The global economy was charging to the end of the century but, through the nineties, a steady drumroll of financial crises called into question the stability of the international system established fifty years earlier at Bretton Woods. [...] More importantly for the longer term, the focus kept returning to questions of governance – how to collaborate more effectively in setting a course for a world apparently dominated by the blind forces of globalization.4 As expressed in the words of the communiqué of the 1998 Birmingham Summit: In a world of increasing globalisation we are ever more interdependent. [...] The regional distribution is not precise (Europe is seriously over-represented and Africa the reverse), and the list is biased towards large countries (in terms of geographic extent, population and size of economy), arguably making it difficult to take full account of the specific concerns of the vast majority of the (often quite small) countries on the rolls of the United Nations. [...] Whether the or- ganization was long established (such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the United Nations and its various specialized agencies) or of more recent vintage (such as the World Trade Organization, the G-8 and the regional trade groupings), none seemed able to meet the demand for a fairer form of glob- alization in which more countries and peoples shared in the benefi [...] Among the weaknesses of international organizations noted by participants early in the process were: a lack of democracy; a tendency to spawn a proliferation of entities, agencies and initiatives; an inadequate integration of effort through a linking body such as the UN; and a failure to address the concerns and aspirations of the global South or to tackle seriously issues of poverty.
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Table of Contents
- Contents 14
- Foreword 8
- Acknowledgments 12
- Introduction: Confronting the Horsemen 16
- 1 Genesis of the L-20 Project 18
- 2 Underlying Assumptions 24
- Gaps in the Institutional Architecture 24
- What Do Leaders Do Anyway? 28
- 3 Taking Aim – Focusing the Project 32
- Early Meetings 32
- Project Launch 33
- The First Round of Workshops 36
- 4 Adjusting the Trajectory 40
- Gathering International Support 40
- The Second Round 41
- 5 Engaging the United States – The Central Puzzle of Global Governance 50
- 6 Global Fairness and the Search for Legitimacy 56
- Globalization and Fairness 56
- Concepts of Legitimacy 58
- The Role of Civil Society 60
- New Approaches to Old Problems 62
- 7 Lessons Large and Small 68
- Role of Leaders 68
- L-20 Composition 69
- Possible Agenda Items 71
- Skepticism and Doubt 73
- The New World of Networks 74
- 8 Making the L-20 a Reality 78
- Option 1 – Managing a Crisis 79
- Option 2 – Building a Package 83
- 9 L-20 Nuts and Bolts 86
- Composition – One More Time 86
- Linkages to Existing Institutions 87
- Launch Options and Operating Procedures 88
- Outside Consultation 89
- Network of Think Tanks 90
- 10 Next Steps 92
- L-20 in a Changing World 92
- The Next Stage – Breaking Global Deadlocks 94
- Final Thoughts 98
- 11 Back to the Horsemen 102
- Afterword: Globalization and Summit Reform: A Leader’s View 104
- Appendix A: Project Meetings 108
- Appendix B: L-20 Composition Options 110
- Appendix C: Project Funders and Meeting Hosts 112
- Funder 112
- Hosts/Partners 112
- Appendix D: Post-Workshop Interviews 114
- Interview Questions 115
- Glossary 116
- References 120
- Index 122
- A 122
- B 122
- C 122
- D 122
- E 122
- F 122
- G 122
- H 123
- I 123
- J 123
- K 123
- L 123
- M 123
- N 123
- O 123
- P 123
- R 123
- S 123
- T 124
- U 124
- V 124
- W 124
- Z 124
