G20 in Brazil and South Africa

Priorities, Agendas and Voices of the Global South

Marta Fernandez, Siphamandla Zondi, Ana Garcia

• Publisher: UJ Press
• Year: 2025
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• eBook ISBN:
  9781997468592
• Subtopic: African Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This book examines key issues and priorities of the G20 from the perspective of the countries of the Global South, with a particular focus on the Brazilian and South African presidencies in 2024 and 2025. It aims to identify key agendas and policy propositions that consider the specific realities of developing countries. By identifying points of convergence and divergence between Brazil's and South Africa's agendas, the book explores how these countries have sought to shape global discussions and contribute to solutions to pressing global challenges from a Global South perspective. In doing so, it seeks to fill an essential gap in the prioritization of issues and representation of voices from the Global South within the G20.

Table of contents

• About the Contributors
• Introduction
• Voices from Brazil and South Africa in the G20: An introduction to the book
• Part 1
• Inclusive Digital Transformation
• Chapter One
• Data governance for inclusive development and decent work
• Chapter Two
• From G20 Brazil 2024 to G20 South Africa 2025: Unpacking the Digital Economy Themes – Comparisons and (Dis)continuities
• Part 2
• Trade and Investment
• Chapter Three
• Brazil, South Africa and the G20 Agenda: The challenge of trade and investment
• Chapter Four
• Trade and Investment in a Shifting Global Landscape: The G20’s Role in Promoting Sustainable Development in Africa
• Chapter Five
• The South’s approach: trade in the G20 Agenda
• Part 3
• Climate Action and Just Energy Transition
• Chapter Six
• Accelerating Climate Action and Just Energy Transition Through the G20
• Chapter Seven
• Opportunities and Challenges for Promoting Sustainable and Inclusive Infrastructure in the Amazon Basin
• Chapter Eight
• The IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Facility as a framework for promoting market-based solutions to decarbonization
• Part 4
• Reform of the International Financial Architecture for Sustainable Development
• Chapter Nine
• Achievements and Limits in Reforming the International Financial Architecture: A Critical Assessment of Brazil’s G20 Presidency
• Chapter Ten
• Beyond Rhetoric: A South-South Blueprint for Women’s Economic Empowerment Through Microfinance and SMMEs
• Chapter Eleven
• Financing a Sustainable Future: Global Challenges and Equitable Finance
• Part 5
• Global Governance and Solidarity: Addressing Inequalities, Poverty, and Hunger
• Chapter Twelve
• The Politics of Defending Inequality: Hate Speech, Visibility, and Symbolic Containment
• Chapter Thirteen
• The International Financial System Through Intersectional Lenses: The Ethics of Care as a Global Alternative
• Chapter Fourteen
• The G20 and the need to reform the UN System
• Chapter Fifteen
• The G20 and Accelerated Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals: An Accountability Framework
• Chapter Sixteen
• Multilateralism: Its Objects and Implications for Africa in an Evolving Global Order
• Chapter Seventeen
• Morbid Symptoms in the Time of Monsters