It’s easy to be cynical about G8 summits. But, as David Cameron prepares to host the annual meeting of leaders from the world’s richest countries in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, the British government has a unique opportunity to provide leadership on issues at the heart of global poverty and inequality – and to restore the credibility of the G8 in global economic governance.
Roundtable with Chief Alan Kyerematen, former Minister of Trade and Industry, Ghana exploring how developing countries can best trade themselves out of poverty.
Live stream of the launch event for The European Report on Development (ERD) 2013. The latest report aims to provide an independent European contribution to the emerging debate on a possible post-2015 consensus on international development.
In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, capital flows into emerging and developing economies have bounced back quickly from their slump in 2008. This has been triggered by prospects of strong output growth, investors regaining their appetite for risk, and, in particular, by ‘carry trade’ practices favoured by the exceptionally low interest rates in developed countries.
