The chairs of the Think20, together with the other G20 Engagement Groups Business20, Civil20, Labour20, Science20 and Women20, published a Joint Statement for Open and Inclusive Societies. On the occasion of the meeting of the G20 Foreign Ministers on 16 and 17 February 2017 in Bonn, Germany, and in view of growing challenges to the…
Democracy promotes economic growth
Does democracy promote economic growth? An immense body of literature already exists on this topic but there is, as yet, no hard consensus among scholars and policymakers alike about the general link between democracy and growth. This question is particularly relevant to sub-Saharan Africa—a region where two broad trends of fast economic growth and democratization concurrently happened over the past two decades.
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G20 and Foreign Offices
The G20 began as a forum for Finance Ministers and Bank Governors in 1999, but with the addition of the Leaders’ Summits in 2008, the Executive Office (or in the case of the 2017 G20 – the German Federal Chancellery) began to play a central role within the G20. A general division of labour has evolved in preparing G20 Leaders’ Summits whereby most economic and financial issues are managed through the Finance Track, and many non-economic issues are managed through the Sherpa Track via the G20 President’s executive office and an appointed Sherpa.
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Anreizeffekte dienen der Entwicklung
Seit über 10 Jahren betonen internationale Initiativen die Rolle von ownership für eine effektive Entwicklungszusammenarbeit. Folgt man dieser Forderung, sollte Budgethilfe das Standardinstrument der Geberländer sein. Die präferieren jedoch weiterhin Projekthilfe, meist aus politisch motivierten Gründen. Wir sehen die Zukunft der Entwicklungspolitik stattdessen in der Budgethilfe.
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For the first time since the establishment of the Think20 (T20) process, Think Tanks from across Africa have met with T20 Think Tanks to discuss the G20 agenda and potential opportunities for Africa-G20 cooperation.
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