G20 Development Working Group Submissions

Saint Petersburg Accountability Report on G20 Development Commitments Executive Summary Executive Summary In June 2010 at the Toronto Summit, the G20 leaders established the G20 Development Working Group (DWG) with the aim of implementing a development agenda. At the Seoul Summit in November 2010, leaders adopted the Seoul Development Consensus for Shared Growth to "add value to and complement existing development commitments". They also adopted the Multi-Year Action Plan on Development (MYAP) to set the DWG work program. The G20's approach to development is characterized by its focus on international economic cooperation and is framed by the six G20 Development Principles set out in the Seoul Development Consensus. The nine "pillars" of the MYAP where G20 actions were identified as necessary to resolve the key bottlenecks to strong, inclusive and sustainable growth in developing countries were: infrastructure, human resource development, trade, private investment and job creation, food security, growth with resilience, financial inclusion, domestic resource mobilization and knowledge sharing. During the 2011 French Presidency, steps were taken to address all the pillars of the MYAP. The DWG concentrated on infrastructure and food security, and convened the first G20 Ministerial Meeting on Development in September 2011 in Washington DC. Under the 2012 Mexican Presidency, the DWG prioritized work on infrastructure development, food security and introduced inclusive green growth as a cross-cutting issue, while continuing work on all MYAP pillars. Under the 2013 Russian Presidency, the DWG put special emphasis on food security, infrastructure, financial inclusion, human resource development and initiated the process for ensuring assessment and accountability for the G20 development commitments. In 2013, the DWG conducted its first accountability exercise on the 67 commitments originating from the Seoul MYAP and 2011-2012 Leaders' Declarations relevant to the DWG's work. The DWG assessed progress in the nine pillars of the MYAP and in inclusive green growth. This process examined implementation, identified lessons learned, drew 90 Executive Summary

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