The London Summit: Multiple Perspectives on the G20

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Partner:: Chatham House
Location:: Chatham House
London, U.K.
Event Date:: 04.01.09
Speakers:: Youssef Boutros-Ghali,; Mark Malloch Brown,; Dr. Robin Niblett,; Daniel Price,; Stephen S. Roach,; Paola Subacchi
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Summary: With economies around the world at a critical moment, expectations for the London Summit on 2 April are running high. However, there is a limit to what the G20 can realistically achieve.

A panel of experts ask what the leaders' key priorities should be - boosting demand, halting protectionism, reforming the IMF or agreeing new rules for international financial regulation?

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Youssef Boutros-Ghali

Dr Youssef Boutros-Ghali is Minister of Finance of Egypt and Chairman of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) of the IMF.

Mark Malloch Brown

Mark Malloch Brown has served as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations since April, 2006. Before his current appointment, he was the Secretary-General's Chef de Cabinet since January 2005. In that position, he worked closely with the Secretary-General and the Deputy-Secretary General on all aspects of UN work, including helping to set out an ambitious reform agenda for the United Nations, much of which was endorsed by world leaders at the World Summit in New York last September.

Prior to becoming Chef de Cabinet, Mr. Malloch Brown served as Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the UN's global development network, from July 1999 to August 2005. During that time, he was also the Chair of the United Nations Development Group, a committee consisting of the heads of all UN funds, programs and departments working on development issues.

Dr. Robin Niblett

Robin Niblett is the Director of Chatham House, President of The Center for Strategic and International Studies, former director of the CSIS Atlantic Partnership Project, and co-editor of Rethinking European Order: West European Responses, 1989-97.

Daniel Price

Dan Price is Senior Partner for Global Issues at Sidley Austin.

Stephen S. Roach

Stephen S. Roach is Managing Director and Chief Economist of Morgan Stanley, a leading global financial services firm. In this role, he oversees the Firm's team of economists located in New York, London, Frankfurt, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Before joining Morgan Stanley in 1982, Mr. Roach was Vice President for Economic Analysis for the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company in New York.

He also served on the research staff of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C. from 1972-79 - where he supervised the preparation of the official Federal Reserve projections of the U.S. economy. Prior to that, he was a research fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.

Paola Subacchi

Paola Subacchi is research director if international economics at Chatham House.

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01 hr 16 min 29 sec

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01.: Introduction

04 min 21 sec

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02.: Expectations of the London Summit

03 min 40 sec

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03.: What the London Summit Can Achieve

03 min 36 sec

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04.: Sharing the Burden

01 min 03 sec

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05.: Pledge on Protectionism

06 min 32 sec

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06.: Optimism for Regulatory Reform

01 min 31 sec

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07.: Politicization of Economics

04 min 07 sec

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08.: Crisis of Confidence Hits Ordinary People

03 min 23 sec

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09.: Summit Opened to non-G20 Countries

01 min 29 sec

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10.: Issues that Won't Be Addressed

02 min 56 sec

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11.: Priorities for the Summit

05 min 16 sec

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12.: Contradictions Between Policy Packages

04 min 44 sec

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13.: Economic Stimulus Crowds Out Developing Countries

01 min 44 sec

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14.: Financial Protectionism

01 min 20 sec

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15.: Regulatory Framework for All Countries

01 min 15 sec

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16.: IMF Reform

04 min 15 sec

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17.: Misreading Keynes

05 min 07 sec

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18.: Americans Beginning to Save Despite Advice to Spend

03 min 01 sec

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19.: China Saves Too Much

01 min 07 sec

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20.: General Questions and Reactions

03 min 48 sec

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21.: Importance of Coordination

03 min 07 sec

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22.: Burden Sharing

02 min 33 sec

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23.: Politics of Posterity

03 min 05 sec

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24.: No One-Size-Fits-All Solution

03 min 25 sec

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25.: Q & A

05 min 28 sec

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26.: Price Responds

02 min 50 sec

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27.: Boutros-Ghali Responds

01 min 29 sec

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28.: Malloch-Brown Responds

01 min 44 sec

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29.: Roach Responds

01 min 51 sec

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30.: Subacchi Responds

-1 hr -13 min -34 sec

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Stephen Roach Backs Thrift, Discourages Excess Spending

02 min 39 sec

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Youssef Boutros-Ghali: IMF Should Implement G20 Reform

04 min 07 sec

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Lord Malloch-Brown: All Eyes on G20 Summit

03 min 35 sec

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01 hr 16 min 29 sec

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