G20 Communiqué Reaction: Litmus Test is in Implementation

Speaker: Thomas A. Bernes

Series: G20 Brisbane

November 15, 2014

G20 Communiqué Reaction: Litmus Test is in Implementation

“If fully implemented” – these are key words in the final communiqué of the G20 leaders’ following their 2014 summit in Brisbane.  Their action plan lists 1,000 measures developed by member countries, in order to achieve an additional 2 per cent growth in global GDP over five years. CIGI Distinguished Fellow Thomas Bernes asks: will leaders have the political will to take the necessary action, once they are back at home?

Series: G20 Brisbane

CIGI experts discuss in-depth governance issues and challenges related to the G20 Brisbane Summit 2014. For more commentary and analysis from the summit, visit CIGI's G20 thematic.

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