On June 15, speaking at the Informal Interactive Hearings with NGOs, Civil Society and the Private Sector on the Millennium Development Goals, RBW Director Aldo Caliari, delivered a statement. The Hearings were held in preparation for the MDG High Level Plenary Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals, at the UN Headquarters in New York.

As the participants in the Group of Eight summit gathered in L'Aquila, Italy, July 8-10, the economic crisis gripping the world was getting lots of attention. In this interview for Catholic News Service, Aldo Caliari speaks about what can be expected from the G8 meeting, and how it relates to the recently held UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis.

In an article commissioned by Islam Online, Aldo Caliari argues that, for years, "big-picture" reforms of the global financial and monetary system were believed to be the province of rich countries, through exclusive gatherings such as the Group of 7 or 8 and their unquestionable dominance of the international financial institutions. Now that is beginning to change.

Center of Concern staff Aldo Caliari is quoted in this analytical article appeared on the Financial Times, June 17 2009.