Last held in London in April of this year, the G-20 continue its focus on the global economic crisis at its second meeting of the year in Pittsburgh this week.  To make certain that the economic concerns of the developing world are not forgotten amidst discussions about how to stabilize the global economy, the InterAction alliance and several partner organizations will be present on-the-ground and plan to be a strong, vocal presence. (Read more.)
 

InterAction Policy Statements

• Joint Response to Outcomes
• Climate Change
• The G20 and the Global Economic Crisis
   

InterAction Viewspoints/Features

• Global Food Security Strategy a Must for Economic Recovery – InterAction Viewpoint, 9/22
• We Will Be There: Global Development NGOs Determined to be Present at September’s Pittsburgh Summit – InterAction Featured Story, 9/3

Latest News

• OFFICIAL MEDIA LOGISTICS ADVISORY & SCHEDULE 
• G20 must not forget developing world –Kofi Annan, Amartya Sen and Michel Camdessus, The Australian, 9/25
• Activists push health, economy, climate at G-20 Summit – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 9/24
• Panel presses summit leaders to recommit to Africa –Karamagi Rujumba, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 9/24
• 100 People Pushed into Poverty Every Minute by Economic Crisis –Oxfam, PR Newswire, 9/24
• G20 should act for sustainable growth -IMF –The Economic Times, 9/24
• The 0.85 Percent Solution for Low-Income Countries –Homi Kharas, Brookings Institution, 9/24
• 'Downturn continuing' for many poor countries –One World UK, 9/24, article on ActionAid briefing
• Pittsburgh should be a turning point for the poor –by Robert Zoellick, World Bank, 9/23
• IMF Chief Urges Sustained Stimulus, Says Crisis Not Over –by Sandrine Rastello, Bloomberg, 9/23
• G20 Summit: What's in it for Africa? –By Yeheyes Wuhib, VOA News, 9/23
• G20 must seize the chance to help a billion people –World Vision, 9/23
• A Tiny Tax Could Do a World of Good –Philippe Douste-Blazy, NY Times, 9/23 (OP-ED)
• Faith Leaders to Press for Action During G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh– Bread for the World, 9/22
• ActionAid briefing on G20 –Claire Melamed, ActionAid, 9/21
• Save the Children to G-20: Invest in Sustainable Economic Recovery by Investing in Poor Children –Save the Children, 9/21
• World's Poor Watch, Wait as Global Leaders Meet on Climate Change –World Vision, PR NewsWire, 9/21
• Keeping Poverty on the Global Agenda –Katherine Marshall, Washington Post, 9/21
• NGOs try to give poor a voice – By Ann Rodgers, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, 9/21
• Sunday G-20 Forum: Lift the debt burden on poor countries – American Jewish World Service/Jubilee USA, 9/20
• W'Bank: Capital flow to Nigeria, others drop by $17 bn –by Kunle Aderinokun, ThisDay, 9/18
• Timing right on climate change -By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 9/17
• G-20 Pittsburgh Summit: World Bank says Low-Income Countries face long recovery – By Finfacts Ireland, September 17
• Don't Leave poor behind, World Bank chief tells G-20 –by Lesley Wroughton, Reuters, 9/16
• World Bank urges G20 to step up aid to poor countries –AFP, 9/16
• World Bank: Poor face long recovery –by Annys Shin, Washington Post, 9/16
• World Bank, NGOs exhort G20 not to forget the poorest -By Jim Lobe and Eli Clifton, IPS, 9/16
• World Bank says don't forget poor amidst crisis – by Tom Barkley, WSJ, 9/16
• World Bank Says Global Poverty Ranks to Rise 89 Million By 2011 –By Sandrine Rastello, Bloomberg, 9/16
• Experts: Previous G-20 summits have produced ideas, but it's time for action -By Andrew Conte, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• As G-20 Approaches, Development Organizations Stress Economic Recovery Hurdles Facing Developing Countries – InterAction, 9/16

• Making the Grade for the World’s Poorest?– Jubilee USA Network, 9/16
• Healthier beginnings: What the world can learn from Pittsburgh – Save the Children, 9/14

NGO Events at the Pittsburgh G20 Summit

Participating Organizations

Previous Summits/Policy Briefs

• InterAction Response to the 2009 G8 Summit Declaration

• G8 and Other Leaders Agree that Global Food Security Critical to Development

• InterAction Viewpoint: Focus on Food Security Signifies a Welcome Reinvestment in Agricultural Development

• Leaders of the World's Largest Economies Agree that Aid to Developing Countries is Critical to Global Economic Stability

• Policy Briefs: Climate | Education | Accountability | Water and Sanitation| Food, Hunger and Agriculture | Health

For more information, please contact Steven Rocker.