Background Books
G20 — The Australia Summit: Brisbane
Edited by John Kirton and Madeline Koch, with guest editor Russell Trood
Published by Newsdesk Media Group and the G20 Research Group, 2014
For a free downloadable electronic version, click here.
Introductions and leaders' perspectives
- A turning point for the G20
- Tony Abbott, Prime Minister, Australia
- Building the world we want to live in
- Ahmet Davutoglu, Prime Minister, Turkey
- Committed to inclusive strategies
- Enrique Peña Nieto, President, Mexico
- Lead by example to stimulate growth
- Jacob Zuma, President, South Africa
- Viewpoints from across the G20
- Leaders' quotes ahead of the Brisbane Summit
Global contributions to G20 governance
- Lessons learnt on the way to recovery
- Mariano Rajoy Brey, Prime Minister, Spain
- The G20: a source of economic resilience
- John Key, Prime Minister, New Zealand
- ASEAN and the G20: shared objectives
- U Thein Sein, President, Myanmar
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Editors' introductions
- A formidable agenda for challenging times
- John Kirton, Co-director, G20 Research Group
- Australia's agenda and the future
- Russell Trood, Professor of International Relations, Griffith University
- The G20 in numbers
- A look at how the G20 members compare on statistics ranging from gross domestic product to foreign investment and energy consumption
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Australia as host
- Bolstering trade and investment
- The G20 can identify policy reforms to improve trade and spur growth, says Andrew Robb AO, Minister for Trade and Investment, Australia
- Brisbane: ready to welcome the world
- Lord Mayor Graham Quirk sees an opportunity to showcase Brisbane as a world-class city
- A blueprint for growth and jobs
- The B20 recommendations are designed to help drive economic recovery, says Robert Milliner, B20 Sherpa for Australia for 2014
- Knowledge-sharing for development
- Universities strive to develop solutions for the world 's problems, writes Ian O'Connor, Vice Chancellor and President, Griffith University
Business round table
- Private-sector perspectives
- Senior figures from business and finance offer their insights into growth prospects
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Growing the global economy
- Building resilience and boosting growth
- Angel Gurría, Secretary General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, on the need for robust structural reform
- Interview with Lawrence H Summers
- The former US Treasury Secretary discusses the G20's approach to macroeconomic policy
- A multi-stakeholder approach to growth
- Deeper public and private cooperation is key to driving growth, argues Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
- The business agenda for structural reform
- Bernhard Welschke, Secretary General, Business and Industry Advisory Committee, on the necessity of product and labour market reform
- Working towards a digital single market
- Neelie Kroes, former Vice President, European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, on why cybersecurity needs to be addressed
- Interview with Maria van der Hoeven
- The Executive Director of the International Energy Agency says the organisation is working with the G20 to improve energy security
- Next-generation telecommunications
- Hamadoun Touré, Secretar y General, International Telecommunication Union, on the benefits of expanding broadband networks
- Interview with Guy Ryder
- Employment is at the centre of economic recovery, says the Director General of the International Labour Organization
- Enhancing education to change lives
- Access to education has long-term effects on success and well-being, writes Claudia Costin, Senior Director for Education, World Bank
- The voice of future business leaders
- Entrepreneurship is the key to solving the jobs crisis, say Jeremy Liddle, Victor Sedov and Ali Yücelen, G20 Young Entrepreneurs' Alliance
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Investment in infrastructure
- Bridging Asia's infrastructure gap
- Help from the private sector is needed to further Asia's development, says Takehiko Nakao, President, Asian Development Bank
- Facilitating private-sector investment
- Public-private partnerships are a crucial tool in the growth of Africa, writes Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank
- Interview with Ahmad Mohamed Al-Madani
- A global infrastructure facility will mobilise investors, as the President of the Islamic Development Bank explains
- A social licence for development
- The environmental and social impacts of infrastructure projects must be assessed, writes Kathryn Hochstetler, CIGI Chair of Governance in the Americas, Balsillie School of International Affairs
- Reinvigorating investment
- Erik Berglöf and Alexandru Chirmiciu of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development consider how financial institutions can help boost infrastructure investment
- Infrastructure: some universal truths
- The private sector can help meet the global infrastructure deficit, writes Andrew Briggs of international law firm Hogan Lovells
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Finance and regulation
- Steps towards financial stability
- Coordinated structural reforms are necessary to ensure economic stability, argues Christian Noyer, Chairman of the Board, Bank for International Settlements
