A diverse group of concerned citizens from around the world (including former government officials and leading economists) met at Columbia University on February 9 2007, under the sponsorship of the Initiative of Policy Dialogue, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, and Erlassjahr, grade the past performance of the G8, highlight issues that have been left off the table, and how the leaders of the G-8, meeting in Heiligendamm, Germany on June 6-8, 2007, might most effectively reformulate the issues.
We considered the announced agenda of growth with responsibility, what might or should be included in that agenda, and what we considered to be the minimum aspirations – the bar that the leaders should set for themselves in advancing this important agenda. We also considered the issues that risk being left off that agenda. There was a remarkable degree of consensus among the group.
Partners
- Erlassjahr
Dusseldorf, Germany - Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Berlin, Germany
Participants:
- KY Amoako
Task Force Member
Executive Director
African Center for Economic Transformation - Meghnad Desai
Task Force Member
Professor
London School of Economics - Jean-Paul Fitoussi
Task Force Member
Professor of Economics
Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris - Heiner Flassbeck
Task Force Member
Chief Economist, Director of Division on Globalization and Development Strategies
UNCTAD - Mauro Gallegati
Task Force Member
Professor
Economics Department
Universita’ Politecnica delle Marche - Stephany Griffith-Jones
Task Force Chair
Financial Markets Program Director
Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) - Hilde F. Johnson
Task Force Member
Senior Adviser to the President
African Development Bank
- Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Task Force Member
Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development
United Nations - Inge Kaul
Task Force Member
Adjunct professor
Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany - Justin Y. Lin
Task Force Member
Former Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, Development Economics
The World Bank - Johannes Linn
Task Force Member
Executive Director
Wolfensohn Center for Development, The Brookings Institution - Paul Martin
Task Force Member
former Prime Minister
Canada - Manuel Montes
Task Force Member
Senior Advisor
Finance and Development
The South Centre - Akbar Noman
Task Force Member
Senior Policy Fellow
Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD)
- José Antonio Ocampo
Task Force Chair
Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University and former Minister of Finance of Colombia
Columbia University - Patricia Reindl
Task Force Member
Office Manager
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung New York - Frank Schroeder
Task Force Member
Senior Economist
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung New York - Go Shimada
Task Force Member
Senior Research Fellow
Research Program Division
JICA Research Institute - Juergen Stetten
Task Force Member
Executive Director, New York Office
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung New York - Joseph Stiglitz
Task Force Member
President
Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD)