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The open method of coordination: a governance mechanism for the G20?

Could the EU’s open method of coordination help the G20 become a more effective and legitimate permanent body of global governance?

Henning Meyer, Stephen Barber and Chris Luenen · Bertelsmann Stiftung, Brussels · July 2011

Abstract

The paper examines the main challenges facing the G20: its transition to a permanent institution, follow-through, the prisoner’s dilemma among members and input legitimacy. It traces the origins of the EU’s open method of coordination and its parallels in the OECD and IMF, and sets out a reform path towards a ‘G20 2.0’.

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