The G-20 Toronto Summit Declaration June 26-27, 2010

PREAMBLE 1.In Toronto, we held our first Summit of the G-20 in its new capacity as the premier forum for our international economic cooperation.2. Building on our achievements in addressing the global economic crisis, we have agreed on the next steps we should take to ensure a full return to growth with quality jobs, to reform and strengthen financial systems, and to create strong, sustainable and balanced global growth.3. Our efforts to date have borne good results.Unprecedented and globally coordinated fiscal and monetary stimulus is playing a major role in helping to restore private demand and lending.We are taking strong steps toward increasing the stability and strength of our financial systems.Significantly increased resources for international financial institutions are helping stabilise and address the impact of the crisis on the world's most vulnerable.Ongoing governance and management reforms, which must be completed, will also enhance the effectiveness and relevance of these institutions.We have successfully maintained our strong commitment to resist protectionism.4. But serious challenges remain.While growth is returning, the recovery is uneven and fragile unemployment in many countries remains at unacceptable levels, and the social impact of the crisis is still widely felt.Strengthening the recovery is key.To sustain recovery, we need to follow through on delivering existing stimulus plans, while working to create the conditions for robust private demand.At the same time, recent events highlight the importance of sustainable public finances and the need for our countries to put in place credible, properly phased and growth-friendly plans to deliver fiscal sustainability, differentiated for and tailored to national circumstances.Those countries with serious fiscal challenges need to accelerate the pace of consolidation.This should be combined with efforts to rebalance global demand to help ensure global growth continues on a sustainable path.Further progress is also required on financial repair and reform to increase the transparency and strengthen the balance sheets of our financial institutions, and support credit availability and rapid growth, including in the real economy.We took new steps to *build a better regulated and more resilient financial system that serves the needs of our citizens.There is also a pressing need to complete the reforms of the international financial institutions.5. Recognizing the importance of achieving strong job growth and providing social protection to our citizens, particularly our most vulnera-625 626 LAW AND BUSINESS REVIEW OF THE AMERICAS [Vol.16ble, we welcome the recommendations of our Labour and Employment Ministers, who met in April 2010, and the training strategy prepared by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).6.We are determined to be accountable for the commitments we have made, and have instructed our Ministers and officials to take all necessary steps to implement them fully within agreed timelines. THE FRAMEWORK FOR STRONG, SUSTAINABLE AND BALANCED GROWTH7. The G-20's highest priority is to safeguard and strengthen the recovery and lay the foundation for strong, sustainable and balanced growth, and strengthen our financial systems against risks.We therefore welcome the actions taken and commitments made by a number of G-20 countries to boost demand and rebalance growth, strengthen our public finances, and make our financial systems stronger and more transparent.These measures represent substantial contributions to our collective well-being and build on previous actions.We will continue to co-operate and undertake appropriate actions to bolster economic growth and foster a strong and lasting recovery.8.The Framework for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth that we launched in Pittsburgh is the means to achieving our shared objectives, by assessing the collective consistency of policy actions and strengthening policy frameworks.9. We have completed the first stage of our Mutual Assessment Process and we concluded that we can do much better.The IMF and World Bank estimate that if we choose a more ambitious path of reforms, over the medium term: " global output would be higher by almost $4 trillion; " tens of millions more jobs would be created; " even more people would be lifted out of poverty; and global imbalances would be significantly reduced.Increasing global growth on a sustainable basis is the most important step we can take in improving the lives of all of our citizens, including those in the poorest countries.10.We are committed to taking concerted actions to sustain the recovery, create jobs and to achieve stronger, more sustainable and more balanced growth.These will be differentiated and tailored to national circumstances.We agreed today on: *Following through on fiscal stimulus and communicating "growth friendly" fiscal consolidation plans in advanced countries that will be implemented going forward.Sound fiscal finances are essential to sustain recovery, provide flexibility to respond to new shocks, ensure the capacity to meet the challenges of aging populations, and avoid leaving future generations with a legacy of deficits and 2010]

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