CIGI experts discuss in-depth governance issues and challenges related to the G20 St Petersburg Summit 2013. For more commentary and analysis from the summit, visit CIGI's G20 Working Group activity.
In the Series
The Final Communiqué: Seeking a Sustainable Growth Framework
Trade highlights, honouring commitments to climate change, and implementation of a strong and sustainable growth framework -- Director of the Global Economy Program at CIGI Domenico Lombardi highlights key messaging from the final communiqué at the G20 Leaders' Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia.
The Final Communiqué: Standard Messaging and Discussion of Syria
With the G20 Leaders' Summit now at an end, CIGI Senior Fellow Susan Schadler comments on the contents of the final communiqué noting its lack of concrete commitments overall. While discussions and messaging touched on rebounding economies and sustaining the recovery, Schadler notes that the attention of both the press...
A Post-Crisis Summit and the Way Ahead
Following the release of the final communique, CIGI Senior Fellow Susan Schadler comments on summitry post- global financial crisis, the impact of the situation in Syria on the summit, and movement on a substantial BRICS fund agreement seemingly in reaction to slow IMF reform.
What to Expect from the Final Communiqué
Domenico Lombardi, Director of the Global Economy Program at the Centre for International Governance Innovation discuses today's Final Communique coming out of the G20 Leaders' Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. What can we expect?
The Development of the G20 and Achieving Progress in Economics
CIGI Senior Fellow Susan Schadler offers a review of the founding of the G20 following the financial crisis of 2008 and considers the summit's role as the world economy moves further into recovery. Without the urgency of a financial crisis, can the G20 focus and make progress on substantial economic...
Assessing Prospects for the G20 Summit
Domenico Lombardi, Director of the Global Economy Program at CIGI, comments on the Russian presidency's broad agenda at the Leaders' Summit. With so many priorities on the table, where are we most likely to see progress? Mr. Lombardi anticipates strong cooperation towards raising the rate potential growth — to impact...
G20 Russia: An Overview
Fred Kuntz, Vice President of Public Affairs at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), shares an overview of the media centre and grounds at the G20 Leaders' Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia.
The Russia G20 Leaders' Summit: What's at Stake for the Global Economy
This lunch and symposium event, held at the Rideau Club in Ottawa, is a joint event featuring speakers from the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), the Canadian Council of Chief Executives and the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Canada.
