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The G20 Mexico Summit 2012:
The Quest for Growth and Stability
Edited by John Kirton and Madeline Koch
Published by Newsdesk Media Group and the G20 Research Group, 2012
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Introductions and Leaders' Perspectives [PDF]
- Mexico’s vision of innovation and cooperation at the Los Cabos Summit
- Felipe Calderón, president, Mexico
- Maintaining momentum towards growth
- Lee Myung-bak, president, Korea
- A relentless focus on global economic and financial prosperity
- Julia Gillard, prime minister, Australia
- Brazil’s view on global economic and environmental governance
- Dilma Rousseff, president, Brazil
- South Africa’s philosophy of interconnectedness
- Jacob Zuma, president, South Africa
- Prospects for the G20 Los Cabos Summit
- John Kirton, co-director, G20 Research Group
- The State of Baja California Sur welcomes the G20 and the world
- Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor, governor, Baja California Sur
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Generating Global Economic Growth and Jobs [PDF]
- Encouraging and sharing good economic governance
- Angel Gurría, secretary general, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Time for a policy rethink
- Juan Somavia, director general, International Labour Organization
- Strengthening social protection and economic development
- Errol Frank Stoové, president, International Social Security Association
- America’s economic challenges and opportunities
- Robert Fauver, former G7/G8 sherpa
- Europe’s growth challenges – seeking common ground
- Paolo Savona, emeritus professor of political economy, Rome
- Differentiated governance themes between Japan and China
- Naoki Tanaka, Centre for International Public Policy Studies, Tokyo
- The Chinese economy in transition: its contribution to global growth
- Yang Yao, director, China Centre for
Economic Research, Peking University
- Join together to generate global economic growth
- David Hale, chair, David Hale Global Economics; co-editor of What’s Next? Unconventional Wisdom on the Future of the World Econom
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Financial Regulation, Supervision, Inclusion and Protection [PDF]
- Going global with international financial reporting standards
- Hans Hoogervorst, chair, International
Accounting Standards Board
- Regulation of money markets is essential to prevent a crisis
- Lida Preyma, G20 Research Group
- The growing role of social business in development
- Muhammad Yunus, Yunus Centre
- How microfinance can contribute to growth in developed countries, too
- Maria Nowak, president, Adie International
- Keeping the consensus on tax haveSafe and fair financial services – enhancing consumer protection
- Justin Macmullan, head of advocacy, Consumers International, and Adriana Labardini, director, Alconsumidor
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International Financial Architecture [PDF]
- Strengthening the International Monetary Fund
- Domenico Lombardi, president, Oxford Institute for Economic Policy, and senior fellow, Brookings Institution
- The future of the World Bank: considering the options
- Johannes F Linn, Brookings Institution
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Food, Agriculture and Commodities [PDF]
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- Energy price volatility in fossil fuel markets
- Maria van der Hoeven, executive director,
International Energy Agency
- Progressing on subsidy reform: addressing the barriers
- Mark Halle, director, Global Subsidies Initiative; executive director, IISD-Europe
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Sustainable Development, Green Growth and Climate Change [PDF]
- Global sustainability reporting: the corporate path to a green economy
- Achim Steiner, United Nations under-secretary general and executive director, United Nations, Environment Programme, and David Pitt-Watson, chair, Hermes Focus Asset Management, and chair, UNEP FI Investment Commission
- The year that the world faced up to climate change
- Michel Jarraud, secretary general,
World Meteorological Organization
- Biodiversity, its values and economic development
- Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, executive secretary to the Convention on Biological Diversity
- The contribution of civil aviation to climate change control
- Raymond Benjamin, secretary general,
International Civil Aviation Organization
- Sustainable development: turning the idea into reality
- Adriana Abdenur, general coordinator, BRICS Policy Centre; professor, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
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Development [PDF]
- Sustaining growth in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Luis Alberto Moreno, president,
Inter-American Development Bank
- Moving beyond complacency: towards a renewed development
- Enrique García, president and CEO, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America
- Promoting sustainable development and green growth in Asia
- Haruhiko Kuroda, president, Asian Development Bank
- Developing Africa
- Donald Kaberuka, president,
African Development Bank
- India’s story of agricultural growth
- Yoginder K Alagh, former minister of power, planning, science and technology; chair, Institute of Rural Management Anand, India
- Finance, governance, knowledge: pillars to protect the world’s water
- Loïc Fauchon, president, World Water Council
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- Promoting the global governance of international health and development
- Michel Sidibé, executive director, UNAIDS
- Fiscal stability, economic growth and non-communicable diseases
- Mirta Roses-Periago, director,
Pan American Health Organization
- Addressing global health challenges through improved nutrition
- Julio Frenk, chair, Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health; dean, Harvard School of Public Health; and former minister of health, Mexico
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Trade, Investment and Infrastructure [PDF]
- Improving national and international investment regimes
- Supachai Panitchpakdi, secretary-general, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- Liberalising trade: mapping the way ahead
- Tu Xinquan, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing
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Corruption and Good Governance [PDF]
- Combating transnational crime and cybercrime
- Ronald K Noble, secretary general, Interpol
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Governance [PDF]
- The importance of improving G20 accountability
- Ella Kokotsis, G20 Research Group
- Keeping promises: how big a difference has G20 summitry made
- Caroline Bracht, G20 Research Group, University of Toronto, and Mark Rakhmangulov, Global Governance Research Centre, National Research University Higher School of Economics
- At the heart of global governance: achievements and future challenges
- Andrew F Cooper, Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Waterloo, and distinguished fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation
- Time for a new version of globalisation? A view from China
- Su Changhe, School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University, Shanghai
- Russia’s vision for G20 summitry
- Marina Larionova, director, International Organisations Research Institute, National Research University Higher School of Economics
- The B20’s role in G20 governance
- Alejandro Ramirez Magaña, chair, B20 Organizing Committee
- Young entrepreneurs are crucial to economic recovery and prosperity
- Vivian Prokop, founding chair, G20 Young Entrepreneurs’ Alliance, and CEO, Canadian Youth Business Foundation; Francisco Ruiz, president, 2012 G20 YES Mexico, and president, Young Entrepreneurs of Coparmex; and Victor Sedov, president, 2013 G20 YES Russia, and president, Center for Entrepreneurship Russia
- The G20 in retrospect and prospect
- Lawrence H Summers, John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and Matthew J Schoenfeld, Harvard Law School
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Leader profiles [PDF]
- Leader profiles
- Sponsors index
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