G7 leaders urged to renew focus on economic growth and draw on Growth Commission work

As G7 leaders gather for their summit in France this week, Growth Commission Chairman Shanker Singham has urged them to take inspiration from the Commission’s extensive canon of work which sets out a range of policies that will help deliver growth in advanced Western economies.

With the leaders slated to discuss economic growth on Wednesday morning, Singham – who chairs the non-partisan body of fourteen independent international economists – has called on them to focus anew on the importance of economic growth for their respective nations.

Shanker Singham said:

“The G7 leaders understandably have a number of grave international matters on their minds as they gather in Évian-les-Bains. But the importance of economic growth must not be underestimated and they should use the opportunity of this summit to compare notes and consider the tools they have at their disposal to improve their countries’ GDP figures.

“Since its founding in 2023, The Growth Commission has published extensive research identifying what political leaders can do to improve their nations’ prospects of growth. One recurring theme in our work which I would particularly want to impress upon the G7 is the significance of lean regulatory frameworks as a driver of economic growth.”

The members of The Growth Commission hail from the UK, U.S., Japan, India and Mexico and are supported by an International Advisory Board of eight current and former national leaders including former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Janez Janša, who recently returned to power as Prime Minister of Slovenia. They are able to help inform the Commission’s recommendations, by offering lessons from their real-world experience.

Among the work conducted by The Growth Commission on which the G7 leaders are encouraged to draw are:

• The UK Growth Budget 2025 (November 2025)
• Raising the Bar: How to Transform Europe into a High GDP Growth Continent (September 2025)
• The U.S. Growth Presidency Memo (November 2024)
• Demographic Impacts on Economic Growth with Specific Reference to Japan (March 2024)