The G20 is an informal forum. It is not an international organisation and has neither administrative structures of its own nor permanent offices for its members. For discussions concerning the finance sector, finance ministers and central bank governors come together at meetings that are prepared by the finance ministers’ and central bank governors’ deputies and their teams. G20 decisions may not be legally binding, but they do have a strong political influence and can provide impetus for reforms on the national and multinational level.
Here you can find a selection of communiqués from the G20 meetings of finance ministers and central bank governors since 2008, as well as other relevant G20 working papers (available for download in PDF format).
G20 Finance Track documents
G20 Presidency India 2023
G20 Presidency Indonesia 2022
G20 Presidency Italy 2021
G20 Presidency Saudi Arabia 2020
G20 Presidency Japan 2019
G20 Osaka Declaration on Digital Economy [pdf, 114KB]
G20 Osaka Leaders’ Declaration [pdf, 756KB]
G20 Presidency Argentina 2018
International Financial Architecture
Report of the G20 Eminent Persons Group on Global Financial Governance [pdf, 1MB]
Communiqué
Communiqué G20 Finance Ministers & Central Bank Governors Meeting 21-22 July 2018, Buenos Aires [pdf, 1MB]
Reports mentioned in the communiqué
Global Economy
G-20 Surveillance Note - Finance Ministers & Central Bank Governors Meeting 21-22 July 2018, Buenos Aires [pdf, 627KB]
Future of Work
G20 Menu of Policy Options for the Future of Work [pdf, 205KB]
Future of Work: Measurement and Policy Challenges [pdf, 683KB]
Infrastructure
G20 Principles for the Infrastructure Project Preparation Phase [pdf, 384KB]
G20/OECD Effective Approaches for Implementing the G20/OECD High-Level Principles on SME Financing [pdf, 674KB]
Financial Regulation
Cyber Lexicon [pdf, 188KB]
Crypto-assets [pdf, 257KB]
International Financial Architecture
The IMF’s Institutional View on Capital Flows in Practice [pdf, 353KB]
The OECD Code of Liberalisation of Capital Movements: Update on Developments [pdf, 2MB]
International Taxation
OECD Secretary-General Report to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors [pdf, 3MB]
Anti-money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
FATF Report to the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors [pdf, 509KB]
Financial Inclusion
G20 Policy Guide Digitisation and informality - Harnessing digital financial inclusion for individuals and MSMEs in the informal economy [pdf, 1MB]
Chair´s Summary
Chair’s Summary Washington April 2018 [pdf, 687KB]Background documents
G20 Compact with Africa:
Financial Regulation
Communiqué
Reports mentioned in the communiqué
Global Economy
Future of Work
Infrastructure
Financial Regulation
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Chair's Letter to G20 Ministers and Governors March 2018 [pdf, 239KB]
FSB Correspondent banking progress report March 2018 [pdf, 196KB]
FSB Remittance firms' access - stocktake [pdf, 384KB]
FSB Cyber lexicon progress update for G20 [pdf, 59KB]
International Taxation
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OECD Secretary General Update on Tax Challenges Arising from Digitalisation [pdf, 139KB]
Tax Challenges Arising from Digitalisation - Interim Report 2018 [pdf, 6MB]
Anti-money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
G20 Presidency Germany 2017
Chair´s Summary
Chair’s Summary Washington October 2017 [pdf, 106KB]
Background documents
Global Economy and Framework for Growth
G20 Report on Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth [pdf, 905KB]
