What's For Dinner?

Tonight's Guest: Nancy Alexander (Part 2) Previously ran in April, 2015, we will be revisiting our second interview with Nancy Alexander. Nancy Alexander monitors the Group of Twenty (G20), the forum whose member countries account for 85% of the world economy, 76% of global trade, and two-thirds of the world's population, including more than 59% of the world's poor. Specializing in "economic governance" for the North American Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation, Nancy stressees the importance of activists' following the money. She focuses on how financing approaches used to achieve economic goals - economic cooperation, financial reform, improved global economy) shape the outcomes and must be carefully framed to meet needs of all proposed beneficiaries. Tonight she describes megaprojects for infrastructure development - the model used now for strengthening developing country economies. She emphasizes the importance of provisions for sustainability, participation, transparency and gender equi