Lessons from the frontlines : what I learned from my participation in the G20

Abstract

It is a rare privilege for an academic who has specialized in international economic institutions toget a chance to put what he has been researching into practice. I had this privilege when I became the first head of the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) new International Economic Relations and Policy Department. In this capacity I represented the SARB in the G20 meetings in which it participated during my approximately two years with the Bank, which concluded at the end of October 2014.