Climate Change in Africa: Adaptation, Mitigation and Governance Challenges
Climate change threatens the well-being and livelihoods of millions of Africans. Though Africa has contributed least to climate change, it may suffer the most severe impacts. The continent needs strategies so that Africans can adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change. In this special report, experts outline the particular challenges Africa faces and offer recommendations on a way forward.
China and the Financial Crisis
This report, produced by a task force under the aegis of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and CIGI, assesses the impact of the global financial crisis on China. The report suggests that China has been perceived as relatively well insulated from the crisis, but along with other trade dependent countries outside the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) its integration into the global economy means exposure to the negative effects of the economic downturn.
The Future of the International Monetary Fund: A Canadian Perspective
The CIGI/CIC Special Report on the future of the International Monetary Fund looks at the IMF’s role in the context of the global economic crisis and the new economic and financial governance architecture that is emerging. The report makes recommendations regarding the IMF’s role in the international financial system, governance of the IMF, and IMF functional reforms.
Soundings Series: National Perspectives on Global Leadership
Researchers and scholars worldwide have turned their attention to the global economic crisis. National Perspectives on Global Leadership (NPGL), a joint project by the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and the Brookings Institution, is an innovative project that focuses on a central question: To what extent are the G8 and G20 summits seen by national publics in G20 countries as serving their interests and meeting their expectations that leaders will take responsibility for global economic stewardship?
Environmental Sustainability and the Financial Crisis: Linkages and Policy Recommendations
As the global economic crisis and nascent recovery continue to unfold, it is important not to lose sight of the environment amid fiscal stimulus efforts and economic reorientation. Economic prosperity cannot be pursued at the expense of environmental sustainability. Long-term economic prosperity requires a strong and healthy ecosystem at its base. This publication highlights unique challenges and opportunities for policy makers in the face of the current economic crisis.
Program Review: The Government of Canada's Experience Eliminating the Deficit, 1994-1999 - A Canadian Case Study
This report looks at the path the Government of Canada followed to improve the health of its public finances in the mid-1990s, reviewing historical financial data and examining the Program Review exercise describing its development, process, methodology and machinery. It provides an overview of the main results and identifies lessons learned through Program Review that may be of durable value in Canada and of interest to other countries as they work to restore fiscal stability in the future.
Flashpoints for the Pittsburgh Summit
CIGI Special G20 Report: Flashpoints for the Pittsburgh Summit is a compendium of brief policy papers by respected academics and practitioners who have studied the G20. The Special Report highlights the breadth of CIGI's research into economic governance, financial regulatory reform and regulation, international trade, and the capacity of the expanded G20 leadership to resolve and ideally prevent future crises.
The Effect of the World Financial Crisis on Developing Countries: An Initial Assessment
CIGI has formed a task force of eminent economists to study and offer solutions for the devastating effects of the current financial crisis on developing and transition economies. This first statement by the task force briefly outlines the nature of the crisis for developing countries and suggests in general terms a strategy for a way forward.
Blueprint for a Sustainable Energy Partnership for the Americas
The fifth Summit of the Americas offers an auspicious opportunity to rekindle cooperation among the 34 countries in the hemisphere whose leaders gather in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on April 17-19, 2009.
Minorities in Iraq: The Other Victims
This report is the result of a project started by CIGI under the direction of Senior Visiting Fellow Mokhtar Lamani on the future of minorities living inside Iraq. CIGI is committed to the preservation and promotion of good governance; a central feature, of course, is the inclusion and respect of the multitude of identities and cultures found within a state. The importance of this subject extends far beyond Iraq and has broader relevance for the Middle East and many other regions.
