Yuriy Zaytsev, Deputy Director of the Research Centre for International Cooperation and Development (RCICD) of the International Organisations Research Institute of the State University – Higher School of Economics, PhD Student of the International Organisations Research Institute of the State University – Higher School of Economics; E-mail: mailto:yuriy.zaitsev@gmail.com

The article analyses G20 members’ performance in compliance with commitments made at 2009 Pittsburgh summit. The analysis is based on the results of the monitoring compliance with commitments made by the G20 countries and the European Union. With comparison of the G8 and G20 compliance levels the author assesses the efficiency of both institutions in implementation of the functions of global political and economic governance. In conclusion the author makes the assessment of the risks associated with the G20’s week compliance and G8’s overloading.