Ngaire Woods and Leonardo Martinez Diaz present the findings outlined in their new briefing drawing out specific lessons as to how emerging and developing countries might best use the new G20 Leaders group. This event, The G20: perils and opportunities for developing countries, was held on the 26th Nov 2009, from 13.00-14.30 at ODI's offices in London.

During the second meeting between the G20 finance ministers in St Andrews on Saturday morning, over 300 protesters gathered on West Sands to share their support for climate change reduction and social justice initiatives. After a photo-op with news outlets, the group marched to the Union to prepare for a counter-summit workshop with speakers from various organizations in the afternoon.

Who is marching outside the G20 in the streets in Pittsburgh?

CBS TV report on the politics and protests around the G20 meeting in Pittsburgh, USA

< protests, demonstrations and marches are happening across the city and expected to continue all week long.

The group called the G-6 Billion came together today to sing, pray and march. They say they represent the nearly seven billion people, who are not represented by the G-20 Summit.

This panel discussion, which featured Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director at Center for Economic and Policy Research; Hugh Bredenkamp, Deputy Director of Strategy, Policy, and Review Department at the IMF; Doug Rediker, Director of the Global Strategic Finance Initiative at the New America Foundation; and Robert Weismann, Director of Essential Action, looked at the economic issues involved in current IMF l

In this video, CIGI Chair in International Governance Eric Helleiner summarizes the key findings of his recent briefing paper, "From London to L'Aquila: Building a Bridge between the G20 and G8," co-authored with Paola Subacchi (Chatham House and CIGI, June 2009). Dr Helleiner identifies the need for long-term solutions in a tme when focus has been on crisis management.