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Global Solutions Journal Recoupling VOLUME ∙ IssUE 2 GLOBAL SOLUTIONS JOURNAL RECOUPLING G20/T20 ARGENTINA 2018 SPECIAL ALBRIEU ∙ AKMAN ∙ BENTS ∙ BINETTI ∙ BRADFORD CERRUTTI ∙ CIURIAK ∙ DADUSH ∙ DÍAZ LANGOU ∙ DU DÜRIG ∙ ENGELS ∙ FITZGERALD ∙ GALLAGHER ∙ GAMMAGE GÖRLICH ∙ HOQUE ∙ HUANG ∙ KHARAS ∙ LANFRANCHI LOPEZ ∙ LUSTIG ∙ MERKEL ∙ MORRISON ∙ NOVIKOVA ORDÓÑEZ ∙ PEÑA ∙ PHELPS ∙ SNOWER ∙ THOMAS ∙ TING TWOMEY ∙ URBAN ∙ VON HALDENWANG ∙ WELLS VOLUME ∙ ISSUE 2 ∙ SEPTEMBER 2018 GLOBAL SOLUTIONS JOURNAL ∙ VOLUME ∙ IssUE 2 A roadmap for paradigm change Dennis J. Snower Dear readers, President, Global Solutions Initiative We are proud to present the second issue of President, Kiel Institute the Global Solutions Journal, launched on for the World Economy the occasion of the T20 Summit in Buenos Aires, marking the first G20 Presidency in South America. Markus Engels Director, Global The Global Solutions Journal addresses G20 Solutions Initiative challenges by bringing together policy rec- ommendations of thought leaders, and aims to find a common ground between these policy ideas and consonant action proposals of major decision makers. We strive to em- bed these recommendations and action pro- posals in a broader longer-term constella- tion of complementary visions for paradigm change in the management of global affairs. At present, the world suffers from a per- vasive decoupling of economic, social and environmental progress, since continued economic growth is often accompanied by widespread voter dissatisfaction, social fragmentation and conflict, and environ- www.tobiaskoch.net / mental degradation. The quest for a recou- pling of these domains provides an over- arching narrative for the recommendations described here. This is a particular challenge in the con- text of the new digital age. At the Global Solutions Summit 2018 in Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a new Koch Sabine Engels, Tobias copyrights: 4 Preface Global Solutions Summit 2018: Group photo with Chancellor Merkel system of data property rights. We aim to by the Council for Global Problem-Solving, rise to this challenge with a “digital initia- the research arm of the Global Solutions tive” to explore bold solution proposals for Initiative (GSI). This work is complimented the future of digital governance. by the practical experience of the GSI Mul- ti-Stakeholder Council, comprised of lead- Furthermore, the world faces other enor- ing decision-makers from politics, busi- mous challenges, all addressed in the T20 ness and civil society. The T20 Summit in process: Buenos Aires is the culmination of interna- • The challenges concerning the future of tional workshops and conferences, feeding work, infrastructure for development and a in to the Global Solutions Summit during sustainable food future; May 2018. After a successful Argentinian • rising trade conflicts which threaten to Presidency we are looking forward to the bring more poverty to the most vulnerable Japanese G20 Presidency 2019. As a step- people worldwide and ping stone to the Japanese T20 Summit in • anthropogenic climate change which is a May, the next Global Solutions Summit will threat to sustainable development and en- take place on March 18-19, 2019 in Berlin. dangers the survival of humanity. Yours, in hope and confidence, To address these challenges, the T20 Task Forces 2018 are generating policy recom- mendations and policy visions, supported 5 CONTENTS Global Solutions Journal DATA GOVERNANCE 12 Address at the Global Solutions Summit 2018 Angela Merkel 18 Emancipation in the age of digital slavery Dennis J. Snower CONTRIBUTIONS FROM T20 ARGENTINA 28 What Happened in Berlin: Argentina is present at a transition in the future of politics Colin Bradford 31 Advancing the G20’s commitment to the 2030 Agenda Homi Kharas, Sebastian Strauss, Guido Schmidt-Traub, Rodrigo Rodriguez Tornquist 38 Improving the G20’s coordination of the delivery and monitoring of the 2030 Agenda Andrea Ordóñez, Imme Scholz, Franklin Murillo, Gaurav Sharma, Kanako Tanaka, Koichi Yamada, Elisabeth Hege, Laura Cavalli 47 Enhancing climate resilience through urban infrastructure and metropolitan governance Gabriel Lanfranchi, Ana Carolina Herrero, John E. Fernández, Francisca Rojas, Katerina Trostman 57 Scaling development finance for our common future Kevin P. Gallagher, Leandro A. Serino, Danny Bradlow, José Siaba Serrate 67 The crypto-assets experience: Give technology a chance without milking users or investors (and keep close international oversight on potential collateral damage) Claude Lopez, Susana Nudelsman, Alfredo Gutiérrez Girault, José Siaba Serrate 75 Global food security and market stability: The role and concerns of large net food importers and exporters Jikun Huang, Martin Piñeiro, Valeria Piñeiro 82 Redirecting investment for a global food system that is sustainable