HI Conference 09 Podcasts

Governance and institution - Global economic governance in crisis: new players, new power Moderator: Gordon Betcherman, Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa

Rules and policies - Raising and retaining funds Moderator: Teresa Healy, Senior Researcher, Social and Economic Policy Department, Canadian Labour Congress

Rules and policies - Raising and retaining funds Questions and answers and discussion

Close and summing up Gerry Barr, President-CEO, Canadian Council for International Co-operation and Chair, Make Poverty History Canada

Perspectives on proposals for change - Rethinking the global financial system Questions and answers and discussion

Rethinking global development finance – perspectives from the Canadian government John Davies, Director and IDA Deputy, International Finance and Development Division, Finance Canada

Rethinking the global financial architecture – perspectives from civil society Soren Ambrose, Development Finance Coordinator, Action Aid International

Rethinking the global financial architecture –perspectives from the Inter-Governmental Group of 24 Amar Bhattacharya, Director, Inter-Governmental Group of 24

Perspectives on proposals for change - Rethinking the global financial system Moderator: Cristina Rojas, Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University

Looking ahead - A looming debt crisis? Towards ensuring future responsible lending Questions and Answers

Looking ahead - A looming debt crisis? Towards ensuring future responsible lending Moderator: John Dillon, Economic Justice Coordinator, KAIROS-Canada

Establishing an Independent Sovereign Debt Workout Mechanism Oscar Ugarteche, Senior Research Fellow, Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas, UNAM, Mexico and member of the Latin American Network on Debt and Development (LATINDAD)

Beyond a new debt crisis Gail Hurley, Policy and Advocacy Officer, European Network on Debt and Development

Africa's trade during the crisis and the conclusion of the Doha Round Tina Nanyangwe, formerly Jesuit Center for Theological Reflection

Plugging the leaks Raymond Baker, Director, Global Financial Integrity

Policy responses to unfettered finance Pablo Heidrich, Senior Researcher, The North-South Institute

Governance and institutions - Global economic governance in crisis: new players, new power Questions and answers and discussion

Reforming global governance, and addressing power imbalances Jo-Marie Griesgraber, Executive Director, New Rules for Global Finance (Stand-in for Domenico Lombardi), President, The Oxford Institute for Economic Policy and Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution.

The emerging role of the G20 as the Leaders Forum John Sinclair, Senior Fellow, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa

Thematic overview of the crisis, its impacts, current responses and future opportunities Roy Culpeper, President, The North-South Institute

Thinking the unthinkable – The global financial crisis as an opportunity for transformative and systemic change?

The role of the UN in addressing the crisis - Recommendations from the UN Commission of Experts Dr. José Antonio Ocampo, Director, Program in Economic and Political Development, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University and member of the Commission of Experts of the President of the UN General Assembly on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System.

Impacts of the crisis and expanding the agenda for change Jomo K. Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations 

Causes of, and responses to, the global financial crisis Chuck Freedman, Co-Director, Centre for Monetary and Financial Economics, Carleton University.

Thinking the unthinkable – The global financial crisis as an opportunity for transformative and systemic change? Welcome and introduction to the panel. Moderator: Kari Polanyi Levitt, Emerita Professor of Economics, McGill University