International Financial Architecture
Eminent Persons Group on Global Financial Governance: Update for the G20 Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors [pdf, 104KB]
Financial Sector Development and Regulation
Second Phase of the G20 Data Gaps Initiative (DGI-2) - Second Progress Report [pdf, 794KB]
Communiqué
- G20 Leaders’ Declaration - Shaping an interconnected world [pdf, 410KB]
- G20 Hamburg Action Plan [pdf, 455KB]
- Annex to G20 Leaders’ Declaration [pdf, 145KB]
- Hamburg Update: Taking forward the G20 action plan on the 2030 agenda for sustainable development [pdf, 847KB]
- The Hamburg G20 Leaders’ Statement on Countering Terrorism [pdf, 189KB]
Growth strategy
- Growth Strategy Argentina [pdf, 1MB]
- Growth Strategy Australia [pdf, 967KB]
- Growth Strategy Brazil [pdf, 1MB]
- Growth Strategy Canada [pdf, 735KB]
- Growth Strategy China [pdf, 1MB]
- Growth Strategy Spain [pdf, 820KB]
- Growth Strategy European Union [pdf, 845KB]
- Growth Strategy France [pdf, 809KB]
- Growth Strategy United Kingdom [pdf, 1MB]
- Growth Strategy Germany [pdf, 901KB]
- Growth Strategy Indonesia [pdf, 1MB]
- Growth Strategy India [pdf, 993KB]
- Growth Strategy Italy [pdf, 712KB]
- Growth Strategy Japan [pdf, 901KB]
- Growth Strategy Korea [pdf, 887KB]
- Growth Strategy Mexico [pdf, 898KB]
- Growth Strategy Russia [pdf, 883KB]
- Growth Strategy Saudi Arabia [pdf, 994KB]
- Growth Strategy Turkey [pdf, 1MB]
- Growth Strategy United States [pdf, 648KB]
- Growth Strategy South Africa [pdf, 777KB]
Reports metioned in the communiqué and in the Hamburg Action Plan
Global Economy and Framework for Growth
- IMF, OECD: Quantifying the Implementation and Impact of G-20 Members' Growth Strategies [pdf, 573KB]
- FWG: Hamburg Accountability Assessment [pdf, 781KB]
- IMF: Fostering Inclusive Growth [pdf, 1MB]
- OECD, WBG: A policy framework to help guide the G20 in its development of policy options to foster more inclusive growth [pdf, 1MB]
International Financial Architecture
- Joint MDB Statement of Ambitions for Crowding in Private Finance [pdf, 985KB]
- MDB’s Joint Declaration of Aspirations on Action to Support Infrastructure Investment – Follow up on Actions taken in 2016 [pdf, 576KB]
- Principles of MDBs’ strategy for crowding-in Private Sector Finance for growth and sustainable development [pdf, 598KB]
- Second Report to the G20 on the MDB Action Plan to optimize Balance Sheets [pdf, 94KB]
- GICA: Update on Global Infrastructure Connectivity Alliance [pdf, 1MB]
- IMF: Increasing Resilience to Large and Volatile Capital Flows: The Role of Macroprudential Policies (July 2017) [pdf, 1MB]
Financial Sector Development and Regulation
- FSB: Assessment of shadow banking activities, risks and the adequacy of post-crisis policy tools to address financial stability concerns 30 June [pdf, 653KB]
- FSB: Implementation and Effects of the G20 Financial Regulatory Reforms - 28 June 2017 3rd Annual Report [pdf, 3MB]
- FSB: Framework for Post-Implementation Evaluation of the Effects of the G20 Financial Regulatory Reforms [pdf, 132KB]
- BCBS, BIS: Implementation of Basel standards - A report to G20 Leaders on implementation of the Basel III regulatory reforms [pdf, 252KB]
- FSB: Policy Recommendations to Address Structural Vulnerabilities from Asset Management Activities [pdf, 634KB]
- FSB: Review of OTC derivatives market reforms [pdf, 1MB]
- FSB, BCBS, CPMI, IOSCO: CCP Resilience, Recovery and Resolvability - Report on the Implementation of the Joint Workplan for Strengthening the Resilience, Recovery and Resolvability of CCPs [pdf, 104KB]