- Quality not quantity as China deleverages
- Zhang Yanling, Former Executive Vice President, Bank of China, assesses the progress of China's structural reform of its commercial banks
- Global reform after the financial crisis
- Increasingly complex markets present new obstacles for financial reform, explains David Wright, Secretary General, International Organization of Securities Commissions
- Regulating the insurance industry
- Increasing globalisation means that new policy measures must be adopted, says Yoshihiro Kawai, Secretary General, International Association of Insurance Supervisors
- Accounting for sustainability
- Accounting standards need to reflect the growing importance of sustainability issues, write Robert G Eccles, Jean Rogers and Mary Schapiro, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
- Building resilience in financial systems
- The converging of accounting standards is central to financial stability, writes Fayezul Choudhury, Chief Executive Officer, International Federation of Accountants
- Tackle corruption to release growth
- Dealing with money laundering at all levels will help foster economic stability, says Lida Preyma, Director of Capital Markets Research, Global Finance, G20 Research Group
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Trade and investment
- In support of TFA implementation
- The proposed Trade Facilitation Agreement will boost global trade, explains Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization
- Tourism: global growth, local impact
- The tourist sector is an engine of economic growth and development, says Taleb Rifai, Secretary General, World Tourism Organization
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Energy and climate change
- A power boost for the African economy
- Energy infrastructure can help unlock potential across Africa, explains Andrew M Herscowitz, US Coordinator, Power Africa
- Energising the world, sustainably
- Access to energy in developing countries must be broadened, while emissions are reduced in the developed world, says Abdalla Salem El-Badri, Secretary General, OPEC
- Climate change and financial stability
- Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme, looks at the interplay of environmental and economic issues
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Global development: 2015 and beyond
- Realising the post-2015 opportunity
- Cooperation between G20 leaders will help drive the sustainable development agenda forward, writes Helen Clark, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme
- Driving growth in Latin America
- A new global context helps define the agenda for Latin America, writes Enrique García, Executive President and Chief Executive Officer, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America
- Towards a world free of AIDS
- The G20 is vital to the UN's goal of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030, writes Michel Sidibé, Executive Director, UNAIDS
- Tough medicine for health governance
- Lessons must be learnt from the failings of the global response to the Ebola outbreak, urges David P Fidler, Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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Perspectives on agriculture and food security
How agriculture can be advanced to aid food security, and help find a sustainable solution to end hunger, with perspectives from:
- José Graziano da Silva, Director General, Food and Agriculture Organization
- Kanayo F Nwanze, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development
- Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director, World Food Programme
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G20 governance
- A question of integrity
- Integrity is at the heart of governance and long-term stability, writes Charles Sampford, Director of the Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law, Griffith University
- Interview with Paul Martin
- The former Canadian Prime Minister explains how the G20 came into being
- From St Petersburg to Brisbane
- The 2013 summit created a stronger governance framework for this year to build on, write Marina Larionova and Andrey Shelepov, National Research University Higher School of Economics
- Charting G20 compliance
- Ella Kokotsis and Caroline Bracht of the G20 Research Group consider how well G20 members have fulfilled their past commitments
- Thinking ahead to stronger governance
- The Think20 group can help strengthen G20 governance, suggests Mike Callaghan, Director, G20 Studies Centre, Lowy Institute for International Policy
- China: the key to G20 success?
- The international monetary system needs to be realigned to reflect new realities, says Wang Wen, Executive Dean, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China
- On track for inclusive growth
- Integrating 'sherpa track ' priorities into the G20 agenda will improve its focus, argues Güven Sak, Executive Director, Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey
- Turkey 2015: focus on business
- As the next host, Turkey aims to engage with the private sector to drive growth and job creation, says M Rifat Hisarciklioglu, President, Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey
Leaders' profiles
Sponsors' index
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