. >> hi, i'm nancy donaldson from the ilo. i want to go back to david's point about unemployment, but from a global perspective. president obama at the summit of the americas over the weekend talked about the importance of coming together and really tackling the issue of global unemployment issues. i know that this administration has brought those issues to the congress as well. we know that the g-20 finance ministers are meeting in the next couple of days. and just wanted to ask you if you anticipate on the agenda having some discussion about global recovery that promotes job creation and that kind of growth has an emphasis. >> of course. let me say from the u.s. perspective, the dominant overwhelmingly imperative for the global economy now as it has been for the last three years or so has been to lay a strong foundation for growth across the world. there are other challenges, too. that has to be central to the agenda, of course. for that to happen and to turn into broad based gains and better employment outcomes, you need to

. >> hi, i'm nancy donaldson, from the ilo. and, so i want to go back to david's point about unemployment, but from a global perspective. president obama, at the summit of the americas, over the weekend talked about the importance of coming together and really tackling the issue of global unemployment issues. and i know that this administration has brought those issues to the congress, as well. we know that, in addition to the imf and world bank meetings, that the g20 finance ministers are meeting in the next couple of days. and i just wanted to ask you if you anticipate, on the agenda, having some discussion about global recovery that promotes job creation, and that that kind of growth has an emphasis? >> very good point. and, of course. so let me just say, from the u.s. perspective, the dominant, overwhelming imperative for the global economy now -- as it has been for the last three years or so -- is to lay a foundation for strong growth across the world. there are other challenges, too, but that has to be central to the agen

i'm nancy donaldson. i want to go back to david's point about unemployment, but from a global perspective. president obama at summit of the americas over the weekend talked about the importance of coming together and really tackling the issue of global unemployment issues. and i know that this administration has brought those issues to the congress as well. we know that in addition to the imf and world bank meetings that the g-20 finance ministers are meeting in the next couple of days. i just wanted to ask you if you anticipate on the agenda having some discussion about global recovery that promotes job creation and that kind of growth has an emphasis. >> very good point. and, of course, let me just say from the u.s. perspective, the dominant, overwhelming imperative for the global economy now as it has been for the last three years or so is to lay a foundation for the growth across the world. there are other challenges too. it has to be central to the agenda, of course. for that to happen, and for that