- CPMI, BIS, IOSCO: Resilience of central counterparties (CCPs): Further guidance on the PFMI [pdf, 561KB]
- OECD: Methodology for Assessing the Implementation of the G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance [pdf, 863KB]
- GFSG: G20 Green Finance Synthesis Report [pdf, 740KB]
- TCFD: Recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures [pdf, 2MB]
- FSB: Financial Stability Implications from FinTech [pdf, 577KB]
- FSB: Progress Update on Cybersecurity Stock-Take [pdf, 34KB]
- GPFI: 2017 Financial Inclusion Action Plan [pdf, 1,010KB]
- GPFI, BMZ, GIZ, WBG, IFC: Climate Smart Financing for Rural MSMEs: Enabling Policy Frameworks [pdf, 2MB]
- SME Finance Forum, GPFI, WBG, ICF: Alternative Data Transforming SME Finance [pdf, 2MB]
- OECD, INFE: Ensuring financial education and consumer protection for all in the digital age [pdf, 2MB]
- PFI, WBG: Digital Financial Inclusion: Emerging Policy Approaches [pdf, 5MB]
- GPFI, Better Than Cash Alliance: Building inclusive digital Payments ecosystems: Guidance Note for Governments [pdf, 961KB]
- OECD, INFE: Report on Adult Financial Literacy Competencies in G20 Countries [pdf, 2MB]
International Taxation
Other Issues
- FSB: Action plan to assess and address the decline in correspondent banking. [pdf, 460KB]
- GPFI: 2017 Update to Leaders on Progress Towards the G20 Remittance Target [pdf, 495KB]
Background documents
International Financial Architecture
- G20 International Financial Architecture Working Group - 2017 Final Report [pdf, 540KB]
- IMF: Staff Note fot the G20 IFAWG - Recent developments on local currency bond markets in emerging economies [pdf, 365KB]
Financial Sector Development and Regulation
- FSB: Chair’s letter to G20 Summit [pdf, 185KB]
- FSB: Guidance on Central Counterparty Resolution and Resolution Planning [pdf, 174KB]
- FSB: Reducing misconduct risks in the financial sector [pdf, 126KB]
- CPMI, BIS, IOSCO: Recovery of financial market infrastructures [pdf, 377KB]
- GPFI: 2017 Progress Report to the G20 Leaders [pdf, 554KB]
- GPFI: G20 Financial Inclusion Action Plan Progress Report 2014-2017 [pdf, 889KB]
- GPFI, WBG: G20 Action Plan on SME Financing: Credit Infrastructure Country Self-Assessment Consolidated Report [pdf, 1MB]
- Enhancing Environmental Risk - Assessment in Financial Decision-Making [pdf, 2MB]
- Improving the Availability and Usefulness of Publicly Available Environmental Data for Financial Analysis [pdf, 2MB]
- Green Finance Progress Report [pdf, 2MB]
International Taxation
Other Issues
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G20 Africa Partnership Conference Report [pdf, 9MB]
Chair’s Summary_G20 Africa Partnership Conference [pdf, 2MB] - G20 Programme [pdf, 374KB]
- G20 Compact with Africa - Ghana [pdf, 1MB]
- G20 Compact with Africa - Tunisia [pdf, 11MB]
- G20 Compact with Africa - Senegal [pdf, 2MB]
- G20 Compact with Africa - Rwanda [pdf, 2MB]
- G20 Compact with Africa - Côte d’Ivoire [pdf, 2MB]
- G20 Compact with Africa - Morocco [pdf, 8MB]
- G20 Compact with Africa - Ethiopia [pdf, 535KB]
Chair’s Summary
Background documents
Global Economy and Framework for Growth
- IMF: Increasing Resilience to Large and Volatile Capital Flows: The Role of Macroprudential Policies (April 2017) [pdf, 325KB]
- OECD: OECD Technical Report on Progress on Structural Reforms Under the Enhanced G20 Structural Reform Agenda [pdf, 1MB]
International Financial Architecture
- GICA: G20 Global Infrastructure Connectivity Alliance - G20 Work Plan [pdf, 1MB]
