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University of Glasgow
June 29-30, 2005
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Speakers • Abstracts and Papers • Résumés des articles (en français).
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DEVELOPMENT AND AFRICA |
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Welcome and Introduction Chair: Malcolm McLeod, Vice-Principal (Advancement), University of Glasglow Sir Muir Russell, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Glasgow |
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Can G8 Scotland Change the World? Chair: Sir Muir Russell, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Glasgow Jack McConnell, First Minister of Scotland [Presentation] |
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The G8's Performance: Past, Present and Future How well has the G8 performed in the past in meeting the global challenges related to North-South development and environmental sustainability? What key challenges does it face here at present and in the years ahead? How and how well is it going about addressing them, and how should it proceed? Is the G8 as currently configured well designed to meet these challenges? Would a revised process and format, expanded participation or a leaders-level meeting of the G20 help? Chair: John J. Kirton, G8 Research Group, University of Toronto “The Present: What Are the Challenges and British Plans for Gleneagles?” |
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“The Past: Has the G8 Met Its Objectives” [Abstract] [Résumé d'article]
Sir Nicholas Bayne, London School of Economics and Political Science “The Future: From G8 to L20?" Andrew F. Cooper, Centre for International Governance Innovation |
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Global Perspectives on the G8's Role in Development and Sustainability If the G8 is to serve as a valuable international institutional instrument for meeting global development and sustainability needs, each of its current members must see it as way to meet their national as well as global goals. What approach do the major members from North America, Europe and Asia take to the G8 summit and system, in general and in regard to sustainable development in particular? What role will and should be played by the United States as the past host and by Russia as the future host? Chair: Lynn Robertson, Centre for Co-operation with Non-Members, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Sustainable Development: A United States Perspective [Abstract] [Résumé d'article] |
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Keynote Address: “Africa and the G8: Political Aspects” Chair: Malcolm McLeod, Vice-Principal (Advancement), University of Glasgow) Speaker: Ade Adefuye, Special Advisor (Political Affairs), Commonwealth Secretariat Paper [HTML] [PDF] |
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The G8, Africa and the Millennium Development Goals At the 2002 Canadian-hosted Kananaskis Summit, the G8 offered an Africa Action Plan in response to the New Partnership for Africa’s Development. Furthermore, the United Nations Millennium Development Goals will require quick and decisive action from G8 members and others if they are to be met by their target date. Have G8 members and their African partners complied with their commitments? What has Tony Blair’s Commission for Africa accomplished? What should the G8 and its African partners do now to chart new directions and ensure delivery, at the Gleneagles Summit and beyond? Chair: Malcolm McLeod, Vice-Principal (Advancement), University of Glasgow The G8 and Africa from Kananaskis through Sea Island to Gleneagles and Beyond [Abstract] |
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From New York 2000 to Gleneagles 2005 to New York 2005
Guido Schmidt-Traub, Policy Advisor, Millennium Project The Dollar and World Development: A Conflict to Be Solved Paolo Savona, LUISS University, Rome [Abstract] [Résumé d'article] Paper: [HTML] [PDF] (Note: Professor Savona was unable to attend the conference.) |
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DAY 2: |
SUSTAINABILITY, TRADE AND FINANCE |
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Financing Sustainable Development Meeting the formidable global development and sustainability challenges will require the mobilization of resources on a scale well beyond internationally co-operative action taken in the past. What can and should the G8 do to stimulate such resource transfers both through official sources – aid and debt relief – and through the private sector and remittances by individuals? Chair: Natasha Gerson, Scottish Trades Union Council Official Development Assistance |
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Trade: Doing Doha for Development With the July 2004 framework for the Doha Development Agenda negotiations now in place, WTO members face the task of defining in detail and delivering in a timely fashion a deal that makes multilateral trade liberalization work directly and decisively for development. How well does the existing Doha framework point in this direction? What needs to be done to produce a deal that delivers sustainable development? What role can and should the G8 play, through unilateral, bilateral, plurilateral and multilateral action? Chair: The Honourable Roy MacLaren, former Canadian Minister for International Trade A Global Perspective on the Multilateral System |
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Keynote Address: “Climate Change Requires an Investment Regime” Chair: John J. Kirton, G8 Research Group, University of Toronto Speaker: Richard Gledhill, Price Waterhouse Coopers |
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Climate Change: Beyond Kyoto With Russia’s ratification and consequent coming into force of the Kyoto Protocol, the international community now confronts the challenge of designing and implementing a much more far-reaching regime to control climate change “beyond Kyoto.” What needs to be done to effectively implement and broaden commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to design and deliver a regime that engages all countries, including those not covered by Kyoto obligations? What is the G8’s role in this task? Chair: Anton Muscatelli, Vice-Principal Professor, University of Glasgow The British Government Approach |
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Conclusions: To Gleneagles and Beyond Chair: Sir Nicholas Bayne, London School of Economics and Political Science |
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