Contents
Message of Welcome – Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Republic of Guyana
Section 1: Global Economic Situation
· How governance is crucial to poverty reduction, peace and stability
· Prospects for WTO and EPA negotiations
· Reform of the international aid architecture
· Africa’s economic opportunities
Section 2: Climate Change: the Challenge for Finance Ministers
· Unfolding threats of climate change: which way do we go now?
· International energy security: the agenda for the Commonwealth
· Insurers and the trillion dollar gamble
· Community based adaptation in Bangladesh: sharing lessons within the Commonwealth
· Climate change: charting a Caribbean response
Section 3: Financial Inclusion
· Inclusive financial systems can reduce poverty and hunger
· Inclusive financial sectors: a global issue with an African perspective
· Policy level response to financial exclusion in developed economies: lessons for developing countries
· How microfinance can work for the poor: integration with education and health services
· Helping youths make the most of money
Section 4: Reforms in the Public and Financial Sectors
· Access to financial services – does financial liberalisation help?
· Rethinking pubic financial management reform in developing countries: Commonwealth Secretariat introduces a gap-closing toolkit
· The pursuit and disruption of profitable crime
· E-governance in Commonwealth countries
Section 5: Millennium Development Goals
· The ‘global deal’ to reduce poverty: progress and responsibilities
· Stopping women dying during childbirth; how are Commonwealth countries doing?
· HIV/AIDS and development: perspectives for Commonwealth Finance Ministers
· Abolishing school fees and maintaining quality: are the two compatible?
Section 6: Managing Infrastructure Development
· Information and communication technologies to link the poor to markets
· Financing slum upgrading: the crisis of urbanization
· Financing infrastructure investment: potential fiscal risks of public-private partnerships
· International tourism: a driving force for economic growth of Commonwealth countries
· Public-private partnerships in developing countries: the SADC context