Publication Year: within 3 Years / Topic: G20

Author:: Jessica Collins
Publication Date:: 10-2023
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Lowy Institute for International Policy
Abstract:: Despite years of international policy efforts to bring down the cost of sending money home, fees for overseas workers remitting to Pacific Island countries are among the most expensive in the world. If remittance costs to Fiji, Tonga, and Vanuatu were reduced to the United Nations’ target of less than 3% per transaction, more than A$79 million annually would go directly to households in those countries. The Australian government should better support Pacific people working under its temporary labour scheme who remit significant earnings home by using existing financial architecture and building up digital capabilities in the Pacific region.
Topic:: Labor Issues, G20, Economy, and Remittances
Political Geography:: Australia/Pacific, Tonga, Vanuatu, Fiji, and Pacific Islands

Author:: Rajiv Bhatia and Manjeet Kripalani
Publication Date:: 11-2023
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations
Abstract:: On December 1, 2023, India will hand over the G20 Presidency to Brazil. The G20 troika will now comprise the three IBSA countries – India, Brazil, South Africa – till November 2025. This trio has an agenda in common and with the G20, such as multilateral reform, energy transitions and digitalisation. IBSA should use its mechanisms and natural solidarity to advance the interests of the Global South.
Topic:: Reform, G20, Digitalization, and Energy Transition
Political Geography:: South Asia, India, Brazil, and South America

Author:: Daniele Fattibene and Alice Fill
Publication Date:: 03-2022
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Istituto Affari Internazionali
Abstract:: The G20 Development Working Group has gradually evolved throughout the years, following a haphazard and contradictory path. On the one hand, it has been progressively overshadowed by a sectoralisation of G20 activities, with several action tracks (i.e., the Finance Track) taking a more prominent role in the definition of the leaders’ priorities. On the other hand, its (unexploited) potential has increased due to the emergence of several global crises that have shown the importance of rekindling multilateral solutions at the G20 level. The T20 has a strong potential to boost G20 legitimacy on development cooperation worldwide, by drafting evidence-based and pragmatic policy proposals for the decision-makers. However, although often advocating for similar solutions, the Development Working Group and T20 have not necessarily fed into each other’s policy agendas, leading to misalignment and reducing their chances to influence other G20 tracks on crucial development issues such as development finance, food security or the global climate agenda.
Topic:: Development, Political Economy, Governance, G20, and Sustainability
Political Geography:: Global Focus

Author:: Nicholas J. A. Buchoud, Michael Keith, Susan Parnell, and Martin van der Pütten
Publication Date:: 02-2022
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: Istituto Affari Internazionali
Abstract:: The G20 as we know it emerged from the 2008 global financial crisis. What is rarely acknowledged, however, is that this grouping of the world’s twenty largest economies emerged at a time when the world was fast becoming more “urban” than “rural”. The impact of urbanisation on the world economy has received scant attention in global decision-making arenas because the post-2008 stabilisation of the global financial system came with significant costs. In particular, the financial crisis had important recentralising effects. The OECD, for instance, has regularly underlined the lasting impact of the financial crisis on sub-national investment capabilities.
Topic:: International Political Economy, Infrastructure, Governance, Urbanization, G20, and Sustainable Development Goals
Political Geography:: Europe and Italy

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