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and knowledge sharing.
Each of the pillars includes specific time-bound
actions. Groups of G20 members co-facilitated the
pillars, taking the lead in driving the implementation
of relevant actions. In most cases, international
organizations and multilateral development
banks (MDBs) are also closely involved. To tackle
development challenges MYAP implementation
utilized different mechanisms such as pilot projects,
knowledge sharing tools and workshops, and
involved engagement with a wide range of partners.
The DWG has greatly benefitted from the valuable
contributions of international organisations (IOs) to:
assess relevant policy questions (e.g. on causes of
food price volatility); take stock of existing initiatives
and instruments (e.g. in the area of social protection);
develop policy recommendations and toolkits (e.g.on
inclusive green growth and remittances); developing
new initiatives (e.g. Agricultural Market Information
System, AMIS, and AgResults) and action plans
(e.g. MDBs joint action plan on infrastructure).
This report focuses on work undertaken by the
DWG, recognizing that other G20 work streams
provided important inputs and developed relevant
deliverables. In this regard, collaborative work
being undertaken with other work streams include
on financial inclusion with the finance track and
the Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion*
(GPFI), food security with the agriculture track, and
infrastructure with the study group for the long-term
financing for investment.
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Engagement with external stakeholders is a
fundamental part of the DWG's approach
reflected in three of the six G20 Development
Principles, namely on private sector participation,
partnerships with LICs and complementarily with
IOS.
1.4 The Role of Each G20 Presidency
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Since the launch of the G20 development agenda,
each successive G20 Presidency has chosen its own
development priorities, while respecting the DWG's
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of the G20 Development Working Group
consensus-based approach. This has allowed the
DWG to focus its efforts and report each year on
those priorities, while advancing work on all the
G20 development commitments in the MYAP and
leaders' declarations.
1.4.1 2011 French G20 Presidency
During the French Presidency, the DWG concentrated
its efforts on three lines: setting the foundations for
strong and balanced growth; building resilience
and fostering sustainable and shared growth; and
exploring new ways of cooperation, building on
the Seoul Development Consensus shared vision
for development among G20 members. Although
the DWG continued work on all nine MYAP pillars
in 2011, it concentrated on infrastructure and food
security, and convened the first G20 Ministerial
Meeting on Development in September 2011 in
Washington DC.
On infrastructure, the goal of the G20 under the
French Presidency was to address the infrastructure
financing gap, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa,
and identify bottlenecks impeding infrastructure
investment. Two main actions were pursued:
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Under MYAP commitment one, MDBs prepared
an Infrastructure Action Plan to, among other
things, improve MDB loan policies for regional
projects, harmonize procurement practices and
reinforce the capacities of developing countries.
To implement MYAP commitment 12, France
invited seventeen distinguished private sector
experts to form a High Level Panel on Infrastructure
Investment (HLP). The HLP's mandate was to
comment on the MDB Action Plan and formulate
recommendations, especially on financing
instruments to attract private investors. Its report
supported the MDB Action Plan and determined
six criteria for selecting exemplary infrastructure
projects: regional integration, political support,
transformational and environmental impact,
maturity, institutional capacity and bankability
to the private sector. Eleven such projects were
highlighted.
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