Background Books
G20 Turkey: The Antalya Summit 2015
Edited by John Kirton and Madeline Koch, with guest editor Güven Sak
Published by Newsdesk Media Group and the G20 Research Group, 2015
For a free downloadable electronic version, click here.
Leaders' perspectives
- An agenda of inclusiveness
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President, Republic of Turkey
- Now is the time to assess progress and focus on key issues
- Enrique Peńa Nieto, President, Mexico
- As the world changes, so too must the G20
- Jean-Claude Juncker, President, European Commission
- Viewpoints from across the G20
- Selected quotes addressing global issues from some of the leaders gathering in Antalya for the 2015 G20 summit
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Global contributors to G20 governance
- Forming a common strategy
- Ilham Aliyev, President, Republic of Azerbaijan
- Ending Africa's marginalisation
- Macky Sall, President, Republic of Senegal, and Chair, NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee
- Building a more inclusive world for all
- Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chair, African Union Commission
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Members' perspectives
- Brazil backs practical inclusion initiatives
- Ambassador Carlos Márcio Bicalho Cozendey, Sherpa and Vice-Minister for the Economy and Finance, Ministry of External Relations, Brazil
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Editor's introduction
- Prospects for the G20 at Antalya
- John Kirton, Co-director, G20 Research Group
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Spotlight on Turkey
- Seeking inclusive and robust growth through collective action
- Professor Ahmet Davutoglu, Prime Minister, Republic of Turkey
- Shared vision, global progress
- Cevdet Yilmaz, Deputy Prime Minister, Republic of Turkey
- Turkey's inclusive G20 energy agenda
- Ali Riza Alaboyun, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Republic of Turkey
- Inclusiveness in the labour market
- Ahmet Erdem, Minister of Labour and Social Security, Republic of Turkey
- Openness in the business community
- Rifat Hisarciklioglu, Chair, B20, and President, Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey
- Contributing to sustainable development
- Güven Sak, Chair, Think 20
- Low-profile forums making a big impact
- Andrew F Cooper, Professor, Balsillie School of International Affairs and Director, Centre for the Study on Rapid Global Change, University of Waterloo
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The G20 in numbers
A look at how G20 members compare on statistics ranging from gross domestic product to labour-market participation
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Business round table
The business viewpoint Executives from two major international organisations share their perspectives on issues on the G20 agenda
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Growing the global economy
- Uprooting inequality to unleash growth
- Angel Gurria, Secretary General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Interview: An ominous moment
- Larry Summers, Charles W Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus, Har vard University
- Chinese reform vital to linked economies
- Naoki Tanaka, President, Centre for International Public Policy Studies
- Managing sovereign debt restructuring
- Domenico Lombardi, Director, Global Economy, Centre for International Governance Innovation
- A turning point in international taxation
- Pascal Saint-Amans, Director, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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Trade and investment
- The G20 trade agenda under Turkey's presidency
- Nihat Zeybekci, Minister for the Economy, Republic of Turkey
- Rooting out corruption
- Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization
- Tourism in the new sustainable development agenda
- Taleb Rifai, Secretar y General, World Tourism Organization
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Strengthening G20 economies
- Re-evaluating the SME policy toolbox
- Carlos Magariños, Global Chair, Global Alliance of SMEs
- Avoiding the slow-growth trap
- Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization
- The business agenda for structural reform
- Bernhard Welschke, Secretary General, Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD
- Keeping the promise on education
- Claudia Costin, Senior Director, Education, World Bank Group
- Making the workplace work for women
- Julia Kulik, Senior Researcher, G20 Research Group
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Investing in infrastructure
- How to create successful public-private partnerships
- Takehiko Nakao, President, Asian Development Bank
- New structures for finance
- Dr Ahmad Mohamed Ali Al Madani, President, Islamic Development Bank Group
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Regulating finance for stability and growth
- Building stability into the system
- Christian Noyer, Chair, Board of Directors, Bank for International Settlements
- Should we be optimistic about China's economy?
- Wang Yong, Director, Centre for International Political Economy Research, Peking University
- Cause for reflection
- Lida Preyma, Director, Capital Markets Research, Global Finance
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Development
- Progress for women means progress for all
- Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator and Chair of the UN Development Group
- India's priorities for the G20 summit
- Yoginder K Alagh, former minister of power, planning, science and technology, India, and Chancellor, Central University of Gujarat
- A quiet financial revolution
- Alfred Hannig, Executive Director, Alliance for Financial Inclusion
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Global health
- Healthy economies depend on healthy children
- Anthony Lake, Executive Director, UNICEF
- Time to turn the corner on AIDS
- Michel Sidibé, Executive Director, UNAIDS, and Undersecretary General, United Nations
- Preventing the spread of Ebola into the Caribbean
- C James Hospedales and Babatunde Olowokure, Caribbean Public Health Agency
- Why the G20 must embrace a new health agenda
- Ilona Kickbusch, Global Health Programme, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
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Energy and climate change
- Equitable energy ambitions
- Abdalla Salem El-Badri, Secretary General, OPEC
- Lighting the way forward
- Andrew M Herscowitz, Coordinator, Power Africa, and Katrina Pielli, Senior Energy Advisor, US Agency for International Development
- Time to focus on climate finance
- Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- Once in a generation
- Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme and Under-Secretary General, United Nations
- Taking the lead in international climate efforts
- Parker Liautaud, One Young World Ambassador
- Global climate challenges: assessing the G20's response
- Ella Kokotsis, Director of Accountability, G20 Research Group
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Agriculture and food security
- A plan for action on food security
- Kutbettin Arzu, Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Republic of Turkey
- Extending social protection to end poverty and hunger
- Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director, World Food Programme
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G20 governance and security
- Severing the lifeline of criminals
- Denisse Rudich, Director, G20 Research Group London
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Strengthening the G20 system
- Interview: G20 must give more support to multilateral institutions
- The Right Honourable Paul Martin, former Prime Minister, Canada
- Towards an earnest inclusion of all in the world economy
- Zeynep Bodur Okyay and Meryem Aslan, Civil 20
- Extraordinary times necessitate action from G20 leaders
- Ergun Atalay, Chair, L20 Turkey Steering Committee; Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation; and John Evans, General Secretary, Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD
- Youth 20: building a more successful economic future
- Dr Emre Cenker, President, Youth 20
- Bringing more women into the global economy
- Gülden Türktan, Chair, W20 Turkey and member of the Presidential Council of KAGIDER
- Inspiring leadership and action for development
- Reverend Dr Karen Hamilton, General Secretary, Canadian Council of Churches, and Brian J Adams, Director, Centre for Interfaith and Cultural Dialogue, Griffith University, and Convener, 2015 G20 Interfaith Summit
- Lessons in public diplomacy
- Caitlin Byrne and Scott Blakemore, Bond University
- BRICS and the G20: cooperation in context
- Marina Larionova, International Organisations Research Institute, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia
- Making good on G20 commitments
- Caroline Bracht, Senior Researcher, University of Toronto's G20 Research Group
- Building bridges over the Bosphorus
- Dries Lesage, Ghent Institute for International Studies, Ghent University, Belgium
- China and the G20: A Think Tank Perspective [full-length version]
- Wang Wen, Executive Dean, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China
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Leaders' profiles
Sponsors' index
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