The outcome of last week’s L’Aquila meeting confirms a common (and worrying) aspect of G8 summits: an abundance of promises and commitments, without sufficient details and clear mechanisms that would ensure effective implementation. Perhaps it is finally time to relegate the G8 to the history books and leave it to the G20, or another more inclusive forum for dialogue and coordination, to take the reins of global economic policy.
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17 Jul 2009 / Paolo De Renzio
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29 Apr 2009 / Ana Arroio
With a budget of US$3.8 billion for 2009 the Gates Foundation has great ambitions and a big war chest. But will their technology-based approach deliver health solutions? Ana Arroio argues that the Foundation needs to ensure that technology promotes development.
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13 Jan 2009 / Christina Ward
Targeting the right audience, with the right incentives, may be the key to progress on the Millennium Cities Initiative, writes GEG guest blogger, Christina Ward.
On Wednesday, 10 December 2008 the Earth Institute of Columbia University hosted its second Millennium Cities Investment Day in London. The Millennium Cities Initiative (MCI), founded in 2005, aims to assist nine selected mid-sized cities across sub-Saharan Africa, located near the Millennium Villages, to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Perhaps the two of the most striking features of the conference were the different audiences being addressed and the differences in delivery across the country panels.
