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Analysis

The G20 Leaders Summit
on Financial Markets and the World Economy
November 14-15, 2008, Washington DC
Edited by John Kirton

Introduction

1. The Challenge for the First L20 Summit
   The Right Honourable Paul Martin, former prime minister of Canada
   

The New Summit and Institution

2. Prospects for the G20 Leaders Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy
   John Kirton, Director, G20 Research Group
   
3. Plans for the First G20 Leaders Meeting
   Jenilee M. Guebert, Senior Researcher, G20 Research Group
   
4. Going Bigger (on Agenda) and Smaller (on Participation) in a Time of Crisis
   Andrew F. Cooper, The Centre for International Governance Innovation
   

Problems on the Agenda

5. Towards the G20 Summit: From Financial Crisis to International Regulatory Reform
   (CIGI Policy Brief No. 9)
   Eric Helleiner, Centre for International Governance Innovation Chair in International Governance at the University of Waterloo, and Stefano Pagliari, Centre for Global Governance Research, University of Waterloo
   
6. Containing the Global Financial Crisis [Updated November 18, 2008]
   Ivan Savic, G20 Research Group
   
7. Regulating Global Derivatives
   Chiara Oldani, Viterbo University "La Tuscia"
   
8. Restoring Global Economic Growth
   Paola Subacchi, Chatham House
   
9. Perspectives on Co-operative Policy Solutions: The International Monetary Fund
   Michele Fratianni, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, and Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, and John Pattison, G20 Research Group
   

Perspectives on Institutional Architecture and Policy Solutions from the Members

10. The View from Washington [Updated November 21, 2008]
    Robert Fauver, Fauver & Associates, former U.S. under secretary of state for economic affairs and former G7 sherpa
    
11. (Re-)Taking the Lead? Germany and the Reform of the International Financial Architecture [Updated November 18, 2008]
    Stormy Mildner, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
    
12. A French Perspective on the Financial Crisis
    Olivier Charnoz, Agence française du développement
    
13. Russia
    Victoria Panova, MGIMO
    
14. China's Perspective on Co-operative Policy Solutions
    Jiejin Zhu, Shanghai International Studies University
    
15. Perspectives on Co-operative Policy Solutions: Argentina
    José María Fanelli, Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad
    

Profiles of the Participants

16. Participants Biographies and Country Capabilities
    Jenilee Guebert, G20 Research Group
    
17. Past Performance of the G8 Summit and G20 Finance Forum
    Jenilee Guebert and John Kirton, G20 Research Group
18. Meeting the Needs of the Times to Play a Constructive Role: Reflections on the Tenth Anniversary of the G20
    Dai Xianglong, former governor, People's Bank of China [in English] [in Chinese]
    

Appendices

• Communiqué of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, Sao Paulo, November 9, 2008
• The Performance of the Meeting of G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, by John Kirton, November 9, 2008
• Bibliography on the G20 Summit, Madeline Boyce, G20 Research Group
• The G20 Research Group

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