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At our Global Solutions Hubs, you will find policy recommendations, solutions and experts on the policy areas of the G20 and T20. They cover the topics that are at the heart of the Global Solutions Initiative.
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Policy Briefs

Leveraging Care Economy Investments to Unlock Economic Development and Foster Women’s Economic Empowerment in G20 Economies
Mitali Nikore - Nikore Associates, Margo Thomas - Women’s Economic Imperative, Sunaina Kumar - Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Florencia Caro Sachetti - Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento, (CIPPEC), Gloria Langat - Aging and Development Unit, Mannat Sharma - Nikore Associates, Sukriti Anand - Nikore Associates
Creating an Enabling Environment and Accelerating SDGs Through Increased Public Funding of Innovative Agricultural Research and Development
Gianpiero Menza - Partnerships and Innovative Finance, Megan Steele - Innovation Ecosystem Engagement, Lukovi Seke - AUDA-NEPAD, Olalekan Akinbo - AUDA-NEPAD
Achieving Just Green Economic Transitions by Improving Gender Equality
Simon Anderson - International Institute for Environment and Development, May Thazin Aung - International Institute for Environment and Development, Anna Carthy - International Institute for Environment and Development, Tracy Kajumba - International Institute for Environment and Development, Birte Rau - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Jana Schulte Hürmann - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ
Investing in Health and the Economy: Curbing the Crisis of Non-Communicable Diseases
Julia Spencer - Strategic Alliances & Government Affairs, Dennis A. Ostwald - WifOR Institute and Professor, Hasbullah Thabrany - Think Well Global
Circular Bioeconomy and SDGs: Proposals for the G20
Mandavi Singh - Resource Efficiency & Governance, Trinayana Kaushik - Resource Efficiency & Governance, Souvik Bhattacharjya - The Energy and Resources Institute, Shailly Kedia - Sustainable Development and Outreach
Climate Resilience Along the Mekong River: Economic Development and Sustainable Utilisation of Water in Riparian Southeast Asia
Aaron Chan - US ASEAN Young Professionals Association, Jitsai Santaputra - Y20 Indonesia 2022, Tasia Matthews - US ASEAN Young Professionals Association
Cultural and creative industries in times of crisis
Angelika Frei-Oldenburg - Global Project Culture and Creative Industries, GIZ, Alison Blankenhaus - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Creative jobs will drive the post-pandemic world of work
Prateek Kukreja - Indian Council for Research on International Economics Relations (ICRIER) India, Rehan Kunal Jagota - Indian Council for Research on International Economics Relations (ICRIER) India
Improving G20+ Monetary Cooperation In The Era of CBDCS
Miguel Otero Iglesias - Elcano Royal Institute, Haihong Gao - Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Agustín González-Agote - Center of the Governance of Change, Ming Zhang - Institute of Finance and Banking
A Framework to Enhance Financing Capacity and Incentivise Preservation of Natural Assets
Alexander Ryota Keeley - Urban Institute, Alin Halimatussadiah - The Institute for Economic and Social Research, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia, Bambang Brodjonegoro - University of Indonesia, Matthew Agarwala - Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge; Tobin Center for Economic Policy, Yale University, Muhammad Adriansyah - Institute for Economic and Social Research, Robert Smith - International Institute for Sustainable Development, Robi Kurniawan - SDGs Hub, Roes Ebara Gikami Lufti - Institute for Economic and Social Research Faculty of Economics and Business, Shunsuke Managi - Urban Institute, Shutaro Takeda - Urban Institute, Teuku Riefky - University of Indonesia (LPEM FEB UI)
Net-Zero Portfolio Targets for DFIs: Challenges and Solutions
Sam Fankhauser - Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Sugandha Srivastav - University of Oxford, Ingrid Sundvor - University of Oxford, Stephanie Hirmer - University of Oxford, Gireesh Shrimali - University of Oxford
Reorienting IFIs for Meeting Emerging Development Financing Challenges
Priyadarshi Dash - Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), Yose Rizal Damuri - Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Arun S. Nair - Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), Dandy Rafitrandi - Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Reforming the Global Financial Architecture to Drive a Resilient Net- Zero Transition
