Making global economic governance effective hard and soft law institutions in a crowded world

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Multilateral organizations and G8 governance : a framework for analysis / John Kirton -- The new partnership between multilateral organizations and the G8 / Marina Larionova -- Financial crises, the International Monetary Fund and the G8 / Ivan Savić -- Finance and development compliance in the G8 : the IMF and World Bank role / John Kirton, Nikolai Roudev and Laura Sunderland -- Finance, macroeconomics and the multilateral organization : G8 connection / Robert Fauver -- Development, the commonwealth and the G8 / Ade Adefuye -- Trade, the World Trade Organization and the Doha development agenda / Roy MacLaren -- Energy security and sustainable development : the WTO and the Energy Charter Treaty / Sylvia Ostry -- Energy security : Russia, the European Union and the G8 / Nodari A. Simonia -- Energy security : the International Energy Agency and the G8 / Victoria V. Panova -- Education, the G8 and UNESCO / John Kirton, Laura Sunderland and Jenilee Guebert -- Information and communication : G8 institutionalization and compliance in the DOT Force / Gina Stephens -- Health compliance in the G8 and APEC : the World Health Organization's role / John Kirton, Nikolai Roudev, Laura Sunderland, Catherine Kunz and Jenilee Guebert -- The G8 at St. Petersburg and beyond / John Kirton -- The 2006 St. Petersburg G8 Summit : conclusions and critiques / Andrew F. Cooper.