Will the G8 summit lead to actions?

Published time: 12 Jul, 2009 06:00 Edited time: 12 Jul, 2009 10:00

As the G8 leaders met this week to try and solve the world’s biggest problems, many critics of the summits have branded them mere talking shops that achieve little.

New York-based journalist Lori Harfenist asks what the people on the streets would like the powerful to talk about and whether they think it leads to action.