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Ineffective global leadership

Claim

Who legitimates the role taken by the Group of Seven, a small clique of unrepresentative industrialized nations, acting as the board of directors for the world economy over a period of two decades? It has been criticized as totally failing to act on a wide range of issues on which global leadership is required. Its communiques are regularly criticized as exercises in blandness. If no measures are taken to improve the group's efficiency and legitimacy, its credibility and influence can only continue to decline.

Broader

Inadequate leadership

Aggravates

Tokenistic meeting resolutions ^{[in 2 loops]}

Loss of leadership credibility ^{[in 2 loops]}

Aggravated by

Passive leadership

Inflexible leadership

Elitist ruling classes

Insecurity of leadership

Loss of international leadership

Global complexity as a hindrance to leadership

Domination of government policy-making by short-term considerations

Organization(s)

United Nations

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Group of Eight

International Monetary Fund

World Trade Organization

Reference(s)

Bergsten C Fred and Henning, C Randall: Global Economic Leadership and the Group of Seven

Type

(J) Problems under consideration

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