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World Bank, the G20 Women and Finance
Seminar focused on the financial inclusion of
women, including gaps in financial literacy
and barriers to access to financial services for
female entrepreneurs.
In June 2013, the G20 Conference on Financial
Literacy and Financial Consumer Protection saw
presentations and discussions on hands-on tools
for supporting the design and implementation of
national financial inclusion strategies, including
baseline measurement and tools for evaluating
financial training programs.
On HRD, the DWG achieved further progress
implementing MYAP commitments by focusing on:
generating effective skills development policies to
foster skills anticipation activities, and developing
a skills indicator framework and database;
encouraging innovative approaches and resources
for better quality of training; and stimulating
knowledge-sharing activities through the Public-
Private Global Knowledge-Sharing Platform and
face-to-face knowledge-sharing workshops.
Russia also hosted a workshop on HRD, involving
eight representatives from four HRD pilot countries
to: seek their feedback on DWG efforts and identify
their priorities; discuss a report on the database of
skills indicators for employment and productivity in
LICs and options for a future database; and explore
potential steps to extend HRD activities to low and
mid-income countries.
1.5 Strengthening G20 Accountability for
Development Commitments
At the 2012 Los Cabos Summit, G20 leaders
requested the DWG to put in place an assessment
and accountability process for G20 development
actions before the 2013 St Petersburg Summit. This
process is an important step towards enhancing
transparency, identifying best practices and lessons
learned, drawing conclusions and determining next
steps.
In October 2012, the DWG agreed to complete its
first Accountability Report on Development for the
2013 St. Petersburg Summit. The objectives of the
Report are to:
Demonstrate
the G20's
commitment to
transparency and accountability through better
communication of its actions.
Clarify what development actions and policies
the G20 has made commitments to and track
their progress.
Wherever possible, identify most effective
actions and policies for meeting the objectives
of the G20 development agenda and make
sure that it addresses the needs of developing
countries, particularly LICs.
Contribute to future G20 development activities.
DWG members agreed that the first Accountability
Report should assess the implementation of a specific
scope of development commitments: all MYAP
actions and commitments made by G20 leaders in
their declarations, which emerged from DWG work
on the nine MYAP pillars and IGG. The DWG also
agreed that the Report should highlight the 2013
G20 development priorities of infrastructure, food
security, financial inclusion and HRD.
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