ABSTRACT
The G7/G8 system has generated a great deal of varied and often significant documents in the course of its work. Because this documentation is the principal primary source of information about the G7/G8 and its activities, and because of the absence of a G7/G8 secretariat to pull together, disseminate and analyse the document output, there is a clear need for a detailed survey as well as careful, systematic assessment of this source material.
