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  • G20 Engagement and the Foreign Office

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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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  • Budgethilfe als Standardinstrument!

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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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  • Outcome of the first T20 conference in Africa

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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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  • Outcome of the first T20 conference in Africa

    Image: NetworkFor 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.

    The T20 Africa conference was organized by the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) and was attended by 240 high-ranking delegates from African and G20 Think Tanks, African regional organisations, the South African and German governments, the European Union and the OECD, as well as other G20 engagement groups such as the Business20 (B20).

    The conference provided a unique forum to discuss how Africa and the G20 could build alliances to promote sustainable development. Please read the communiqué of the conference co-hosts for further information about the outcomes and recommendations of the conference.

  • Compact with Africa: Fostering Private Long-Term Investment

    Photo: Bridge in AfricaThe German G20 Presidency puts the spotlight on Africa’s economic development. In its ´Compact with Africa´, the German G20 Presidency, jointly with the African partners, wants to encourage institutional investment by pension funds and life insurers in infrastructure to encourage corporate direct investment. The objective of the “Compact with Africa” is to boost growth and jobs, promote inclusion and give people economic opportunities at home so that they do not have to leave their home country to seek subsistence elsewhere. 

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