G20 Agenda for the World Economy: Asia-pacific Perspectives

This paper examines the agenda of this year’s G20 Brisbane summit namely, to promote strong economic growth and employment outcomes and to make the global economy more resilient to future shocks – in the context of key policy debates in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as discussions on the United Nations post-2015 development agenda. In particular, priority areas related to investment and infrastructure, trade, employment, financial inclusion and remittances, financial regulatory reforms, international tax cooperation and anti-corruption measures, and energy markets are explored. The paper finds that several issues addressed by the G20, including infrastructure financing and tax cooperation, are highly relevant for developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region and that there is significant room for synergy between the UN and G20 processes.