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�鶹Լ�� World News' premier discussion forum, The World Debate, is broadcasting��a live programme on 3 October*. This special debate, entitled “G���Dz�������Financial Crisis – Can We Afford The Future?”, takes place in�� Istanbul��where The International Monetary Fund and World Bank��are holding their annual meeting.����

The programme��will focus on��key questions��such as:��“What are the prospects for a durable recovery from the crisis?��How should governments deal with huge deficits and rising levels of unemployment? How are businesses likely to contribute toward sustaining��a recovery? What will be the long term costs to us all?��

The live debate will be moderated by �鶹Լ�� World News' World News Today presenter, Nik Gowing, from the Anadolu Auditorium at Istanbul’s Congress Centre, and brings together a panel of leading��experts��from business, politics and academia, plus The IMF's Managing Director, Dominique Strauss Kahn.

Neal Dalgleish, producer of The World Debate,says: "�鶹Լ�� World News' first live debate��for a number of years��is a significant event��which aims to tackle, head on,��the��difficult choices which need to be made to deal with��the��consequences of the global downturn."

The World Debate’s expert panelists:

• Niall Ferguson, Financial and Economic Historian
• Christine Lagarde, French Minister of Economic Affairs, Industry and Employment
• Jim O’Neill, Head of Global Economic Research at Goldman Sachs
• Güler Sabancı, Chairwoman of Sabancı Holding

The IMF/World Bank Meetings take��once a year��and��provide an opportunity for the leading figures from 186 countries to discuss the critical issues facing the world economy.