March 21, 2017
The finance ministers and central bank governors of the 19 most important industrialized and emerging economies and the European Union met in Baden-Baden from 17 to 18 March 2017 to discuss crisis prevention in the financial sector, the challenges of digitalization and international tax policy. One focus of the meeting in Baden-Baden was the Compact with Africa. The initiative of the German G20 Presidency in the financial sector aims to improve infrastructure in Africa and to strengthen investment in the region.