G8 Think Pieces

Several G8 Think Pieces have been published by UNU-IAS affiliated scholars to engage the national media, local and international public to promote discussion on key priority areas.

	G8 summit, Doha agenda and the future of the WTO by Gary P. Sampson, Chairman of International Economic Governance at United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies. This article is based on his remarks at the G8 Dialogue organized at United Nations University in Tokyo in May 2008. Special to The Japan Times, 28 May 2008, Page 18 (Opinion page): http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20080528a1.htm
	Net access for African universities would boost continent by Calestous Juma, professor at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and is a visiting professor at the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Study (UNU-IAS). This article is based on his remarks at the G8 Dialogue organized by the United Nations University in Tokyo in May. Special to The Daily Yomiuri , 29 May 2008, Page 12: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/summit/20080604dy09.htm
	Why Africa Needs the Internet by Calestous Juma. This editorial is based on remarks by C. Juma at the G8 Dialogue organized by the United Nations University in Tokyo on 23 May 2008.SCIENCE Vol. 320, 6 JUNE 2008, www.sciencemag.org
	Africa recasts priorities ahead of G-8: Biotech to fight drought; connectivity to spur innovation; higher education to acquire skills by Claudia ten Have, a South African researcher with the united Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies. The Nikkei Weekly, 9 June, 2008, Page 27 (Opinion page): http://www.ias.unu.edu/resource_centre/THE NIKKEI WEEKLY June 9 2008_ten Have.pdf
	Nutrition and Africa: Issues for the G8 by Prof. Per Pinstrup-Andersen, H.E. Babcock Professor at Cornell University, member of the Executive Committee of the UNU Food and Nutrition Program and World Food Prize Laureate. This article in part of United Nations University G8 -Think Pieces series. Special to The Daily Yomiuri , 12 June 2008: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/summit/20080612TDY13103.htm
	Get biotechnology on the agenda for Africa by Calestous Juma. This article is based on his remarks at the G8 Dialogue organized by the United Nations University in Tokyo in May. Special to The Japan Times, Monday, June 30, 2008: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20080630a1.html

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