GLOBAL PUBLIC GOODS FINANCING:

NEW TOOLS FOR NEW CHALLENGES

This side event at the International Conference on Financing for Development was co-sponsored by the Government of France, the Government of Sweden and United Nations Development Programme. Almost 400 people attended the event held on 19 March 2002 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Monterrey, Mexico.    

The papers presented during the event are listed below. 

Click here to read the Press Release on the event

CLOSING THE 10/90 GAP: FINANCING R&D FOR HEALTH  

• Julio Frenk Mora, Health Minister, Mexico (power point presentation)

• Jeffrey D. Sachs, Harvard University, USA

• Andrew Cassels, World Health Organization

 

FINANCING SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT

• Mohammed Valli Moosa, Minister, Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

• Gun-Britt Andersson, State Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden 

• Michel Camdessus, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the International Conference on Financing for Development

 

MOVING THE AGENDA FORWARD: A TASK FORCE ON GPGs

• Charles Josselin, Minister, Cooperation and Francophonie, France

• Jan O. Karlsson, Minister, International Development Cooperation, Sweden 

• Kamalesh Sharma, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to the United Nations 

• Keith Bezanson, Director, Institute for Development Studies, UK

Related Documents

• Press Release on the event

• Proposal on the International Task Force on Global Public Goods

• "Global Public Goods Financing: New Tools for New Challenges" Edited by Inge Kaul, Katell Le Goulven and Mirjam Schnupf  (English, French and Spanish)

• The Millennium Development Goals and GPGs