and promotes healthy diets Jamie Morrison, Eduardo Bianchi, Catherine Bowyer, Rob Vos, Laura Wellesley 6 contents Volume ∙ Issue 2 91 Technological innovation and the future of work: A view from the South Ramiro Albrieu, Urvashi Aneja, Krish Chetty, Vikrom Mathur, Martín Rapetti, Antje Uhlig 101 Building on the Hamburg Statement and the G20 roadmap for digitalisazion – Towards a G20 framework for artificial intelligence in the workplace Paul Twomey 116 It takes more than a village. Effective early childhood development, education and care services require competent systems Mathias Urban, Alejandra Cardini, Rita Flórez Romero 125 Achieving “25 by 25”: Actions to make women's labour inclusion a G20 priority Gala Díaz Langou, Florencia Caro Sachetti, Estela Rivero Fuentes, Margarita Beneke de Sanfeliu, Cynthia L. Drakeman, Paloma Ochoa, Carolina Robino, Boris Branisa, Alina Sorgner 137 The imperative of addressing care needs for G20 countries Sarah Gammage, Abigail Hunt, Gala Díaz Langou, Estela Rivero Fuentes, Carla Isnaldi, Urvashi Aneja, Margo Thomas, Carolina Robino 155 Gender mainstreaming: A strategic approach Margo Thomas, Cesar Cordova Novion, Arjan de Haan, Gimena de León, Maxime Forest, Sandhya S. Iyer 174 Strengthening data on migration to inform policy making Marcela Cerrutti, Mariana Beheran, Katharine Donato, Silvia Giorguli 181 A vision of regional contribution to a more effective global governance: The case of the multilateral international trade system Félix Peña, Andrés Matias Schelp 190 The Sustainable Development Goals, domestic ressource mobilization and the poor Nora Lustig 198 Competition Christian von Haldenwang, Tommaso Faccio, Tobias Hentze, Thomas Mättig, Irma Johanna Mosquera Valderrama, Agustín Redonda, Gabriela Rigoni, Jakob Schwab, Rob Vos 7 CONTENTS GLOBALIZATION 206 The 21st century economy: Does a sustainable solution space exist? Dan Ciuriak REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 214 A global Latin America: Regional contributions to address world challenges Bruno Binetti 215 Sustainable urban development, Phu My Hung New City Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Albert K. Ting SOCIAL COHESION 223 Building future women leaders: Building and empowering future women leaders for developed and developing societies Nancy Hoque 225 On pension savings and recoupling needs: How voting with nest eggs can address wealth, empowerment and social solidarity Yelena Novikova 227 It is about more than a job – How civil society, businesses and the public sector can jointly contribute to better integration Uta-Micaela Dürig 232 Turning around the downward spiral of economic, social and political cohesion Edmund S. Phelps 236 Realigning virtue Samuel Wells 8 contents SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS 244 Why we need start-ups for the 2030 Agenda Julian Bents 246 Shaping the global tax base equitably: International cooperation to stop corporate tax avoidance and re-source the SDGs Edmund FitzGerald TRADE 254 Regulating for financial inclusion: Considerations for regulators in the digital financial services space Linda Du 255 Mitigating adjustment costs of international trade Sait Akman, Clara Brandi, Peter Draper, Uri Dadush, Andreas Freytag, Miriam Kautz, Peter Rashish, Johannes Schwarzer, Rob Vos ThE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS SUMMIT 2018 270 A stepping stone to Buenos Aires Dennis Görlich 274 Review: The Global Solutions Summit 2018 282 Imprint 9 Data Governance Data Governance Page 12 Address at the Global Solutions Summit 2018 Angela Merkel Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Page 18 Emancipation in the age of digital slavery Dennis J. Snower Global Solutions Initiative, Kiel Institute for the World Economy 11 GLOBAL SOLUTIONS JOURNAL ∙ VOLUME ∙ IssUE 2 Address at the Global Solutions Summit 2018 The author: Dear Prof. Snower, Angela Merkel Ladies and Gentlemen, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany I am delighted, Professor Snower, to attend today’s T20 Global Solutions Summit. The fact that “Solutions” are being discussed shows a degree of optimism, and indeed we need this if we want to tackle and then mas- ter the global challenges of our times. That global issues can actually only be solved with a global approach, of that we are - I personally am - firmly convinced. This conviction however, as we can see, isn’t shared by all. Without a doubt, the very im- portant multilateral approach is currently under pressure, even in crisis. Through pro- tectionist and isolationist thinking, it is actu- ally under attack and is being challenged, to put it mildly. Formats such as a G20, which bring representatives of the strongest glob- al industrialized nations together are all the more important. And even more important are meetings such as this one, in which citizens and
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