Nicola Ranger - Oxford Martin Systemic Resilience Programme and Programme Leader, Fulvia Marotta - Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Sam Fankhauser - Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Brian O’Callaghan - Government Policy and Investment
Greening Public Financial Institutions: Lessons From the G20
Swasti Raizada - International Institute for Sustainable Development, Natalie Jones - International Institute for Sustainable Development
Harnessing Philanthropy for Climate Action
Sukhreet Bajwa - Community Resilience and Climate Action, Deepa Gopalakrishnan - Sandbox Grants
Exchange Rate Volatility and its Impact on Borrowing Costs
Ashima Goyal - Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Sritama Ray - Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
Reviving the International Financial Transactions Tax (Iftt) Agenda for the G20
Nagesh Kumar - Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, Kevin P. Gallagher - Global Development Policy Center, Boston University, USA
A Long-Term Development Investment Framework for LMICs
Alin Halimatussadiah - The Institute for Economic and Social Research, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia, Bambang Brodjonegoro - University of Indonesia, Fukunari Kimura - Keio University, ERIA, Muhammad Adriansyah - Institute for Economic and Social Research, Muhamad Chatib Basri - University of Indonesia, Teuku Riefky - University of Indonesia (LPEM FEB UI), Wing Thye Woo - University of California
Financing Climate-Resilient Infrastructure in Africa
Gracelin Baskaran - Brookings Africa Growth Initiative, Amara Ekeruche - Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa, Chris Heitzig - Brookings Africa Growth Initiative, Aloysius Uche Ordu - SAfrica Growth Initiative, Brookings Institution,
The Green Development and Investment Accelerator: Promoting Investable Green Infrastructure Projects
Uday Khemka - The Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation, Aaran Patel - Climate, Katherine Stodulka - Blended Finance Taskforce
A Proposed ‘Brady Plan 2.0’ to Avert Sovereign Debt Crises in the Developing World
Brahima S. Coulibaly - Global Economy and Development, Wafa Abedin - Global Economy and Development
Achieving Circularity: Policy Instruments and Regulatory Hurdles
Martin Pauli - Global Leader Circular Economy Services at Arup, Gunnar Hartmann - New Dialogues Publisher
Social Inclusion in Cities 3.0
Michael Cohen - Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment
Embedding Resilience in Power Sector Planning
Nuvodita Singh - RMI India, Benny Bertagnini - RMI, Jagabanta Ningthoujam - RMI India
The Case for a Geospatial Multidimensional Vulnerability Index Data Observatory
Chaitanya Giri - Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), Mrinmayee Bhushan - Mindfarm Novatech Private Limited, Prasad Pathak - FLAME University, Sneha Sinha - Research and Information System for Developing Countries, Timiebi Aganaba - Arizona State University
Inclusive Wealth Index: A Comprehensive Measure of LiFE Towards ‘Net Zero’
Shunsuke Managi - Urban Institute, Anindya Bhattacharya - Executive Director, Tania Bhattacharya - The Celestial Earth
Policy Instruments for Extending the Life of Consumer Durables
Carl Dalhammar - Lund University, Jörgen Larsson - Chalmers University of Technology, Oksana Mont - Lund University
Integrating Circularity in Global Value Chains to Anchor Sustainability in Production Systems
Tulika Gupta - Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), Shuva Raha - Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), Ankur Rawal - CEEW, Vanesa Rodriguez Osuna - German Corporation for International Cooperation GmbH (GIZ), Bonn (Germany),
Promoting Circular Economy Through South-South Collaboration
Manjyot Kaur Ahluwalia - The Global Methane Hub, Carolina Urmeneta - The Global Methane Hub, Nicolas Diaz - Waste & Circular Economy, Chandra Bhushan - International Forum for Environment, Marcelo Mena - The Global Methane Hub
The Impact of Domestic Economic Policy Uncertainty on Trade and Investment Within the G20
Kalyan Kolukuluri - Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam (IIMV), Asmita Verma - IIMV, Tamali Chakraborty - IIMV
Mitigating Risks and Harnessing Opportunities for the Digitally Enabled Care Economy
Florencia Caro Sachetti - Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento, (CIPPEC), Vanesa D’Alessandre - CIPPEC, Katja Freiwald - UN Women, Ankita Panda - The Asia Foundation, Sabina Dewan - JustJobs Network, Francisco Cos Montiel - Gender Justice and Development, Megan O’Donnell - Center for Global Development, Gillian Dowie - IDRC, Manisha Desai - UNRISD
Fiscal Reform in the Digital Era: Implementation of OECD Pillar One
