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Sustainable development
KEY TAKEAWAYS
An action plan will be formulated
for the 2030 Agenda
Several G20 working groups
should share the responsibility
Zhu Jiejin
Associate Professor
Fudan University
Zhu Jiejin is an associate professor
at the School of International
Relations and Public Affairs at
Fudan University. His research
interest is global economic
governance, especially the G20,
the BRICS and multilateral
development banks.
www.sirpa-en.fudan.edu.cn
Mainstreaming the
development agenda
The G20 Development Working Group can play a unique role
in implementing the 2030 Agenda, writes Zhu Jiejin
A
s the largest developing
country to host the G20
summit, China has paid special
attention to the development
agenda in its G20 presidency.
As a result, there will be several firsts at the
Hangzhou Summit. One will be an action
plan to implement the United Nations 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Another will be mainstreaming the
development agenda within the G20 system.
The G20 Development Working Group
is in charge of the action plan and is
playing a leading role in implementing
the 2030 Agenda. The 2030 Agenda’s 17
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
and its 169 targets go far beyond its scope,
however. The Development Working Group
should invite other G20 working groups
to share the responsibility. There is some
overlap and inconsistency with other G20
working groups, such as the Employment
Working Group and the Investment
and Infrastructure Working Group.
Mainstreaming the development agenda
in the G20 system and improving
coordination and policy coherence are
even more important for the G20’s role in
164 G20 China: The Hangzhou Summit • September 2016 G7G20.com