UCL Institute for Global Health Symposia

Wednesday 21 January 2009, 5-6.30pm
Roberts G06 Sir Ambrose Fleming LT, Roberts Building, Malet Place, UCL
The Crisis in Global Finance and Trade: What are the Implications for Health?

The global financial crisis has led to the largest credit crunch and collapse in equity values since the stockmarket crash of 1929. The global economy is entering a severe recession and the economic future for many countries is uncertain. These issues will directly and indirectly affect global trade and health, as highlighted in the forthcoming Lancet series on ‘Trade and Health’ to be launched at this event.

Panel members including Richard Horton (The Lancet), David McCoy (UCL Centre for International Health and Development), Ann Pettifor (Co-founder of the Jubilee 2000 Campaign), Daniel Rogger (UCL Economics) and Richard Smith (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) will answer questions about what the global financial and trade crisis means for development, global economic growth and wealth, aid flows, social inequalities and health outcomes over the next few years, and what reforms are needed to achieve more sustainable and equitable growth over the next decade.

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