Adrianto Dwi Nugroho - Faculty of Law, Riatu Mariatul Qibthiyyah - Institute for Economic and Social research, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia (LPEM-UI), Christine Tjen - Tax Education and Research Center, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia, Syahda Sabrina - Institute for Economic and Social Research, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia
A Broader Trade Facilitation Approach for Resilient and Sustainable Global Value Chains
Sanchita Basu Das - Asian Development Bank, Nishant Jain - Asian Development Bank, Devyani Hari - Centre for Responsible Business, Nandini Sharma - Centre for Responsible Business
Resilient Rare Earths: Pathways for the G20
Yogesh Joshi - Institute of South Asian Studies, Kapil Patil - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen- Nürnberg, Kartik Bommakanti - Observer Research Foundation
GVCs, Resilience, and Efficiency Considerations: Improving Trade and Industrial Policy Design and Coordination
Otaviano Canuto - Policy Center for the New South, Mahmoud Arbouch - Policy Center for the New South, Pepe Zhang - Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, Abdelaaziz Ait Ali - Policy Center for the New South
Enhancing the Capacity of MSMES to Participate in Global Value Chains
Shubham Gupta - Consulting, Akshay Natteri Mangadu - Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP
Mobilising Tax Revenue for Sustainable Development in Asia
Yuho Myoda - Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, Donghyun Park - Asian Development Bank, Yothin Jinjarak - Asian Development Bank, Shu Tian - Asian Development Bank, Gemma Estrada - Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, Robert Breunig - Crawford School of Public Policy, Sanjeev Gupta - Center for Global Development, Samuel Christopher Hill - Prospects Group, João Tovar Jalles - University of Lisbon
Increasing G20 Cooperation on Debt and Investment in Africa
Miguel Otero Iglesias - Elcano Royal Institute, Beatrice Grace Aluoch Obado - IE University, Agustín González-Agote - Center of the Governance of Change
Recoupling: The driver of Human Success
Dennis J. Snower - Global Solutions Initiative Foundation
Towards Economic and Social Prosperity Measurement Beyond GDP
Jakob Dirksen - Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford, Katharina Lima de Miranda - Kiel Insitute for the World Economy,
Establishing a Global Citizen Fund From Revenues of Global Taxation
Gianluca Grimalda - Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Toward a Global Universal Basic Income for Children
Merike Blofield - German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Jorge Cuartas - Harvard Graduate School of Education, Fernando Filgueira - CIPPEC Argentina , Juliana Martínez Franzoni - University of Costa Rica, Diego Sánchez-Ancochea - Oxford Department of International Development
International Partnerships for Circular Economy, Energy Transition, and Investment
Manal Shehabi - Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (UK), Frank Jotzo - Australian National University, Linda Arthur - Asian Development Bank Institute, Derek Hondo - Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Moekti Handajani Soejachmoen - Indonesia Research Institute for Decarbonization (IRID), Tetsushi Sonobe - Asian Development Bank Institute
A Socially Just Transformation Through Integrated Social Protection ‘Plus’ Programming
Mauricio Böhl - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Alexia Faus Onbargi - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Andrew Shepherd - Overseas Development Institute, Vidya Diwakar - Overseas Development Institute
Keeping the World Economy on Track: Dealing with the Short-Term Emergency and Pursuing Longer-Term Objectives
Paola Subacchi - Queen Mary University of London, David Vines - Economics Department and Balliol College, University of Oxford , John Beirne - Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo (Japan), Andy Filardo - Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Mei Lin Fung - People Centered Internet, Alicia García Herrero - Bruegel, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and NATIXIS., Simone Romano - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Mina Toksoz - Alliance Manchester Business School , Paul van den Noord - University of Amsterdam and Amsterdam Centre for European Studies (ACES)
Addressing the Debt Crisis in the Global South: Debt Relief for Sustainable Recoveries
Ulrich Volz - SOAS University of London, Kathrin Berensmann - German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Sara Burke - Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Kevin P. Gallagher - Global Development Policy Center, Boston University, USA, Stephany Griffith-Jones - Columbia University, Martin Kessler - OECD, Irene Monasterolo - Vienna University of Economics and Business

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