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 policy makers 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.
- Beyond Capital and Wealth: Challenges of the G20
- Realigning Business, Economies and Society
- Advancing Human-Centred Economic Progress in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: A Leadership Agenda for G20 Governments
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Think 20 Dialogue
Japan has assumed the G20 Presidency on December 1, 2018. The Japanese government has mandated Asian Development Bank Institute, The Japan Institute of International Affairs and the Institute for International Monetary Affairs to take the lead role in coordinating the T20 Japan 2019 process during its presidency until November 30, 2019. Ten T20 Task Forces have been established to prepare Policy Briefs for the ongoing dialogue with G20 decision makers and other relevant stakeholders.
Learn more about the G20 Insight Platform (https://www.g20-insights.org/) and the Japanese T20 process (https://t20japan.org/ ) online. The Argentina Think 20 Summit 2018 (https://t20argentina.org/) took place in Buenos Aires on September 17-18 2018. The German Think 20 Summit 2017 – GLOBAL SOLUTIONS took place in Berlin on May 29-30 2017. Please find more information at global-solutions.international.
Latest Policy Briefs
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Social Cohesion, Global Governance and the Future of PoliticsThe Future of Work and Education in the Digital AgeA Future of Work that Works for Women
Future of Work debate has been more centered on robots than on workers. The excessive focus on automation and technology’s potential displacement of jobs has neglected other trends that are also re-shaping the labor market as we know it. Digitalization and the gig economy, demographic changes and the associated care crisis, and the demand of new skills are equally important and will have a major impact on how we understand and carry out work. Critically, evidence suggests that these trends have specific implications for gender equality and women’s empowerment. The contribution of this brief is to place a gender lens on the future of work debate, highlighting what is known – as well as remaining data gaps – and make firm policy proposals.
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T20 Co-Chair BriefMend It, Don´t End It: The case for upgrading the G20’s pledge on protectionism
Despite neutering the official monitoring of protectionism, unmistakable evidence assembled from state sources demonstrates that G20 members routinely violate their “no protectionism” pledge. The scale of trade affected should concern senior officials: by March 2018 over 80% of G20 goods exports competed against trade distortions implemented since November 2008 that were still in force. That percentage falls to 30% if export-related trade distortions are set aside, a total that excludes as yet unimplemented recent high-profile import restrictions.
Concerns that the current G20 approach does not address the full range of policy intervention that distort 21st century commerce should be addressed by Leaders taking two steps: expanding the scope of the G20 protectionist pledge and calling for upgraded monitoring.
Rather than engaging in another fruitless debate about what constitutes protectionism, a principle-based approach should be pursued. G20 Leaders should adopt text that condemns any discriminatory policy intervention, unless a widely-accepted exception is invoked that is justified by evidence, least distortive, implemented only after completing established procedures, and subject to timely review.
G20 Leaders should also adopt text calling on relevant international organisations to redouble their monitoring efforts in line with this principle-based approach and to improve substantially their coverage of the services and intangible economies.
In The Spotlight
T20 Japan recognizes Global Solutions Summit as associated eventThink20 Japan recognized the Global Solutions Summit as an associated event under its G20 presidency, for its work in bringing think tanks and researchers together to reflect on policy areas relevant to G20 policy makers. More than 150 speakers will participate in […]
Contributing Think Tanks
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Climate Transparency
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PwC Germany
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Institute for New Economic Thinking
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Green Alliance
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Elcano Royal Institute
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Columbia University
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World Resources Institute
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Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
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Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU)
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Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
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World Health Summit
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ASAP, Asociación Argentina de Presupuesto y Administración Financiera Pública
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Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCIS)
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Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)
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Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
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RCU
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Georgetown University
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AICGS – Johns Hopkins University
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V.
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Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
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Council on Economic Policies
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Sophia University
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Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)
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Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) – Member of the Leibniz Association
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OECD
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Zeppelin University gGmbH (ZU)
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Oxford Martin School (OMS)
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Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
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African Tax Administration Forum
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Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
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Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI)
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University of St. Gallen
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Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
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ISEAL Alliance
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Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW)
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Center for Development Research (ZEF)
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RWI – Leibniz-Institute for Economic Research
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CEPS
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Japan International Cooperation Agency
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GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
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acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering
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Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC)
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HSRC BRICS Research Centre
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Observer Research Foundation (ORF)
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International Panel for Social Progress (IPSP)
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University College London
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Institute for Social Futures, Lancaster University, U.K.
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Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC)
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Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI)
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Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
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Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)
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Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
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Michigan State University (MSU)
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Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide
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The Brookings Institution
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Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering
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The Bridge Tank
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World Energy Council
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International Development Research Centre
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Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS)
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Agencia Ecología Urbana Barcelona
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European School of Management and Technology (ESMT Berlin)
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Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV)
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Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
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German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
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International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Zhejiang University Center for Internet and Financial Innovation
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
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El Colegio de México
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International Organization for Migration
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World Inequality Lab – Paris School of Economics
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Bruegel
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GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
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Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
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Hiroshima University
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Hertie School of Governance
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Centre International de Recherche sur l’Environnement et le Développement (CIRED)
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Chinese Academy of Engineering
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South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)