Foreword—Honourable Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago
Foreword—Kamalesh Sharma, Commonwealth Secretary-General

Good Governance, Peace and Prosperity
Partnering for development--Ransford Smith, Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General
The politics of poverty reduction: towards a social contract for the poor?--Dr Sam Hickey, Senior Lecturer, Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Pacific island countries--2015 – closing the gaps--Raj Kumar, Senior Advisor, UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP)
Parliamentary co-operation for better governance--Dr William F Shija, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA)
Respect and understanding: taking the civil path to peace--Steve Cutts, Director of Strategic Planning and Evaluation, Commonwealth Secretariat
Gender equality and the MDGs in the Commonwealth: challenges and good practice--Nicola Jones, Research Fellow and Programme Leader, Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

Financing for Development
The Worst Crisis – and the best opportunity--Professor Muhammad Yunus, Founder, Grameen Bank
The IMF response to the global crisis: meeting the needs of low-income countries--Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Excess capacity in developing economies: the impact of the global recession--Justin Lin, Senior Vice President of Development Economics and Chief Economist, The World Bank
Tourism and travel: a Roadmap to Recovery--Geoffrey Lipman, Assistant Secretary-General, UN World Tourism Organization
Special Feature: Tourism’s contribution to Southern African economies and new ventures abroad--David Coutts-Trotter, CEO, Sun International
The importance of fostering entrepreneurs in developing countries--Richard Branson, Founder and Chairman, Virgin Group
Reframing micro-finance: enabling small savings and payments, everywhere--Ignacio Mas, Deputy Director, Financial Services for the Poor, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

People at the Heart of Development
Education: the other global crisis--Dr Pauline Rose, Senior Policy Analyst, Education for All, Global Monitoring Report Team
Bridging the poverty and achievement gaps: the liberating power of education--Christine Blower, President, UK National Union of Teachers (NUT)
So near and yet so far: achieving Universal Primary Education by 2015--Lalage Bown, Vice Chair, Council for Education in the Commonwealth
Crossing the knowledge divide: ICT and distance education in development--Professor Stewart Marshall, Director, The University of the West Indies Open Campus
Special Feature: Sharing e-pedagogy skills across the Commonwealth through teacher education--University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT)
Special Feature: New initiatives in education in Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique--Honourable Franka Alexis-Bernadine, Minister for Education and Human Resource Development, Grenada
Special Feature: University Education and Research in Cyprus: state policy for development, self-dependence and excellence--Andreas Demetriou, Minister of Education and Culture, Republic of Cyprus
Healthcare capacity building in fragile states--Josephine Garnem, International Medical Corps
A world without malaria deaths can be a reality by 2015--Raymond G Chambers, United Nations Special Envoy for Malaria
Health worker migration: threat or opportunity?--Jill Iliffe, Executive Secretary, Commonwealth Nurses Federation
The power of sport for development--Bruce Kidd, Chair, Commonwealth Advisory Body on Sport (CABOS)
Empowering youth: the policy imperative--Henry Charles, Regional Director, Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP), Caribbean Centre

Infrastructure for Development
ICTs and the Millennium Development Goals--Dr Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union
Using ICTs to improve transparency, efficiency and effectiveness of public institutions--Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Chief Executive, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO)
Private finance for Africa’s roads: the vital element--Karim Dahou, Executive Manager, NEPAD-OECD Africa Investment Initiative
World Green Building Council and market transformation of the global building sector--Tony Arnel, Chair, World Green Building Council
Urban transport: moving from the 19th century to the 21st century concerns--Dinesh Mohan, Co-ordinator of the Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme, Indian Institute of Technology

Natural Resources and the Environment
Working for a fair deal at Copenhagen--Eliot Whittington, Senior Adviser, Christian Aid
Climate change, agriculture, and food, security: a potential win-win in Copenhagen--Gerald Nelson, and Mark W Rosegrant, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Climate change, fisheries and aquaculture: impacts and responses—Dr. Stephen Hall Director General, The WorldFish Center
Nanotechnology, ocean energy and forestry making climate change mitigation work—Miguel Esteban, Kyoto University, Japan; Christian Webersik University of Agder, Norway; David Leary, University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia
Energy alternatives: how local bioenergy initiatives could help power rural livelihoods--Steven Hunt, Practical Action Consulting

Trinidad and Tobago Focus
Trinidad and Tobago: country profile
Special Feature: Investment potential in Trinidad and Tobago--The Hon Mariano Browne, Minister of Trade and Industry, Trinidad and Tobago
Special Feature: Strengthening efficiency, addressing the challenges--The Honourable Karen Nunez-Tesheira, Minister of Finance, Trinidad and Tobago
Special Feature: Public sector transformation in Trinidad and Tobago--The Honourable Kennedy Swaratsingh, Minister of Public Administration, Trinidad and Tobago
Special Feature: Looking forward to a dynamic and flexible labour market--The Honourable Rennie Dumas, Minister of Labour and Small and MicroEnterprise, Trinidad and Tobago
Special Feature: A new world for tourism in Trinidad and Tobago--Honourable Joseph T Ross, Minister of Tourism, Trinidad and Tobago
Special Feature: Trinidad and Tobago’s energy sector: playing to our strengths--Charles Percy, President, South Trinidad Chamber of Industry and Commerce (STCIC)