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Communiqué of the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors, Washington DC, April 19, 2013

G20 Speakers' Consultation, Mexico City, April 4-5, 2013

G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in 2014: February 21-23, Sydney, Australia

G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting, Moscow, February 15-16, 2013: Communiqué

The Russian Presidency of the G20: Outline

Scheduled events under the Russian presidency, as of December 1, 2012

Vladimir Putin's address on Russia assuming the G20 presidency, December 1, 2012

Russia assumes presidency of the G20, December 1, 2012

G20 finance ministers and central bankers to meet in Moscow, February 15-16, 2013

G20 finance ministers and central bankers communiqué, November 5, 2012

Russia to host G20 summit in St. Petersburg in September 5-6, 2013

United States cancels meeting of Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS), October 4, 2012

Australia to host G20 summit in Brisbane on November 15-16, 2014

G20 finance ministers statement on European Union Summit, June 29, 2012

G20 Los Cabos declaration, action plan and commitments, June 19, 2012 [también in español]

G7 finance ministers issue statement on Greece, June 17, 2012

G20 finance ministers and central bank governors final communiqué, Washington, April 19-20, 2012

Joint statement by G20 and International Monetary and Finance Committee on IMF Resources, April 20, 2012

G20 finance ministers and central bank governors communiqué, February 26, 2012

G20 foreign ministers meeting, Mexico, February 18-20, 2012

Felipe Calderón — Stand Alone, Global Economic Crisis: Role and Challenges of the G20, Davis, January 26, 2012 [Español]

Mexico's discussion paper for Los Cabos Summit / Documento de discusión de la Presidencia Mexicana

Mexico's priorities for the Los Cabos Summit / Prioridades de la Presidencia Mexicana

Felipe Calderón: Current Challenges for Global Economic Growth / Los Retos Actuales para el Crecimiento Económico Mundial

Documents from the Cannes Summit, November 4, 2011

Joint B20 and L20 statement, November 4, 2011

Young Entrepreneurs G20 communiqué, November 2, 2011

Cannes Final Declaration: Building a Common Future / Déclaration finale de Cannes: bâtir un avenir commun, November 4, 2011

Cannes Action Plan for Growth and Jobs / Plan d’action de Cannes pour la Croissance et l'Emploi, November 4, 2011

Final communiqué from the Cannes Summit / Communiqué: Sommet des chefs d'État et de gouvernement du G20, November 4, 2011

Official draft programme of the Cannes Summit [English] [Français]

G20 finance ministers communiqué, October 15, 2011 [English] [Français]

G20 labour ministers conclusions, September 27, 2011 [English] [Français]

G20 development communiqué and action plan, Washington DC, September 23 [English] [Français]

G20 finance communiqué, Washington DC, September 22, 2011 [English] [Français]

Statement by G20 finance ministers and central bank governors, August 8, 2011 / Communiqué des ministres des finances et banquiers centrales du pays du G20, 8 août 2011

G20 Plan of Action on Food Price Volatility / G20 Plan d'action sur la volatilité des prix alimentaire et sur l'agriculture, June 23, 2011, Paris

G20 finance communiqué, April 15, 2011 [English]

Press dossier prepared for the G20 finance ministerial, Washington DC, April 14-15, 2011 [Français]

Speech by Nicolas Sarkozy at the G20 seminar on reform of the international monetary system, Nanking, China, March 31, 2011 [English] [Français]

G20 energy and finance ministers to meet in March or April 2011

G20 finance communiqué, February 19, 2011 [English] [Français]

Speech by Nicolas Sarkozy at the G20 finance ministerial, February 18 2011 [en français]

France issues invitations to the Cannes Summit, February 12, 2011

2011 G20 finance ministerials will be held in France on February 18-19, April 14, September 23 and October 16

G20 agriculture ministers to meet for first time: May 24-25, 2011

G20 labour and employment ministers meeting, September 25-27, 2011

Press conference by Nicolas Sarkozy with presentation on G20 and G8 summits, Paris, January 24, 2011 [Dossier en français]

G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting, Paris, February 18-19, 2011; deputies meeting , February 17-18, 2011

