section_path: Agenda/Financial focus
section_name: Financial focus
paragraph_text: Financial focus
  
  The initial G20 agenda, as conceived by US, Canadian and German policymakers, was very much focused on the sustainability of sovereign debt and global financial stability, in an inclusive format that would bring in the largest developing economies as equal partners. During a summit in November 2008, the leaders of the group pledged to contribute trillions to international financial organizations, including the World Bank and IMF, mainly for re-establishing the global financial system.
  
  Since inception, the recurring themes covered by G20 summit participants have related in priority to global economic growth, international trade and financial market regulation.
  
  The G20 has led the Debt Service Suspension Initiative, through which official bilateral creditors suspended debt repayments of 73 of the poorest debtor countries.: 134