Financing for Development Archives - United Nations Sustainable Development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/category/financing-for-development/ 17 Goals to Transform Our World Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:41:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 United Nations appoints Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2025/07/un-appointed-tax-cooperation-experts/ Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:41:01 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=116201 Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed 25 experts to the United Nations Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters for the 2025–2029 term. The experts will help countries design tax policies that advance their social, environmental, and economic development objectives and successfully implement them.

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]]> Overview | High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2023/08/overview-high-level-dialogue-on-financing-for-development/ Mon, 14 Aug 2023 19:24:43 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=111037 BACKGROUND The High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development will take place on 20 September 2023 at UN Headquarters, marking a critical moment to follow up on the implementation of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, which was adopted in 2015 to provide a new global framework for funding sustainable development by aligning all financing flows and [...]

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]]> At UN, top business leaders deliver bold solutions to unlock long-term SDGs investment in developing countries /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2022/10/at-un-top-business-leaders-deliver-bold-solutions-to-unlock-long-term-sdgs-investment-in-developing-countries/ Wed, 12 Oct 2022 16:36:10 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=107031 Trillions needed to accelerate SDGs implementation, the roadmap to a more peaceful and inclusive world. New York, 12 October 2022 – Top business executives met with UN Secretary-General António Guterres today at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance to present transformative solutions for bridging the annual financing gap [...]

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]]> Global investors meet to scale up finance for SDGs /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2022/10/global-investors-gather-to-scale-up-finance-for-sdgs/ Mon, 10 Oct 2022 13:11:02 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=107009 Media Advisory With immense challenges facing the world, the Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance to join UN Secretary-General in scaling up finance for the SDGs   Press briefing Wednesday 12 October, 12:30 pm EDT Follow live on UN WebTV   What: Financing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will cost trillions of dollars per [...]

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]]> World leaders to focus on key actions to assist countries battered by the financial crisis caused by COVID-19  /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2020/09/world-leaders-to-focus-on-key-actions-to-assist-countries-battered-by-the-financial-crisis-caused-by-covid-19/ Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:54:27 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=90245 PRESS RELEASE   NEW YORK, 28 September 2020—Leaders from governments and international organizations will consider specific actions to help countries and people address the devastating financial and socioeconomic impacts caused by COVID-19 at a virtual high-level meeting on 29 September. Convened by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, together with the Prime Minister of Canada, [...]

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]]> Economist Roundtable Media Advisory /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2020/06/economist-roundtable-media-advisory/ Tue, 30 Jun 2020 15:33:37 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=85546 MEDIA ADVISORY Top economists to explore financing solutions to propel global COVID-19 recovery and deliver sustainable development UN Secretary-General to convene renowned women leaders’ roundtable to advance global effort to counter unprecedented pandemic-caused fallout  Wednesday, 1 July 2020  8 a.m. - 10 a.m. EDT Live-streamed at http://webtv.un.org New York, 1 July — UN Secretary-General António Guterres [...]

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]]> UN DESA Policy briefs offer recommendations for avoiding debt crisis and using digital government tools to help confront COVID-19 /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2020/04/un-desa-policy-briefs-offer-recommendations-for-avoiding-debt-crisis-and-using-digital-government-tools-to-help-confront-covid-19/ Wed, 15 Apr 2020 14:54:46 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=81869 Commodity-dependent developing countries face risk of economic crisis even before a direct hit from Covid-19 New York, 15 April—Many commodity-dependent economies in Africa and Latin America will likely face an economic crisis before they are directly hit by the pandemic, which will further limit their ability to handle a health crisis, according to a [...]

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]]> 60 International Agencies Urge Rapid, Coordinated Response as Pandemic Threatens to Destabilize Poor Countries’ Finances /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2020/04/ffdr2020/ Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:04:55 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=81689 NEW YORK, 9 April 2020 – Governments must take immediate steps to prevent a potentially devastating debt crisis and address the economic and financial havoc wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic – says a new report from the United Nations-led Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development. The UN System’s 2020 Financing for Sustainable Development [...]

