TF8 - Multilateralism and Global Governance STRENGTHENING MULTILATERALISM AND MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PARTNERSHIPS IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION ABSTRACT Multi-stakeholder partnerships are of great relevance in international development cooperation and foreign aid. Data is also critical in supporting this field, but it is difficult to obtain updated information about [...]
TF8 - Multilateralism and Global Governance CRYPTOCURRENCIES AND STATE POWER: HARNESSING THE BENEFITS OF DLT THROUGH MULTILATERALISM ABSTRACT The challenges induced by COVID-19 highlight the need for a multilateral approach towards recovery. These challenges have combined with anti-establishment sentiment towards systems of governance. Concurrently, cryptocurrencies have [...]
Commentary by Smita Srinivas, Co-Chair of Task Force 1 on Global Health and Covid-19. Originally published on IAI's website. A year and a half into the pandemic, industrial policies are reverting to a dangerous “normal”, aggravating the drivers of the pandemic and accelerating the same business models that arguably brought us to this crisis juncture. [...]
Download the T20 Statement in PDF This is the most important moment for Health in a century. More than 200 million people have had confirmed COVID-19, and more than 4.5 million people are known to have died of the disease worldwide, making COVID-19 the most consequential global pandemic since 1918. The actual health toll [...]
TF9 - International Finance COVID-19: HOW CAN THE G20 ADDRESS DEBT DISTRESS IN SSA? ABSTRACT Since the pandemic began, the debt situation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been further exacerbated as the pandemic has constrained the ability of many countries to mobilise revenues; it has [...]
TF9 - International Finance A WORLD RECOVERY FUND TO OVERCOME DEVELOPING COUNTRIES’ POST-COVID DEBT WOES? ABSTRACT Throughout 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic caused massive human and economic casualties. The pandemic has been a major blow for developing countries, especially low-income countries, from many perspectives. These countries [...]
TF9 - International Finance COUNTERCYCLICAL SOVEREIGN FINANCING MECHANISM FOR EM ECONOMIES’ POST-COVID-19 RECOVERY: OPPORTUNITIES FOR MULTILATERAL ACTION BY THE G20 ABSTRACT As they fight the Covid-19 pandemic, countries across the world are pushed to spend big to weather the crisis. Due to their limited fiscal [...]
TF9 - International Finance THE EMERGENCE OF NEW MONIES AND THE NEED TO PREPARE THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM FOR THE DIGITAL AGE ABSTRACT Digitalisation is a revolution in the world of money and payments. Technological and social transformations are disrupting the status quo. Central Banks have [...]
TF9 - International Finance ENSURING ESG IMPACT: FOUR ACTIONABLE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A DEPENDABLE PATH ABSTRACT With Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing becoming mainstream, it is urgent to develop a standardised set of information that investors and companies can use in their decision-making process. Information [...]
