The Chair of Australia’s C20 (or “Civil Society 20”) has welcomed the emphasis on “inclusive growth” at last week’s G20 summit in Brisbane, but has warned that the devil will be in the detail of each country’s action plans. C20 chair (and World Vision Australia CEO) Tim Costello said the discussion and acknowledgement of a number of issues related to the civil society, community and charity sectors was encouraging. “We’ve seen inclusive growth placed squarely on the agenda. We’ve seen commitments to boost the economic participation of women,” he said in a statement yesterday. “We’ve seen action on climate change which impacts the world’s poorest citizens. We’ve seen serious money put on the table by the US and Japan for climate financing. We’ve seen significant steps forward on transparency, including action on beneficial ownership. “We’re encouraged by the commitment to poverty reduction – but this needs to be delivered through action that results in growth in the incomes of the bottom 20 percent of households. “The devil will be in the detail of the individual country action plans. We will certainly scrutinise our own government’s action plan for jobs-rich inclusive growth and particularly for its impacts on young people and women. “Our position remains, you cannot reduce inequality by increasing it and you can’t deliver inclusive growth if you push whole tranches of your community further into poverty in the process.” Read the C20 statement on the G20 Leaders’ Communique at the link below:
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:53:16 +0000
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