Geneva Lectures on Global Economic Governance

   

The Geneva Lectures on Global Economic Governance profile the work of leading scholars and experts, particularly those from developing countries, on the future of global economic governance and the multilateral trading system, with a special emphasis on the need for sustainable development, the challenge of meeting the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, and the perspective of developing countries.

The Geneva Lectures combine a series of public lectures with occasional Special Addresses by senior public officials. To promote dialogue between top scholars, experts and policymakers, the lectures are sometimes complemented by commentaries from leading experts in Geneva’s international community.

All lectures are open to the public.

Lectures in 2009 were given by

 

  Dr. Robert Davies,
Deputy Minister of Trade, South Africa
‘Reclaiming the development dimension of the multilateral trade negotiations’
 (2 March 2009)

  H.E. Guillermo Valles Galmés,
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the WTO
‘Governing Trade for an Evolving Global Agenda: A Practitioner’s Perspective on Governance Challenges’
 (19 March 2009)

  Dr. Ha-Joon Chang,
Professor of Economics, Cambridge
‘Bad Samaritans – The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism’
 
(6 May 2009)
 

 

Future speakers for 2010 may include:

 

  Mr. Pedro Roffe,
Senior Fellow, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD);

  H.E. Celso Amorim (Brazil)
Minister of External Relations, Brazil;

  Dr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram (Malaysia)
Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA);

 
Dr. Mari Pangestu (Indonesia)
Minister of Trade, Indonesia.