The G-20 and Global Development Pittsburgh Panel Discussion Features Experts and Advocates

Pittsburgh PA – Decisions made at the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh will
have far-reaching implications for billions of people around the
world. But a billion people who live in the world’s smallest and
poorest countries have no representative at the table.  And hundreds
of millions of other desperately poor people who live in the emerging
powers have little assurance that their concerns will be represented.

A panel discussion at the University of Pittsburgh on the eve of the
Summit aims to address this problem. Participants in the panel—current
and former senior officials, plus leading experts and advocates for
global poverty reduction—will offer a variety of perspectives on the
G-20 response to the global economic crisis and the challenges ahead,
with a focus on the well-being of the world’s poor.

The panel is sponsored by the Center for Global Development, a
Washington-based think tank, the poverty-reduction advocacy campaign
ONE, and the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and
International Affairs.

The event begins at 12:00 pm ET at the University Club of the
University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Louis Picard, a professor at the
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at University of
Pittsburgh will moderate the discussion.

Who:
Tim Adams, former Under Secretary for International Affairs,
Department of Treasury
Nancy Birdsall, President, Center for Global Development
Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank,
David Lane, President and CEO, ONE

Dr. Louis Picard, Professor, Graduate School of Public and
International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, moderator

When:  Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 12:00 pm ET

Where: University Club at the University of Pittsburgh, Ballroom B,
123 University Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15260

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