Education

G20 Resources

G20 Leaders Summit Communiqué, Cannes
3-4 November 2011

Topic Reources

I. Food Security

BASIC/BACKGROUND

  1. World Bank - Food Crisis
  2. World Health Organization -- Food Security
  3. USAID -- Food Security
  4. “Food crises: five priorities for the G20”
  5. “The Great Food Crisis of 2011”
  6. “Rising Food Prices: Questions and Answers with Hassan Zaman”
  7. “Why talk about Food security within the G20?”
  8. Calderon’s speech at close of G20 summit (12/2011)
  9. Cannes Summit Final Declaration
  10. UN Commentaries on the G20 and Food Security
  11. The 9 Billion-People Question
  12. Food Security and the Global Economy
  13. Poverty and Food: the Nutrition Puzzle
  14. Calderon’s speech at close of G20 summit (12/2011):
  15. “Food Security and the Global Economy”:
  16. Cannes Summit Final Declaration:
  17. “The Great Food Crisis of 2011”:
  18. UN Commentaries on the G20 and Food Security:
  19. “The 9 Billion-People Question”:

MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS

  1.  Cannes Summit Final Declaration (2011)
  2.  G-20 Action Plan (2011)
  3.  L’Aquila Food Security Initiative (2009)

RECENT NEWS

  1. World Bank - “Food Price Watch: Full Report” (2012 Jan)
  2. Voice of America - “Arab World Faces Serious Poverty, Food Security Challenges” (2012 Feb 06)
  3. Financial Times - “Food Security: Dampened prospects” (2012 Jan 25)
  4. Financial Times - “Global policy: G20 has not delivered on promises to help poorest” (2011 Oct 13)
  5. Voice of America - “G20 Experts to Meet on Food Security Solutions” (2011 Sep 08)
  6. “A plan to banish starvation” (Franz Fischler, Summer 2011)
  7. “COMMENTARY ON FISCHLER’S ARTICLE: But don’t perpetuate the three food security myths” (Homi Kharas, Summer 2011)
  8. The Economist - “A special report on food: Enough to go around?” (2011 Feb 24)

II. Youth Unemployment

BASIC/BACKGROUND

  1. United Nations Rio+20 -- Jobs and the issue of Youth unemployment
  2. World Bank -- Youth Unemployment: Key Issues and Policy Challenges
  3. TUAC Article about the G20 Employment Task Force
  4. G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Conclusions - Paris, 26-27 September 2011
  5. Davos 2012:  Youth Unemployment ‘Disaster’
  6. Facing the Challenge of Unemployment
  7. Closing the Jobs Gap
  8. 2012: What’s the G20 for if it can’t tackle youth unemployment?
  9. TUAC Article about the G20 Employment Task Force
  10. G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Conclusions - Paris, 26-27 September 2011
  11. “Davos 2012:  Youth Unemployment ‘Disaster’”
  12. “Facing the Challenge of Unemployment”
  13. “2012: What’s the G20 for if it can’t tackle youth unemployment?”
  14. “Closing the Jobs Gap”

MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS

  1. UN Panel discussion on the emerging issues: “Youth: poverty and unemployment” (2012 Feb 6)
  2. OECD and ILO -- Giving youth a better start (2011 September 26-27)
  3. OECD—Off to a Good Start? Jobs for Youth

RECENT NEWS

  1. Financial Times -- “Jobless generation hungry for change” (2012 January 26)
  2. Bloomberg -- “WEF’s Howell Says Youth Unemployment Can Be Reversed” (2012 January 11)
  3. The Economist -- “The jobless young: Left behind” (2011 September 10)

EUROPE

  1. “EU leaders wake up to youth jobs crisis” (2012 Jan 30)
  2. The Guardian -- “Europe’s lost generation: how it feels to be young and struggling in the EU” (2012 Jan 28)
  3. BBC -- “Davos 2012: Youth unemployment ‘disaster’” (2012 Jan 28)
  4. The Guardian -- “Youth unemployment crisis sparks Davos leaders into action” (2012 January 28)
  5. The Telegraph -- “Spain’s lost generation: youth unemployment surges above 50 percent” (2012 Jan 27)

AMERICAS

  1. Brookings Institute -- “Idle Youth in Latin America” (2011 Aug)
  2. White House Office of the Press Secretary -- “We Can’t Wait: The White House Announces Federal and Private Sector Commitments...” (2012 Jan 05)

AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC

  1. Sydney Morning Herald -- “Young workers hit by rising unemployment” (2012 January 24)

ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

  1. IMF -- “Closing the Jobs Gap” (2011 June)

AFRICA

  1. Reuters -- “RPT - Broken schools breed S. Africa’s ‘lost generation’” (2012 January 30)
  2. United Nations Economic Commission for Africa -- “Africa Youth Report, 2011” (2011 April)
  3. South African National Treasury -- “Discussion Paper -- Confronting youth unemployment: policy options for South Africa” (2011 February)

COUNTRY RESOURCES

  1. American Foreign Policy Council - Programs for Central Asia, China, Eurasia, Iran, Russia, and South Asia
  2. Cato Institute -  International Economic and Development by Region
  3. The CIA World Factbook
  4. The Economist Country Briefings
  5. G-20
  6. U.S. Department of State