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Report
Building on the Monterrey Consensus: The Untapped Potential of Development Finance Institutions to Catalyze Private Investment
World Economic Forum (WEF), UNDESA, SDC
Arguably the first comprehensive analysis and set of policy recommendations regarding blended finance, for which I had lead drafting responsibility. Based on roundtables, consultations, and written submissions involving 200 market participants, experts and policymakers from across the globe.
Report
Mainstreaming Responsible Investment
World Economic Forum (WEF)
Report identifying specific obstacles to wider incorporation of non-financial considerations in the valuation and investment strategies of major institutional investors. WEF Global Corporate Citizenship Initiative with AccountAbility’s Simon Zadek and Mira Merme.
Report
Global Corporate Citizenship: The Leadership Challenge for CEOs and Boards
WEF, Prince of Wales Intl Business Leaders Forum
Early articulation of global corporate citizenship agenda in a joint statement by a task force of World Economic Forum CEOs in cooperation with the Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum.
Transcript
Davos Plenary 2002: Bono, Bill Gates, Paul O’Neill, Ernesto Zedillo
WEF
Panel discussion I moderated on increasing the pace of global poverty reduction with Bill Gates, Bono, US Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill and former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo, which precipitated a subsequent joint trip to Africa by Bono and Secretary O’Neill.
Official Document
Executive Order requiring environmental reviews of international trade agreements
Presidential Executive Order requiring environmental reviews of international trade agreements, which I co-coordinated during my tenure in the US White House.
Report
Lifting all boats : Increasing the payoff from private investment in the US economy
Competitivness Policy Council (CPC)
Report of the Competitiveness Policy Council’s Subcouncil on Capital Allocation chaired by Harvard Professor Michael Porter and Salomon Inc. Chairman Robert Denham, of which I was staff director.
Official Document
1991 legislation to restrict NAFTA trade negotiating authority
US Senate letter seeking additional cosponsorship of legislation I drafted in 1991 to exclude labor rights, environmental protection, rule of origin, adjustment assistance and dispute settlement issues from NAFTA fast track trade (no amendment) negotiating authority sought by the Bush Administration. Ultimately endorsed by a majority of the Democratic Caucus and nearly a third of the Senate but ignored by the Administration.