- IFA WG: Principles of MDBs’ strategy for crowding-in Private Sector Finance for growth and sustainable development [pdf, 598KB]
Financial Sector Development and Regulation
- BIS CGFS: Report on repo market functioning [pdf, 1MB]
- FSB: Proposed Framework for Post-Implementation Evaluation of the Effects of the G20 Financial Regulatory Reforms - Consultation document on main elements [pdf, 108KB]
- Chair's Summary of the G20 Workshop “Helping SMEs Go Global – Moving Forward in SME Finance” [pdf, 2MB]
- OECD & INFE: Ensuring financial education and consumer protection for all in the digital age [pdf, 2MB]
- WBG & GPFI: Emerging approaches to support HLP on digital financial inclusion [pdf, 5MB]
Communiqué
Reports mentioned in the communiqué
Global Economy and Framework for Growth
Compact with Africa
International Financial Architecture
- G20: Principles for effective coordination between the IMF and MDBs in case of countries requesting financing while facing macroeconomic vulnerabilities [pdf, 19KB]
- G20: Compass for GDP-linked bonds [pdf, 31KB]
- G20: Operational Guidelines for Sustainable Financing [pdf, 93KB]
Financial Sector Development and Regulation
- FSB: Policy Recommendations to Address Structural Vulnerabilities from Asset Management Activities [pdf, 634KB]
- FSB: Guidance on Central Counterparty Resolution and Resolution Planning [pdf, 381KB]
International Taxation
Other Issues
- FATF: FATF Guidance Correspondent Banking Services [pdf, 2MB]
- FSB: FSB action plan to assess and address the decline in correspondent banking [pdf, 424KB]
- IAG: Update on the Data Gaps Initiative and the Outcome of the Workshop on Data Sharing [pdf, 400KB]
Background documents
Global Economy and Framework for Growth
- IMF: Increasing Resilience to Large and Volatile Capital Flows: The Role of Macroprudential Policies (November 2016) [pdf, 109KB]
- IMF: A Macroeconomic Perspective on Resilience [pdf, 291KB]
- OECD: OECD G20 Policy Paper on Economic Resilience and Structural Policies [pdf, 654KB]
- BIS: Economic resilience: a financial perspective [pdf, 919KB]
International Financial Architecture
- IMF: Toward A More Resilient Global Financial Architecture [pdf, 121KB]
- Global Infrastructure Hub: Report to G20 Deputy Finance Ministers and Deputy Central Bank Governors on MDB Internal Incentives for Crowding-in Private Investment in Infrastructure [pdf, 1MB]
- The OECD Code of Liberalisation of Capital Movements: Update on developments [pdf, 332KB]
- IFA WG Co-Chairs: G20 International Financial Architecture Working Group Co-chairs summary [pdf, 230KB]
- IMF: Staff Note for the G20: State-Contingent Debt Instruments for Sovereigns [pdf, 480KB]
Financial Sector Development and Regulation
G20 Presidency China 2016
- Leaders’ Declaration, G20 Antalya Summit, 15/16 November 2015 [pdf, 320KB]
- G20 Antalya Action Plan, 15/16 November 2015 [pdf, 502KB]
- G20 Leaders’ Statement on the fight against terrorism, 15/16 November 2015 [pdf, 205KB]
- Communiqué, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, Ankara, 4/5 September 2015 [pdf, 325KB]
- Chair’s Statement, Joint Meeting of Finance and Labour Ministers, Ankara, 4/5 September 2015 [pdf, 186KB]
- Communiqué, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, Washington D.C., 16/17 April 2015 [pdf, 306KB]
- Communiqué, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, Istanbul 9/10 February 2015 [pdf, 273KB]
- Leaders’ Declaration, G20 Brisbane Summit, 15/16 November 2014 [pdf, 691KB]
- Annex to the Leaders’ Declaration, G20 Brisbane Summit, 15/16 November 2014 [pdf, 188KB]
