First day of T20 summit focuses on reasons for optimism amid growing challenges to multilateralism

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Optimism amid growing challenges to multilateralism

In the wake of the tense G7 Leaders Summit in Italy, it is clear that advocates for multilateralism, cross-border cooperation, and globalism in general, must redouble their efforts if they are to successfully counter growing populist support for inward-looking nationalism. In a refreshing reminder of the resolve of those committed to global cooperation, the 2017 Think20 Summit has successfully brought together several hundred policy experts, researchers, officials, and stakeholders with an interest in the G20, from across the world, in order to discuss, consolidate, and give one final push to the large body of policy work that the Think20 community has managed to produce over the last six months.

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Time to align: The forces of globalisation, technology, and financial growth need to be reset for the future

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Enormous Challengs and a daunting Task

Next week PwC will be represented at the Think20 (T20), a gathering of global think tanks in the lead-up to this year’s Group of 20 summit in Germany. The T20’s mission is to deliver a series of reports and thought leadership to aid the G20 leadership and inform the thinking of all the member governments at the summit.

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The G20, Climate Action and Economic Globalization: An Agenda

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Get price signals right

The German Presidency of the Group of Twenty (G20) in 2017 takes place under conditions of uncertainty with regards to the outlook for both the global economy and international policy cooperation. Almost a decade after the Group was launched in its current iteration, G20 economies continue to struggle with the factors that led to the Great Recession of 2007 and losses that resulted from shortcomings in domestic and international governance are still to be recovered.

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Measuring tax expenditures in developing countries: what is the role of the G20?

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Individual exemptions constitute expenditures

Growth enhancing policies, domestic resource mobilisation, and strengthening the budget position of governments in low and middle income countries has been a core focus of the G20’s development agenda. However, while the G20 has often focused on the taxation rules involving multi-national companies, here, Magalí Brosio considers whether more efficient and equitable expenditure policies, which individuals often use to lower their overall tax bill, could assist developing countries in strengthening their overall economic growth agendas.

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Migration und Entwicklung durch Entwicklungszusammenarbeit gestalten!

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Über die „Root Cause“-Agenda hinaus

Migration ist momentan ein hochaktuelles Thema in der deutschen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (EZ). Anders als bei den Millennium Development Goals, ist Migration ein wichtiger Bestandteil der neuen globalen Entwicklungsagenda 2030, zu welcher sich Deutschland verpflichtet hat. Des Weiteren hat durch die Migrationsentwicklungen der letzten Jahre das Thema der Reduzierung von Flucht- und irregulärer Migrationsursachen („root causes“) noch mehr an Bedeutung gewonnen. Deutschland hat dafür in den kommenden Jahren zusätzliche EZ-Mittel zur Verfügung gestellt.

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