This book offers a unique assessment of the G20's development agenda and its potential to be an impactful actor in the global architecture of development cooperation.

Dries Lesage is Associate Professor at the Ghent Institute for International and European Studies (GIES) at Ghent University.

Jan Wouters is Full Professor of International Law and International Organizations, Jean Monnet Chair and founding Director of the Institute for International Law and of the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, at KU Leuven.

Introduction: The G20, Development and the UN 2030 Agenda PART I: Context and Paradigms 1 G20 Development Governance 2 G20 Sustainable Development Governance: Epistemic, Normative, and Political Influences 3 The G20's Contribution to Sustainable Development: A Perspective from China 4 The Indian Approach to the G20 Development Policy Track 5 How Close Is the European Consensus to the Seoul Consensus? Evolving EU Development Policy Discourse 6 Input Legitimacy of the G20 Development Policy Track PART II: Themes and Outcomes 7 The Multiple Roles of the G20 with Regard to the UN Sustainable Development Goals 8 Infrastructure at the G20 9 G20 Failure to Take the Leadership it Claims to Respond to the Food Crisis 10 The G20's Orchestrating Role on Tax and Development 11 The G20 and the Poorest Countries in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis