Bringing together 20 leading activists , officials and researchers from five continents , the volume shows how civil society can play an important and growing role in global finance . Also in regard to the Monterrey Conference , a two-year study by the UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research ( UNU-WIDER ) on capital flows to developing countries since the Asian crisis : how to manage their volatility , and its findings and recommendations were presented at a press conference in New York on 18 September .