The third Public Lecture of the ninth course of the Managing Global Governance (MGG) programme was delivered by Peter per, Senior Research Fellow, South African Institute of International Affairs, SAIIA who talked about “Sub-Saharan Africa and G20 Responses to the Global Financial Crisis” and the impact of the global financial crisis on Sub-Saharan Africa. Furthermore he discussed if the G20 is the appropriate coordination body to solve the dissonance problem of national economic policies. Peter per concluded that the “Seoul Action Plan” of 2010, initiated by the G20 in the wake of the global financial crisis, could potentially have a positive impact on Africa given that rich countries abstained from currency wars and trade protection measures.

• Peter per, Senior Research Fellow, South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)
• Discussant: Peter Wolff, Head of Department "World Economy and Development Financing", German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
• Moderation: Colin Gleichmann, Senior Special-Task Officer, Strategy Centre New Partnerships for Global Development, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

The MGG Public Lecture Series features eminent scholars and high-ranking officials from partner institutions of the MGG programme. In contrast to the closed sessions of the Global Governance School, the MGG Public Lectures are open for the public offering the opportunity for interesting debates among experts from Germany/Europe and rising powers.

The Global Governance School is the scholarly part of the Training and Dialogue Programme "Managing Global Governance" (MGG), an initiative of the German Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development (BMZ), implemented jointly by the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). The programme is aimed at highly qualified young ssionals from currently eight anchor countries (Egypt, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan and South Africa), who work in government bodies, policy-oriented think tanks and research institutions.