G20 leaders declaration and supporting documents, Seoul, November 12, 2010

G20 finance ministers and central bank governors communiqué, Gyeongju, Korea, October 23, 2010

Final declaration of the Toronto Summit, June 26, 2010 [now also in Chinese]

G20 speakers consultation, Ottawa, September 2-5, 2010 (presiding officers of the upper and unicameral houses)

St. Petersburg Summit, September 5-6, 2013

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John Kirton: G20-G8 Partnership in Global Economic Governance

John Kirton: Winning Together – Advanced Countries' Approach to G20 Governance

John Kirton: A Meeting of Minimum Successs – The April 2013 Meeting of G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors

Chiara Oldani: Derivati ed energia: la gestione dei nuovi rischi globali

G20 Governance for a Globalized World, by John Kirton — now available from Ashgate Publishing

John Kirton, Julia Kulik and Caroline Bracht: Canada's Compliance with the G20’s Los Cabos Business Commitments to October 2012

John Kirton, Caroline Bracht and Leanne Rasmussen: Implementing the G20 Seoul Development and Employment Commitments

Y.K. Alagh, Dev Nathan, A.N. Sharma, Preet Rustagi and Sudha Shrodria: The G20, the Seoul Development Consensus and India

Isabel Studer and Talia Contreras: Assessing the Seoul Summit Development Commitments – Case Study Mexico

Mapping G20 Decisions Implementation: How G20 Is Delivering on the Decisions Made, by HSE IORI and the G20 Research Group

John Kirton: Strengthening Global and Regional Macroeconomic Growth – G20 Performance and Prospects

John Kirton: Prospects for the G20's Brisbane Summit 2014 (listen to the podcast here)

John Kirton: Democratizing G20 Governance – Performance and Possibilities

John Kirton: The G20's Global Governance – Working for the World

John Kirton: How the G20 Has Escaped Diminishing Returns

Julia Kulik: Where Were the Women at Los Cabos?

Lee Dong-hwi: Challenges for the G20 after the Mexican Summit

Marina Larionova: From the Mexican to the Russian G20 Presidency

Adriana Labardini: The Banking System: For Whom and For What Purpose?

Homi Kharas and Domenico Lombardi: The Group of Twenty – Origins, Prospects and Challenges for Global Governance

Lida Preyma: Financial Markets — Something Significant or Status Quo?

John Kirton: Academics, Analysis and Accountability – Contributions to G20 Governance

Mabruk Kabir: G20 Poicy on Financial Inclusion

Tristen Naylor: Civil Society Inclusion in the G20

John Kirton and Julia Kulik: The Shortcomings of the G20 Los Cabos Summit

2011 Cannes Final Compliance Report now available (referred to as a league table by UK prime minister David Cameron)

John Kirton and Julia Kulik: Los Cabos is A Summit of Significant Success

Julia Kulik: Where Are the Women at G20 Summits?

John Kirton: The Los Cabos Summit's Strong Start

Andrew F. Cooper: The G20 as a Global Focus Group

John Kirton and Caroline Bracht: The BRICS Big Boost for the G20 Los Cabos Summit Success

John Kirton, Julia Kulik and Leanne Rasmussen: A Firm Foundation for Los Cabos – G20 Summit Performance, 2008-11

John Kirton: G7 as First Responder to Financial Crises, on eve of G20 summit

G20 Plans and Preparations for the Los Cabos Summit: June 17/12

2011 Cannes Final Compliance Report now available

Jay Naidoo: Improving nutrition for Africa’s food security

José Graziano da Silva: Feeding the world

Lars Thunell: Financing food security: the role of the private sector

Kanayo Nwanze: Investing in agriculture to drive sustainable development

John Kirton and Julia Kulik: Delivering a Double Divident – Prospects for the G20 at the Los Cabos Summit

Felipe Calderon's vision for the Los Cabos Summit

Julia Gillard: A relentless focus on global economic and financial prosperity

Lee Myung-bak: Maintaining momentum towards growth

Jacob Zuma: South Africa's philosophy of interconnectedness

The G20 Mexico Summit 2012: The Quest for Growth and Stability, now available

John Kirton: Connecting Young Entrepreneurship to G20 Governance

The G8 Camp David Summit 2012: The Road to Recovery now available, with many articles of interest to G20 watchers

