Center for Global Development Press Backgrounder on G8 Summit 5/27/2003
From: Andrew Stober of the Center for Global Development, 202-416-0705; e-mail: astober@cgdev.org web: http://www.cgdev.org/ News Advisory: Press Backgrounder on G8 Summit WHEN: Thursday, May 29, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. WHERE: The Center for Global Development, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 301 WHAT: Development issues permeate the 2003 G8 Summit, from the reconstruction of Iraq to President Bush's calls to end hunger in Africa and fight the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The Center for Global Development is pleased to offer a press backgrounder on the development issues on the Summit agenda, and the likely dynamics between G-8 members on those issues. The June 29 event will cover: -- A run-down of the development topics on the Summit agenda. -- The impact of Iraq reconstruction on implementing G8 commitments to Africa. -- Unbundling President Bush's pre-Summit announcements: -- $5 billion per year foreign aid initiative (Millennium Challenge Account) -- $15 billion Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief -- Initiative to End Hunger in Africa -- Elimination of export subsidies -- Commitment to $1 billion clean water initiative -- Europe's, Japan's and Canada's likely response to U.S. initiatives. Speakers: -- NANCY BIRDSALL, President of the Center for Global Development; former Executive Vice President of the Inter-American Development Bank. -- WILLIAM CLINE, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development; former deputy managing director and chief economist of the Institute of International Finance. -- STEVEN RADELET, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury for Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. RSVP: To Andrew Stober by email at astober@cgdev.org or by phone to 202-416-0705. The Center for Global Development is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think tank dedicated to reducing global poverty and inequality through policy oriented research and engagement with the policy community and the public. http://www.cgdev.org/ |