Meeting the challenge of social inclusion
Diéry Seck, director, African Institute for Economic Development and Planning
- The Doha Round: food crisis on the agenda
Supachai Panitchpakdi, secretary general, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- Time to modernise the global financial institutions
Colin I Bradford, Jr, senior fellow,
Global Economy and Development,
and Johannes F Linn, executive director, Wolfensohn Center for Development,
Brookings Institution
- World trade: down, but not out
Sheila Page, senior research associate,
Overseas Development Institute
- Averting the next water crisis
Lars H Thunell, executive
vice-president and CEO, International Finance Corporation
- Project financing, PPPs and the credit crunch
Geoff Haley, chair, International Project Finance Association
Players, positions, approaches
- The role of the G20
Stormy Mildner, senior researcher, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
- Russia: a major player
Victoria V Panova, Moscow State Institute of International Relations
- Enhancing the G20’s efficiency
Xaiojin Chen, International Technology and Economy Institute, China
- India in the global economy
Yoginder K Alagh, chancellor, Central University of Nagaland, and former minister, Power, Planning and Science and Technology of India
- How effective is the G20?
Ariel Buira, member, Mexican Council for International Affairs
- South America and the G20: fostering growth
José Maria Fanelli, Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad, Buenos Aires
Member profiles
Appendices
- Bibliography and websites
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Additional Features
- Meeting the Needs of the Times to Play a Constructive Role: Reflections on the Tenth Anniversary of the G20
Dai Xianglong, former governor, People's Bank of China [in English] [in Chinese]
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