Meeting in Jakarta on 17-18 February in a hybrid format, the Finance Ministers of the world’s 20 largest economies reported a continued but “asynchronous” economic recovery due to divergent access to Covid-19 vaccines and subject to “geopolitical tensions”.
In order not to hinder economic growth, the ministers commit to a “cautious” lifting of the emergency budgetary measures, in place since spring 2020, to tackle the pandemic, while stressing the importance of ensuring the...