The sixth G20 Summit was held at Cannes (November 3-4, 2011) in difficult circumstances. The tepid global recovery was grinding to a halt, and there was renewed instability in financial markets emanating from sovereign debt concerns, especially – but not exclusively – in the euro zone periphery.

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Alok Sheel: Flawed signals from Cannes

G20s fixation with short-term growth might have gone against market expectations of long-term solutions

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