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Meeting of the G20 in 2010 President Jacob Zuma of South Africa (left) and President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of Argentina (right) talking during the G20 summit in Seoul in November 2010.

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G20, international body created in 1999 that provides a forum for strategic economic communication between industrialized and developing countries. The G20 originated as a response to the economic crises of the late 1990s; it expanded on the work of the Group of Seven (G7; known as the Group of Eight [G8] in its political incarnation) by including countries that previously had been left out of the global discussion. The G20 currently has 21 members: 19 countries and 2 regional organizations. The members are: The countries are represented in the G20 by their leaders, finance ministers, and central bank governors. The ...(100 of 296 words)

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