Commitments made at the 2011 Cannes Summit

John Kirton: Japan's Contribution to G8, G20 and Global Governance

Plans and Preparations for G20 summit (updated January 31/12)

G20 leaders conclusions on financial crises, 2008-11

Lee Dong-hwi on the 2011 Cannes Summit: Assessments and Implications

Lida Preyma: Update on the Cannes Summit for capital markets

Seminar: The G20 after the Cannes Summit, with contributions from Hall Gardner, Kimon Valaskakis, Giovanni Grevi, Nicholas Bayne and more

Russia’s Global Health Governance Gap: A Strategy for Summit Success, by Julia Kulik

Caroline Bracht: G20 accountability on climate change and energy

John Kirton: G20 Development Governance, 1999-2011

G20 leaders' conclusions on energy, exchange rates, health and more

G20 Cannes Performance Assessments for Brazil, India and the United States

Marina Larionova: Assessing G8 and G20 Effectiveness in Global Governance So Far

Victoria Panova: Russia at the G20 Summit

Nicholas Bayne's thoughts on the Cannes Summit

Andrew F. Cooper: Close Up at the Cannes Summit

Hugo Dobson: From No-Kan-Do to a Cannes-Do Attitude

John Kirton: Cannes 2011 – A Summit of Substantial Success

The 2010 Seoul G20 Summit Final Compliance Report now available

Wilhelm Hofmeister and Susanna Vogt: G20: Perceptions and Perspectives for Global Governance

The G20 Cannes Summit 2011: A New Way Forward, with articles by Lee, Calderon, Erdogan, Obama, Ahluwalia, Dvorkovich and more

John Kirton: Prospects for the Cannes Summit

Karoline Postel-Vinay: Le G20, Laboratoire d'un monde émergent

Thijs Van de Graaf and Kristen Westphal: The G8 and the G20 as Global Steering Committees for Energy

Club of Madrid's Key Messages to the G20 (in English and Spanish)

John Kirton and Laurette Dubé: From New York to Cannes: Baby Steps in the Battle against NCDs, September 21

John Kirton and Laurette Dubé: Modern Pandemic Requires Radical Shift in Thinking, September 21

2010 Seoul G20 Summit Interim Compliance Report released

G20: les enjeux de la présidence française, with contributions by Karoline Postel-Vinay, Christian de Boissieu and more

Heinrich Böll Foundation's G20-related resources, including G20 Updates

Juha Jokela: The G20 — A Pathway to Effective Multilateralism?

Commitments made at the 2010 Seoul Summit

Recent publications by Katharina Gnath and Claudia Schmucker

G20 leaders' conclusions and finance ministers' conclusions on climate change

John Kirton: Brazil's Contribution to G20 and Global Governance, ENERI

G20 leaders' conclusions on climate change

John Kirton: A Sound Start at the G20 finance ministerial, February 19, 2011

Andreas Freytag, John Kirton, Razeen Sally and Paolo Savona, eds.: Securing the Global Economy

John Kirton: Why the G8 Will Endure

John Kirton: Enhancing Effectiveness through Improved Accountability Assessment

John Kirton: The G20, the G8, the G5 and the Role of Ascending Powers

Lee Dong-hwi: G20 Seoul Summit Assessment and Future Prospects (also available in Korean)

Photos of G20 Research Group members at the summit

Creating a More Collaborative Asian Leadership for the G20: Full Report

G20 Accountability: Taking Stock of the Pledges Due at the Seoul Summit

Domenico Lombardi: U.S. Politics after Seoul: The Reality of International Cooperation

Jenilee Guebert and Robin Lennox: Health at the G20 Summit?

2010 G20 Toronto Summit Compliance Report, updated November 14/10

John Kirton: A Summit of Substantial Success – The Performance of the Seoul G20 (draft of November 13/10)

John Kirton and Zaria Shaw: G20 Accountability Report on Domestic Financial Regulation (updated November 10/10)