The G-20 works better in a crisis, said John Kirton, co-director of the G-20 Research Group at the University of Toronto.
He has already started setting up a G-20 group of ex-leaders, labor officials and other nonpolitical, nonelected individuals to interact and advice the G-20.
Today, at the Seoul Summit, G-20 issued a statement that includes principles on development and a comprehensive multi-year Plan of Action for future G-20 engagement.
"The anxieties among the Koreans and other emerging nations are that the G-20 may not last, " said Avinash Persaud, chairman of Intelligence Capital, who attended recent G-20 deputy finance minister meetings.
At the Group of 20 (G-20) Summit in Cannes, on 3 and 4 November, the Secretary-General urged the G-20 leaders to deliver united leadership to address the urgent problems of the world economy, and welcomed the efforts at the Cannes Summit in this regard.
The geopolitical and economic landscape has definitely experienced a major change since the financial crisis, evidenced by the growing importance of the G-20, a more global forum, at the expense of the G-7 and G-8.
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Now of course the G-20 in Seoul is sure to be a glorified photo-op.
We need to keep up the momentum at the coming G-20 summit in Pittsburgh.
Obama could delay naming his economic team to avoid interfering with the G-20 summit.
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By 2016, mobile devices will account for 80% of all broadband connections in the G-20.
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In Pittsburgh, the G-20 countries agreed to phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies over time.
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If his intent was to stir the waters ahead of the G-20 summit, mission accomplished.
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European officials were hoping to use the G-20 summit to convince others to help.
That's right, in 2003, the United States was the least thrifty nation among the G-20.
The weekend G-20 meeting in Paris produced more rhetoric from European officials attending the event.
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The good news is that the G-20 responded with cooperation rather than conflict today.
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He was asked to prepare a paper for the G-20 meeting on the point.
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The surprise referendum called by Papandreou just raised the stakes for the G-20 this Thursday and Friday.
Russia will leading the G-20 and is preparing to host the Winter Olympics in Sochi next year.
The United States has turned away from the G-20 as the primary mechanism of global economic cooperation.
His is the voice heard with greatest respect when the G-20 gathers to discuss the world's macro-economic situation.
The G-20 grouping of big economies has also endorsed the idea of using visa bans against corrupt officials.
Meanwhile, China hopes the G-20 meeting will reach a consensus on how to deal with the global crisis.
Obama played a role in ensuring other G-20 nations heard about European strategies, according to a senior administration official.
In the op-ed, Obama spoke about the upcoming G-20 meeting, saying that world leaders have to work together.
The G-20 nations represent about 85 percent of the world's economic output.
Turkey and China can be tied together through their membership in the G-20.
The President will then attend the first plenary session of the G-20 Summit.
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