
G8 and trade: the development angle
The list of competing priorities for this year’s G8 summit was whittled down to three by David Cameron.

The list of competing priorities for this year’s G8 summit was whittled down to three by David Cameron.

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The authors of the European Report on Development 2013 (ERD 2013) will present some of the findings of the report, which provides a contribution to the post-2015 debate, and will put them in perspective with the recent publication of the High-Level Panel Report.

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.

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The Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Trade Out of Poverty (TOP) and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development (APGOOD) are holding a joint event on the future of the WTO and its role in global development, featuring former nominee for the post of WTO Director General, Alan Kyerematen.
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.