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G20 Leaders Declaration on Financial Markets and the World Economy, November 15, 2008, Washington DC

Final G20 communique, Sao Paulo, November 9, 2008

Transcript of Lula's remarks to the G20 finance ministers, November 8, 2008

Transcript of Brazilian finance minister briefing (in Portuguese and Spanish), November 7, 2008

BRICs communiqué, Sao Paulo, November 7, 2008

Canada announces dates of 2010 G8 Summit

G7 finance ministers and central bankers statement, October 27, 2008

G20 leaders special summit on the financial situation, Washington DC, November 15, 2008

G8 leaders statement on the global economy, October 15, 2008 (available in Chinese)

G20 communiqué, Washington DC, October 11, 2008

Statement by George Bush after meeting with G7 finance ministers, White House, October 11, 2008

G7 finance ministers and central bankers statements, Washington DC, October 10, 2008

Italy to host 2009 G8 summit at La Maddalena, Sardinia, July 8-10, 2009

Central banks issue joint statement, which includes some G7 members, October 8, 2008

G7 finance ministers meeting, Washington DC, October 10, 2008

G7 Finance Ministers Statement on Financial Market, September 22, 2008

2008 G5 Statement in Chinese

G8 Documents in Portuguese

G7 Foreign Ministers Statement on Georgia, August 27, 2008

G7 Finance Ministers Statement on Georgia, August 20, 2008

G8 parliamentarians meeting, Hiroshima, September 1-2, 2008

Statement by the leaders of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa, Hokkaido, July 8, 2008

Chair's Summary, Hokkaido, July 9, 2008

Statement on the Meeting of Major Economies, Hokkaido, July 9, 2008

Report on the Heiligendamm Process, Hokkaido, July 9, 2008

G8 leaders' statement on International Institutions, Hokkaido, July 8, 2008

G8 leaders' statement on Zimbabwe, Hokkaido, July 8, 2008

G8 leaders' statement on counter-terrorism, Hokkaido, July 8, 2008

G8 leaders' statement on political issues, Hokkaido, July 8, 2008

G8 leaders' statement on food security, Hokkaido, July 8, 2008

G8 leaders' statement on Development and Africa, Hokkaido, July 8, 2008

Reports submitted to the G8 leaders, July 8, 2008

G8 leaders' statement on Environment and Climate Change, Hokkaido, July 8, 2008

G8 leaders' statement on World Economy, Hokkaido, July 8, 2008

Transcript of press conference, July 6, 2008

G8 Justice and Home Ministers documents, Tokyo, June 11-13

G8 Foreign Ministers summary, statements on Afghanistan and Zimbawe, June 26-27, 2008, Kyoto

G8 Science and Technology Ministers, June 15, 2008, Okinawa

G8 Finance Ministers statements and action plans, Osaka, June 13-14, 2008

G8 Energy Ministers statements and declarations, Aomori, Japan, June 7-8, 2008

TICAD IV chair's summary and other documents, Yokohoma, May 28-30, 2008

G8 Environment Ministerial Chair's Summary and supporting documents, May 26, 2008

G8 Labour and Employment Ministerial Chair's Conclusions, May 13, 2008

G8 Development Ministerial Chair's Summary, April 6, 2008

G7 finance ministers and central bank governors, April 11, 2008 (to be confirmed), Washington DC

G7 finance ministers and central bank governors, February 9, 2008, Tokyo: Statement

G20 finance ministers and central bank governors, November 17-18, 2007, Cape Town, South Africa: Communiqué

G8 finance ministers statements, Washington DC, October 19, 2007

More documents on nonproliferation, counterterrorism, Sudan and more, Heiligendamm, June 8, 2007

Growth and Responsibility in Africa, Heiligendamm, June 8, 2007

First document released at Heiligendamm Growth and Responsibility in the World Economy, June 7, 2007

G8 foreign ministers statements, Potsdam, May 30, 2007

G8 finance ministers statements, Essen, May 19, 2007

G8 leaders program

G8 labour ministers, Dresden, May 6-8, 2007: Chair's conclusion

G7 deputy finance ministers statement on hedge funds, Washington, April 16, 2007

G7 finance ministers and central bank governors statement, Washington, April 13, 2007

