Policy responses to COVID-19
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G20 Engagement Group Brief: Top 20 Synthesis Recommendations Policy Area:
Multilateralism and Global Governance
Multilateralism and Global Governance
Through the “Top 20 Synthesis Recommendations,” the G20 Research Group and the Global Solutions Initiative seek to support the Saudi Arabian G20 Presidency 2020 by highlighting major policy proposals generated by the G20 Engagement Groups.
Global Solutions Hub
Rebuilding Macroeconomics after the Pandemic Policy Area:
Open Trade and Sustainable Investment
Open Trade and Sustainable Investment
Summit 2020
Financial Crisis, nationalism and COVID-19 are all socio-economic pandemics in the last decade. Each one starts in a small corner of our world, then spreads across continents in a very short space of time. Each one is a surprise, and each one catches us unprepared. If we are to be prepared for the next pandemic ... Read more
Global Solutions Hub
The G20 in time of pandemic Policy Area:
Multilateralism and Global Governance
Multilateralism and Global Governance
Summit 2020
In the past the G20 has shown its great potential to deal with a global crisis. Its decisive policy impulse ensured that the 2008 financial crisis did not lead to another Great Depression. The COVID-19 pandemic is another global crisis, which requires coordinated and bold action globally. The pandemic demonstrates powerfully the need for multilateralism, ... Read more
Global Solutions Hub
What can the G20 do to support tax systems for just and resilient societies? Fighting inequality through progressive taxation Policy Area:
International Finance and Economic Recovery
International Finance and Economic Recovery
Summit 2020
Just and resilient societies depend on an adequate public funding base to provide important public goods, such as health care and education. The COVID-19 pandemic crisis has put a stark spotlight on this: Strong public health systems are an important pre-requisite for successfully dealing with the medical consequences of the pandemic, and fiscal stimulus packages ... Read more
Global Solutions Hub
Europe’s global role in response to the COVID-19 economic crisis Policy Area:
Multilateralism and Global Governance
Multilateralism and Global Governance
Summit 2020
Despite being of comparable economic weight to the US and China, its most prominent global competitors, Europe has not been as influential as a power in global governance. Lacking the ‘hard power’ derived from military capabilities, it has laid claim to a ‘soft power’ of normative influence externally. Nor, despite some successes, has Europe been ... Read more