What is the G8?

From poverty of ambition to ambition on poverty: what the G8 finance ministers must do in Essen to support Africa’s development

( T. Sharman; P. Watt / ActionAid International , 2007)

This ActionAid report discusses the opportunities and challenges it sees for the German government to put the G8 at the forefront of the global fight against poverty and environmental destruction duri...

Mobilising political will

( Helsinki Process , 2005)

This report argues that new multi-stakeholder efforts between governments, business and civil society need to be established in the current process of globalisation, to bridge the gap between the rich...

Rich men’s club: making the G8 more accountable

( R. Lloyd; C. Wren / One World Trust , 2005)

This report highlights the need for the G8 to boost its accountability in order to effectively address today’s global problems. It provides a description of the structures and power relations behind t...

For richer, for poorer?: G8 proposals for IMF reform

( A. Wood / Bretton Woods Project , 2001)

This paper has focused on steps the G8 governments have taken to adapt the role of the IMF. Given the criticism levelled at the IMF by Republican parliamentarians it has particularly examined statemen...

Hoodwinked in the hothouse: the G8, climate change and free-market environmentalism

( Transnational Institute , 2005)

This briefing examines the origins of the neoliberal economic paradigm and carbon "offset culture" of the G8 nations and other power blocs in the context of climate change, and the way it is being ent...