The critical challenge of financing development and sustainability is now a key focus of the G8. This volume assesses the current practice and perspectives of the major developed world regions represented in the G8.

Part I Introduction; Chapter 1 Introduction, Arguments, and Conclusions, John J. Kirton, Michele Fratianni, Paolo Savona; Part II The Gleneagles G8 Summit; Chapter 2 Has the G8 Summit Met Its Objectives? The Answers from Gleneagles, Nicholas Bayne; Chapter 3 Gleneagles G8 Summit Perspectives, Martin Donnelly; Chapter 4 Energising Sustainable Development: The G8's Gleneagles Performance, John J. Kirton; Chapter 5 Blair, Brown, and Gleneagles: Making Poverty History or Confronting Unequal Development, Anthony Payne; Chapter 6 Russia and the G8: Matured Partnership, Victoria V. Panova; Part III Africa; Chapter 7 The G8 Africa Action Plan: How Much a Partnership?, Princeton N. Lyman; Chapter 8 The Commission for Africa: Accomplishments and Unfinished Business, Myles Wickstead; Chapter 9 Africa and the G8: Political Aspects, Ade Adefuye; Chapter 10 African Finance and Lack of Development, George M. von Furstenberg; Part IV The Instruments; Chapter 11 What Does International Aid Mean to the G8?, Olivier Charnoz, Pierre Jacquet; Chapter 12 Doing Doha for Development: A Development Perspective, Sheila Page; Chapter 13 Asymmetry in the Post-Doha Trading System, Sylvia Ostry; Chapter 14 Financing Development: A U.S. Perspective, Robert C. Fauver; Chapter 15 Global Development and the Dollar: A Conflict to Be Solved, Paolo Savona; Chapter 16 Controlling Climate Change Beyond Kyoto: The American Contribution, Frank E. Loy;