- G20 Leaders’ Statement on Ebola, 15/16 November 2014 [pdf, 141KB]
- Communiqué, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, Cairns, 20/21 September 2014 [pdf, 106KB]
- Communiqué, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, Washington D.C., 10/11. April 2014 [pdf, 171KB]
- Communiqué, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, Sydney, 22/23 February 2014 [pdf, 37KB]
- Communiqué, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, Washington D.C., 10/11 October 2013 [pdf, 112KB]
- Leaders’ Declaration, G20 St. Petersburg Summit, September 2013 [pdf, 869KB]
- Tax Annex to the Leaders’ Declaration, G20 St. Petersburg Summit, September 2013 [pdf, 107KB]
- G20 St. Petersburg Action Plan, September 2013 [pdf, 362KB]
- G20 FSB Roadmap, September 2013 [pdf, 33KB]
- Communiqué, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, Moscow, 19/20 July 2013 [pdf, 311KB]
- Communiqué, Labour and Employment and Finance Ministers Meeting, Moscow, 19 July 2013 [pdf, 66KB]
- Communiqué, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, Washington D.C., 18/19 April 2013 [pdf, 259KB]
- Communiqué, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, Moscow, 15/16 February 2013 [pdf, 340KB]
- Final Communiqué, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, Mexico City, 4/5 November 2012 [pdf, 212KB]
- Leaders’ Declaration, G20 Los Cabos Summit, 18/19 June 2012 [pdf, 249KB]
- G20 Los Cabos Growth and Jobs Action Plan, 18/19 June 2012 [pdf, 508KB]
- Final Communiqué, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, Washington D.C., 19/20 April 2012 [pdf, 166KB]
- Communiqué, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, Mexico City, 25/26 February 2012 [pdf, 174KB]
- Leaders’ Declaration, G20 Cannes Summit, 3/4 November 2011 [pdf, 30KB]
- G20 Cannes Growth and Jobs Action Plan, 3/4 November 2011 [pdf, 28KB]
- Communiqué, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, Paris, 14/15 October 2011 [pdf, 265KB]
- Communiqué, Ministerial Meeting on Development, Communiqué, Washington D.C., 23 September 2011 [pdf, 118KB]
- Preliminary Report on the G20 Action Plan on Development, Ministerial Meeting on Development, Washington D.C., 23 September 2011 [pdf, 114KB]
- Communiqué, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, Washington D.C., 14/15 April 2011 [pdf, 47KB]
- Communiqué, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, Paris, 18/19 February 2011 [pdf, 186KB]
- Leaders’ Declaration, G20 Seoul Summit, 11/12 November 2010 [pdf, 149KB]
- Annex to the Leaders’ Declaration, G20 Seoul Summit, 11/12 November 2010 [pdf, 112KB]
- Communiqué, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, Gyeongju, 23 October 2010 [pdf, 36KB]
- G20 Toronto Summit Declaration, 26/27 June 2010 [pdf, 497KB]
- Communiqué, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, Busan, 5 June 2010 [pdf, 37KB]
- Communiqué, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, Washington D.C., 23 April 2010 [pdf, 46KB]
- Leaders’ Declaration, G20 Pittsburgh Summit, 24/25 September 2009 [pdf, 99KB]
- Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, London Declaration 4/5 September 2009 [pdf, 17KB]
- Leaders’ Declaration, G20 London Summit, 2 April 2009 [pdf, 164KB]
- Annex to the Leaders’ Declaration: Strenghthening the financial system, G20 London Summit, 2 April 2009 [pdf, 113KB]
- Communiqué, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, London, 14 March 2009 [pdf, 29KB]
- Annex to the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Communiqué, London, 14 March 2009 [pdf, 24KB]