The International Financial Cooperation during the Global Financial Crisis - the Case of the Group of Twenty

The international financial cooperation is essential to ensure international financial system stability and thereby should contribute to improving the economic and social situation on a global scale. Today's global challenges require transnational resolutions, based on worldwide multilateral cooperation. The international financial cooperation involves a wide variety of participants, formal organizations, but also informal fora. The Group of Twenty is perceived as the primary forum for international economic and financial cooperation. This paper aims to assess critically the G20 activities in the conditions of global financial crisis (original abstract)