G8Article - Friday, September 25, 2009
G20 summit wraps up with some success – for nations and Obama
President Obama, with a tired smile, declared his first job of hosting a G20 summit a success, an opportunity to lay the groundwork “for longer term prosperity.”
Publication - Tuesday, September 8, 2009
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.
Publication - Tuesday, June 23, 2009
From London to L’Aquila: Building a Bridge between the G20 and the G8
From many perspectives, the London Summit of the G20 leaders at the beginning of
April 2009 was a success – with discussion framed around crisis resolution and the strengthening of the international financial architecture. Beyond its concrete achievements, the Summit morphed into an ongoing process with a rolling agenda, rather than remaining a one-off event. While the Italian Presidency of the G8 has a hard task ahead, there is scope for building a meaningful bridge between London and the G8 meeting in L’Aquila in July 2009, continuing and strengthening the economic governance reform process.
Article - Wednesday, December 17, 2008
China and the End of the G8
It is unclear how much the leaders of the world's 20 developed and major developing countries actually wanted to accomplish when they gathered in Washington in mid-November to discuss the fast-moving global financial crisis. However one thing the summit did make clear was the reality that the economic map of the world has been reshaped
Publication - Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Critical Mass: The Emergence of Global Civil Society
Critical Mass: The Emergence of Global Civil Society offers a unique mixture of experience and analysis by the leaders of some of the most influential global civil society organizations and respected academics who specialize in this field of study.
Publication - Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Governing Global Health: Challenge, Response, Innovation
Compiled by renowned specialists, Governing Global Health: Challenge, Response, Innovation studies the global challenges and responses to these issues, as well as the roles of central institutions such as the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization and the G8. Health practitioners and clinicians seeking a context for their front-line care provision, as well as scholars and students of global health issues, will find the volume highly valuable.
Event - Friday, June 1, 2007 at 11:30 am - Saturday, June 2, 2007 at 8:00 pm
The Role of the G8 in an Endangered Global Economic and Political Climate
Co-organizers: G8 Research Group, University of Toronto, European Center of International Political Economy, Brussels and Friedrich Schiller University, Jena