POLICY AREAS
The following policy areas reflect important threads of the G20 work agenda that are of interest to G20 policy makers. Please choose your area of interest and find the respective policy recommendations on the following pages.
Overarching Visions
Visions help policymakers think about the principles for designing policies and help them communicate policies to the public. The Visions aim to align the policy objectives of different G20 member states.
- The Socioeconomics of Pandemics Policy
- Toward Global Paradigm Change
- Turning Sustainable Finance into Mainstream Finance
- Repurposing our Economies – and our Businesses
- Technological Change, Inequality and The Collapse of the Liberal Order
Latest Policy Briefs
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Dealing with interlinkages – A focused approach for implementing the SDGS and overcoming the Covid-19 crisis
In 2020 and beyond, the Group of Twenty (G20) must invigorate its implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Both challenges are global in nature and require a universal, integrated, and transformative response. Thus, the G20 should: (1) reorient its political agenda following the 2019 Global Sustainable Development Report’s proposal of six entry points for transformation, and focus on the “economy and finance” and “science and technology” levers; (2) reshape its working structures accordingly; (3) act collectively toward a science-based direction for sustainable development; and (4) ensure that the response and recovery measures regarding the COVID-19 crisis follow the spirit of the 2030 Agenda, and are conducive to achieving its sustainable development goals.
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The Covid-19 crisis and tourism: Response and recovery measures to support the tourism sector in OECD countries
Countries have introduced significant measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic that has severely damaged the tourism economy. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) estimates a potential decline of 60 – 80% in the international tourism economy in 2020, depending on the duration of the crisis. Countries are moving beyond immediate, often economy-wide, support measures to develop specific recovery measures for the tourism sector, including lifting travel restrictions, restoring traveler confidence, and rethinking the future of the tourism sector.
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The Covid-19 crisis and the global economy: Challenges and policy requirements
Causing substantial declines in output and living standards, the COVID-19 pandemic is having devastating effects on economies and societies. Governments reacted swiftly at the onset of the crisis to enhance public health care capabilities and help workers and firms withstand the shocks and adverse economic effects of confinement. The health emergency now appears to be easing, and confinement measures are gradually being scaled back. This policy brief identifies the main areas where policy support will be needed in the near term to buttress the recovery and address the likely longer-term scars from the crisis arising from business failures and hysteresis in labor markets.
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Heightening cybersecurity to promise safety and fairness for citizens in the Post-Covid-19 Digital World
COVID-19 has disrupted life. With every G20 nation having experienced stay-at-home orders, citizens are relying heavily on digital technology to live, work, learn, access information, and connect with each other. Previous patterns of proximity are unlikely to return, and virtual communications will increasingly become a permanent fixture of life. But as reliance on technology intensifies, so does the opportunity for threat actors to carry out cybercrimes or distribute disinformation to the detriment of personal or civic life. This is distinct from cyber warfare or data harvesting. The G20 should generate international protocols to help protect citizens from such malicious activities.
In The Spotlight
Top 20 Synthesis Recommendations: Expert brief highlights major policy proposals generated by G20 Engagement GroupsIn advance of the G20 Leaders’ Summit on November 21st and 22nd 2020, a recent brief published by the G20 Research Group in cooperation with the Global Solutions Initiative highlights the 20 major policy proposals by the formal G20 Engagement Groups. An […]
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Think 20 Dialogue
The Global Solutions Initiative supports the T20 process for think tanks by linking the recommendations of past G20 Presidencies with the current G20 Presidency and generating recommendations that serve to recouple economies, polities and the environment with social prosperity. In 2020, the T20 process is being led by the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center under the Saudi Arabia G20-Presidency. Past Think20 Summits were held by Japan in Tokyo on May 26-27, 2019, by Argentina in Buenos Aires on September 17-18, 2018 and by Germany in Berlin on May 29-30, 2017. Learn more about the G20 Insights platform.
Global Solutions Summit
The annual Global Solutions Summit held by the Global Solutions Initiative brings together international research organizations, thought-leaders and decision-makers from politics, business and civil communities. The Summit aims to provide policy recommendations on major G20 issues and to serve as a stepping stone in the Think20 and G20 calendar. The next Global Solutions Summit under the Italian G20 Presidency will take place in Berlin, Germany on May 27th and 28th, 2021. More information is available here.
Contributing Think Tanks
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Hertie School
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World Health Summit
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Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
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Climate Transparency
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Institute for Social Futures, Lancaster University, U.K.
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Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU)
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Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC)
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Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
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Council on Economic Policies
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World Resources Institute
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International Organization for Migration
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International Development Research Centre
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Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide
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HSRC BRICS Research Centre
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The Brookings Institution
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Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
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Georgetown University
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Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) – Member of the Leibniz Association
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International Panel for Social Progress (IPSP)
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Global Solutions Initiative
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Green Alliance
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Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
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Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS)
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acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering
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Centre International de Recherche sur l’Environnement et le Développement (CIRED)
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Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
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Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)
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World Inequality Lab – Paris School of Economics
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Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
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ASAP, Asociación Argentina de Presupuesto y Administración Financiera Pública
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Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW)
- Arthur Kroeger College, Carleton University
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The Bridge Tank
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Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
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Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
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ISEAL Alliance
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CEPS
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OECD
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African Tax Administration Forum
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Observer Research Foundation (ORF)
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South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)
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Oxford Martin School (OMS)
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Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
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El Colegio de México
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Zhejiang University Center for Internet and Financial Innovation
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Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
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Zeppelin University gGmbH (ZU)
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Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)
- OS MicroTrends
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GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
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Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI)
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Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
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G20 Research Group
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Sophia University
- CanCham Singapore
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Institute for New Economic Thinking
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Agencia Ecología Urbana Barcelona
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AICGS – Johns Hopkins University
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World Energy Council
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Chinese Academy of Engineering
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FutureWorld Foundation
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Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV)
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RCU
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Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering
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Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)
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International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCIS)
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Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC)
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University College London
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Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
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Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI)
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Asbar World Forum
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German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
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University of St. Gallen
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Columbia University
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Hiroshima University
- Foresight Synergy Network, University of Ottawa
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Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)
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Michigan State University (MSU)
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RWI – Leibniz-Institute for Economic Research
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Center for Development Research (ZEF)
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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V.
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Elcano Royal Institute
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Bruegel
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GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
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European School of Management and Technology (ESMT Berlin)