Press release from German Ministry for the Environment, with Potsdam Initiative on Biological Diversity, March 17, 2007

Teleconference with John Baird, Minister, Environment Canada, following G8 environment ministerial, March 17, 2007

G7 finance ministers statement and opening address, Essen, February 9-10, 2007

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Prospective Agenda (G8 Research Group) | Road to La Maddalena | G8 Live (G8 Research Group)
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For such a time as this: John Kirton gives public talk and live webcast at Victoria University at 7pm in Toronto, November 18

Plans and preparations for Italy's 2009 summit (as of November 17/08)

The G20 Leaders Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy, edited by John Kirton

G20 plans and prospects for November 14-15 leaders summit (as of November 13/08)

John Kirton's prospects for the November 14-15 leaders summit

John Kirton's performance assessment of the G20 finance meeting, November 9, 2008

For the latest on the G20 finance and leaders meetings, see the G20 Information Centre

Dai Xianglong, former Chinese central banker, reflects on the G20's tenth anniversary, in English and Chinese

John Kirton: Prospects for the G20 finance Sao Paulo meeting, November 8-9, 2008

Plans and preparations for Canada's 2010 Huntsville Summit (as of November 2/08)

Growth, Innovation, Inclusion: The G20 at 10, edited by John Kirton and Madeline Koch

Ivan Savic: Coping with Today's Financial Crisis: Lessons from the Past

G20 analysis: Performance assessments and international financial institution governance

John Kirton: A Summit of Substantial Success: The Performance of the 2008 G8 (Updated August 18, 2008)

Pamela Jordan in Open Democracy: Expel Russia from the G8?

David Welch: Canada Has a Chance to Remake World Summitry, Toronto Star, July 18, 2008

G8 Research Group LSE/Oxford releases Final Compliance Report on Climate Change for the G8 and Outreach Five, updated July 20

Chiara Oldani: Ecco l'ultimo G8 della storia, in Economy

John Kirton's grades for the Hokkaido summit

John Kirton's performance assessments on climate change and the host's performance

2008 Hokkaido performance assessment reports on issues and countries released

Hugo Dobson: Where Are the Women at the G8?, updated July 9, 2008

Plans and preparations for 2008 Hokkaido Toyako Summit (as of July 6/08)

Factsheet: G8 Capabilities: Are They in Decline?

CIGI's Andrew F. Cooper, Gregory Chin and Andrew Schrumm: Blog on the 2008 G8 Summit

John Kirton: The Case for G8 Reform (Updated June 29, 2008)

G8 Research Group and UNU University conference with live webcast: Global Development Challenges, Desired G8 Responses, July 1, Tokyo

John Kirton: Enlarged Directorates as Effective Global Governance for All"

Interview with John Kirton in the Asahi Shimbun: "Is the G8 effective for solving global crises?"

Final Compliance reports: G8 Heiligendamm and Outreach Five

Karsten Wenzlaff: Membership of Key Economies in International Organisations and G8 Action Plan on Local Currency Bond Markets - Overview

G8: Hokkaido Toyako Summit 2008 from Newsdesk Media and Agora Publications

G8 Research Group and Keio University conference: G8 and Global Security Governance, July 2, Tokyo

G8 Research Group and Centre for International Public Policy Studies: Global Challenges, Global Environment, G8 Innovations, July 3, Tokyo

G8 Compliance with Health Commitments, 1975-2007

Draft Final Outreach Five Compliance Report

Nuclear Energy in G8 Communiqués, 1975-2007

Climate Change in G8 Communiqués, 1975-2007, updated June 5/08

G8 Compliance with Climate Change Commitments, updated June 5, 2008

John Kirton: Prospects for the 2008 G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit: Key Messages for the Future of Summitry

Food and agriculture in G8 Communiqués, 1975-2007

Updated G20 bibliography

G8 outreach webcast with Canadian sherpa Len Edwards: May 2 at 14h30 EST

Check out G8 Live for news and information

Governing Global Health, edited by Andrew Fenton Cooper, John Kirton and Ted Schrecker

The G8 System and the G20, by Peter Hajnal

Corporate, Public, and Global Governance, edited by Michele Fratianni, Paolo Savon and John Kirton
Volker Nitsch. Does the G7/G8 Promote Trade? Economic Letters (forthcoming, 2006).