Appendix 10-C: Commitments Grouped by Policy Field

Appendix 10-C:
Commitments Grouped by Policy Field

From Chapter 10: Explaining G8 Compliance: Reciprocity, Institutionalization and Accountability, by Ben Cormier
In Accountability for Effectiveness in Global Governance
edited by John Kirton and Marina Larionova
available from Routledge, 2018

Category	Commitments since 1989	Ministers used for category	Policy field categorization
Climate change	67	Environment	Sustainable development
Conflict prevention	8	Foreign	Security
Crime	37	Crime, terror, justice, interior	Security
Democracy	7	Foreign	Security
Development	39	Development	Sustainable development
East-West relations	2	Foreign	Security
Education	9	Health and education	Sustainable development
Energy	13	Energy	Sustainable development
Environment	10	Environment	Sustainable development
Finance	7	Finance	Finance and economy
Food and agriculture	11	Agriculture	Sustainable development
Health	57	Health	Sustainable development
HP	1	Foreign	Security
Human rights	2	Foreign	Security
IFI reform	1	Finance	Finance and economy
Information and communication technology	14	N/A	Sustainable development
Macroeconomic	12	Finance	Finance and economy
Microeconomic	3	Labour	Finance and economy
Non-proliferation	27	Foreign	Security
Nuclear safety	2	Foreign	Security
Regional security	19	Foreign	Security
Social policy	7	Health and education	Sustainable development
Terrorism	17	Crime, terror, justice, interior	Security
Trade	28	Trade	Finance and economy
Transparency	2	Foreign	Security
United Nations reform	3	Foreign	Security

Note: HP = Heiligendamm Process; IFI = international financial institution. N/A = not applicable.

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