As Global leaders plan to push forward efforts his weekend to erect a firewall against future financial crises, Oxfam wants to send a message to the leaders that the poor should not be forgotten.
Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters.MORE INFO:As Global leaders plan to push forward efforts his weekend to erect a firewall against future financial crises, Oxfam wants to send a message to the leaders that the poor should not be forgotten.STORY:Preparations are underway in Washington, DC for a meeting of global leaders hoping to address the world economic crisis.Leaders from the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies are arriving in the US Capitol with plans to gather Saturday at the National Building Museum.As Global leaders plan to push forward efforts his weekend to erect a firewall against future financial crises, Oxfam wants to send a message to the leaders that the poor should not be forgotten.Oxfam's Gawain Kripke SOUNDBITE: Oxfam's Gawain Kripke, saying (English):"We are trying to show the importance of acting quickly to restore the economy, but also there are more than a billion people around the world living in poverty and they need assistance too."Key questions of global finance were once largely the domain of the rich Group of Seven nations, but the doors this time are thrown open more widely in recognition of the growing clout of other nations, like China, India and Saudi Arabia.
