News
Dec 18, 2013 |
External News
Officials from member countries, guests and a number of international organisations met in Sydney on 16 and 17 December 2013 to discuss the way ahead for the G20’s development agenda in 2014. The Development Working Group (DWG) has an emphasis on ensuring developing and low income countries can contribute to, and benefit from, approaches taken by the G20 to promote stronger economic growth, employment outcomes and resilience.
More information can be found here.
Dec 1, 2013 |
GPFI News
On December 1, 2013, Australia officially assumed the Presidency of the G20. Australia’s G20 Presidency in 2014 will focus on promoting stronger economic growth and jobs and on making the global economy more resilient to deal with future shocks.
More information on Australia's G20 Presidency is available here.
Dec 1, 2013 |
External News
December 1, 2013, marks the official commencement of Australia’s Presidency of the G20. Read the full press release here.
Nov 12, 2013 |
External News
Low-income populations benefit the most from technological innovations such as mobile payments, mobile banking, and borrower identification based on fingerprinting and iris scans, according to a new World Bank Group report. Read the full announcement here.
Oct 23, 2013 |
GPFI News
Taking financial inclusion forward and making a real impact in the lives of low-income people and small enterprises has been featuring prominently in the international financial inclusion agenda. Significant components of the work undertaken in the GPFI had as an objective the enablement of policy formulation and target setting.
Oct 23, 2013 |
GPFI News
The GPFI Plenary was held on October 22, 2013, in St. Petersburg, Russia. The meeting offered an opportunity to take stock of achievements of the GPFI during the Russian G20 Presidency.
Oct 23, 2013 |
GPFI News
The third annual GPFI Forum was held in St. Petersburg, Russia, on October 21-22, 2013. Hosted by Russia’s G20 Presidency, the GPFI Forum was attended by representatives from G20 countries, non-G20 countries, GPFI Implementing Partners and other stakeholders and interested parties.
Oct 15, 2013 |
External News
Universal financial access is vital to reducing poverty, innovation key to overcoming the enormous challenge, says World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim. Read the full press release here.
Sep 18, 2013 |
External News
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released the results of the fourth annual Financial Access Survey (FAS) through the FAS website.
Read the full announcement here.
Sep 16, 2013 |
External News
Watch the video of the "Report from the G20 Leaders' Summit" session held on September 12, 2013, at the 2013 AFI Global Policy Forum.
