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This is an extract from a BBC report on World Economic Forum week in Davos

Once again the forum has attracted many of the world's most influential trade ministers.

Nearly 30 of them are in town, and as in previous years they are meeting on the sidelines of the event to hammer out a framework that could restart the global trade round.

The fact that they do so surrounded by top executives of the world's largest multinational companies will fan the suspicion of critics of the world's trade regime.

China is at the top of the agenda

Anti-poverty group Actionaid has just released a report to coincide with the WEF start, accusing corporate lobbyists of having "an undue influence on the current global trade talks".

And in a way Davos is indeed the perfect place to lobby, whether for a good cause or your country.

India is making Davos the focus of its new "India everywhere" campaign, with a huge delegation of top government officials and business leaders.

Others are betting on the powers of jazz.

The state of Louisiana has invited to a "Bring back New Orleans" party, hoping to persuade investors to return to the hurricane-battered region.

Many of the people that Louisiana needs to persuade will be among the white badge holders in Davos.


For 30 years now we have been debating peoples economics scripts which grew out of my dad's 1976 survey in The Economist "Entrepreneurial Revolution". How can we help your city or country bring debates on integrating economic diversity to a global stage

Some emerging cataloguing areas are listed below. But most of all we look forward to any ideas from your citizens or netizens on how we could all do this. It would be particularly timely if we could discuss this before Delhi hosts the 2007 centenary of Gandhi be the change and Gandhian community-sustaining economics

people's economics perspectives, and 30th birthday party of entrepreneurial revolution scripts of our futures
why and how major cities can take a lead in harmonising economic exchanges across 2 million global villages 1 2

the 21 compound revolutions to global market sectors humanity needs to stimulate by 2010

changing brand and Knowledge management to be people relationship centred and hi-trust valued

changing to transparent maps of organisational governance and sustainability investment

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