The G20 Foreign Ministers‘ Meeting: Rebuilding the Social Fabric of International Cooperation

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On 16-17 February 2017 the foreign ministers of the G20 countries gathered in Bonn, Germany’s United Nations city. This was the second ever meeting of foreign ministers under the G20 umbrella, which brings together 19 of the world’s largest economies, plus the European Union. The discussion among the G20 foreign ministers officially centered around issues of a long-term nature such as the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris climate agreement, crisis prevention and resolution, and opportunities for deepening the G20’s relationship with African economies.

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A new basis for the cooperation with Africa

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From agricultural to market society

Seldom is the African market discussed in terms of an opportunity for international cooperation. As long as Europe and the USA subsidise their agriculture, African farmers have no place within the European markets. A stable middle class struggles to develop in consequence. Germany and Europe could help trigger a turnaround if processes of endogenous development were supported by economic measures and technological and research collaborations.

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Panel discussion: The role of the G20 in fostering multilateralism

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Photo: PanelistsThe G20 should play a prominent role in strengthening multilateral institutions. This view was recently echoed at a joint high-level panel discussion between policy-makers and Think20 experts. The panel discussion took place on the occasion of the second ever G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting on 16 February 2017, in the United Nations City of Bonn, Germany.

 

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Wider „alternative Fakten“! Evaluierung in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit

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Förderung evidenzbasierter Debatten

Gerade auf internationaler Ebene werden gegenwärtig postfaktische Diskurse und und „alternative Fakten“ als zunehmend schwerwiegende Hindernisse für evidenzbasierte politische Entscheidungsprozesse angesehen. Diese Entwicklungen stellen auch für die Evaluierung bedeutsame Herausforderungen dar. Diese zu bewältigen gelingt nur, wenn Evaluierung ihre unterschiedlichen Funktionen fruchtbringend miteinander verschränkt.

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Managing globalisation: a small economy perspective

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The vanguard of policy innovation

There is much to discuss as leaders gather in Germany for G20 meetings: from the sluggish global recovery, to the potential for protectionism and threats to globalisation, and the economic and social challenges and opportunities of technological disruption. Reinforced by changing political sentiment over the past year, there is a growing consensus that the global economy is not delivering the benefits that it needs to across the developed world.

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