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G20 Germany 2017

Fostering the Sustainability of Global Value Chains (GVCs)

Policy area: Global Cooperation for Financing SDGs
Fernando Blumenschein, Axel Berger (German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)), Clara Brandi (German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)), Diego Navarro, Adriana Neligan, Isabel Jandeisek, Johannes Blankenbach, Josef Wieland, Joshua Wickerham, Lise Johnson, Philipp Harms, Uri Dadush
G20 Germany 2017

Key Policy Options for the G20 in 2017 to Support an Open and Inclusive Trade and Investment System

Policy area: Open Trade and Sustainable Investment
M. Sait Akman (Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV)), Axel Berger (German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)), Uri Dadush, Simon Evenett (University of St. Gallen, Global Trade Alert), Lise Johnson, Maximiliano Mendez-Parra, Raul Ochoa, Claudia Schmucker (German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP))
G20 Germany 2017

Measuring Cross-Border Rrade in Services by Trading Partner Country and Company

Policy area: Open Trade and Sustainable Investment
Akshay Mathur (ORF Mumbai), Purvaja Modak
G20 Germany 2017

How to attract Quality FDI?

Policy area: Open Trade and Sustainable Investment
Adnan Serič (United Nations Industrial Development Organization), Christiane Krieger-Boden, Holger Görg ( Kiel Institute for the World Economy), Theodore Moran
G20 Germany 2017

Circular economy measures to keep plastics and their value in the economy, avoid waste and reduce marine litter

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Patrick ten Brink, François Galgani, Heather Leslie, Michiel De Smet, Jean-Pierre Schweitzer, Emma Watkins
G20 Germany 2017

Policy Direction for the G20 in 2017 – the Challenges of Continued Globalization: How to Support Open and Inclusive Trade and Resolve Conflicts in the Trade-Climate Change Nexus

Policy area: Open Trade and Sustainable Investment
Alan Alexandroff (Director, Global Summitry Project), Colin Bradford (China-West Dialogue), Yves Tiberghien (University of British Columbia)
G20 Germany 2017

The Impact of Inward Foreign Direct Investment on Capital Accumulation: Policy Recommendations for the G20

Policy area: International Finance and Economic Recovery
Alessia A. Amighini
G20 Germany 2017

Assessing and Improving Poverty and Inequality Mitigation Policies

Policy area: Global Cooperation for Financing SDGs
Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal
G20 Germany 2017

Revitalizing Multilateral Governance at the World Trade Organization

Policy area: Open Trade and Sustainable Investment
Andreas Esche, Bernard Hoekman, Christian Bluth
G20 Germany 2017

Ageing, Investment and Foreign Trade – a Macroeconomic Perspective

Policy area: Open Trade and Sustainable Investment
Andreas Esche, Thieß Petersen
G20 Germany 2017

Lowering International Trade, Investment Costs and Promoting Trade, Investment Liberalization

Policy area: Open Trade and Sustainable Investment
Yuyan Zhang

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Inclusive digital transformation
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Inclusive digital transformation
Gaps In Digital Financial Inclusion: Lessons For G20
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