Dalian 2009 - The Global Downturn and the Developing World

http://www.weforum.org 10.09.2009
The World Bank estimates that a 1% decline in growth rates of developing countries traps an additional 20 million people in poverty.

What measures can lessen the impact of the global recession on the developing world?

Lim Guan Eng, Chief Minister of Penang, Malaysia
Mahmoud Safwat Mohieldin, Minister of Investment of Egypt
Sha Zukang, Undersecretary-General, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), United Nations, New York
Hanna Tetteh, Minister of Trade, Industry, Private Sector and Presidential Special Initiatives of Ghana
Luis Carlos Villegas Echeverri, President, Asociacion Nacional de Industriales - Andi, Colombia
Zhang Xiaoqiang, Vice-Chairman, National Development and Reform Commission, People's Republic of China

Chaired by
Gideon Rachman, Associate Editor, Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, Financial Times, United Kingdom; Global Agenda Council on Global Institutional Governance

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