This book examines how, and how well, the multilateral organizations and the G8 are dealing with the central challenges facing the contemporary international community, how they have worked well and poorly together, and how they can work together more effectively to provide badly needed public goods. It is an ideal reference guide for anyone interested in institutions of global governance.

I: Introduction; 1: Introduction, Arguments and Conclusions; II: Multilateral Organizations and the G8: Academic Analyses; 2: Multilateral Organizations and G8 Governance: A Framework for Analysis; 3: The New Partnership between Multilateral Organizations and the G8; 4: Financial Crises, the International Monetary Fund and the G8; 5: Finance and Development Compliance in the G8: The IMF and World Bank Role; III: Multilateral Organizations and the G8: Practitioners' Perspectives; 6: Finance, Macroeconomics and the Multilateral Organization–G8 Connection; 7: Development, the Commonwealth and the G8; 8: Trade, the World Trade Organization and the Doha Development Agenda; IV: The St. Petersburg Priorities: Energy, Education, Information and Health; 9: Energy Security and Sustainable Development: The WTO and the Energy Charter Treaty; 10: Energy Security: Russia, the European Union and the G8; 11: Energy Security: The International Energy Agency and the G8; 12: Education, the G8 and UNESCO; 13: Information and Communication; 14: Health Compliance in the G8 and APEC; V: The G8's St. Petersburg Summit and Beyond; 15: The G8 at St. Petersburg and Beyond; 16: The 2006 St. Petersburg G8 Summit