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]]> 30 Business Titans Join UN Push to Scale Up Private Sector Investment for Sustainable Development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/10/gisd-alliance/ Wed, 16 Oct 2019 15:00:11 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=74401 PRESS RELEASE  António Guterres calls on key business leaders to step up to the challenge of financing the SDGs  UNITED NATIONS, 16 October 2019 – The UN announced today that 30 influential leaders from the corporate world will work together over the next two years in a bid to free up trillions of dollars from [...]

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]]> To address worsening climate crisis and scant progress on sustainable development, UN looks to countries and private sector to mobilize resources /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/09/hl-ffd-summit-2019/ Thu, 26 Sep 2019 17:55:51 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=73624 New York, 26 September – Facing the increasing impacts of climate change and a chronic and global underfunding of efforts to scale up action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), world leaders from governments and the private sector are set to announce new plans and financing initiatives at the UN High-Level Dialogue on Financing [...]

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]]> Major UN report on sustainable financing says global financial architecture must be revamped /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/04/major-un-report-on-sustainable-financing-says-global-financial-architecture-must-be-revamped/ Mon, 01 Apr 2019 22:10:15 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=62572 #Fin4Dev Who:   Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General What:      This major report takes stock of the progress countries are making in mobilizing financing to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Now in its fourth year, the “Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2019” evaluates the global landscape and makes recommendations for governments before the [...]

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]]> India contributes US$100,000 for fund to ensure developing countries’ role in international cooperation on critical tax matters /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/07/india-contributes-us100000-for-fund-to-ensure-developing-countries-role-in-international-cooperation-on-critical-tax-matters/ Tue, 03 Jul 2018 21:12:58 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=50870 India delivered a voluntary contribution of US $100,000 to promote the participation of developing countries in the work of a key UN committee on tax matters that looks at key issues that could mobilize resources for sustainable development. India’s contribution is a response to the call of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, which was adopted  [...]

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]]> UN Launches New Fund to Assist Country-Efforts to Achieve 2030 Agenda /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/04/un-launches-new-fund-to-assist-country-efforts-to-achieve-2030-agenda/ Tue, 24 Apr 2018 15:40:17 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=50359 A new Fund to support UN activities that will help countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals was launched today by UN Deputy-Secretary-General Amina Mohammed at a ministerial meeting to review financing for sustainable development. The Joint Fund for the 2030 Agenda is part of the Secretary General’s proposals to reposition the United Nations development system, and [...]

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]]> Amid uneven upturn of the global economy, countries meet to mobilize financing for the Sustainable Development Goals /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/04/amid-uneven-upturn-of-the-global-economy-countries-meet-to-mobilize-financing-for-the-sustainable-development-goals/ Mon, 23 Apr 2018 14:49:16 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=50374 New York, 23 April — The recent upturn of the world economy holds the potential to mobilize greater financing for sustainable development. However, inequalities between and within countries, lingering economic vulnerabilities and increased carbon emissions continue to threaten the achievement of the SDGs. Countries will be reviewing how resources can be mobilized more effectively and [...]

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]]> High-level Conference in Qatar concludes with “Doha Messages” on financing sustainable development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/11/high-level-conference-qatar-concludes-doha-messages-financing-sustainable-development/ Sun, 19 Nov 2017 19:22:25 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=42649 The High-level Conference on Financing for Development and the Means of Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was organized by the State of Qatar in cooperation with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, concluded Sunday night. After two days of stimulating discussions, the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social [...]

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]]> High-level conference in Qatar discusses link between Financing for Development and the Sustainable Development Goals /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/11/high-level-conference-qatar-discusses-link-financing-development-sustainable-development-goals/ Sat, 18 Nov 2017 15:02:17 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=42643 Press release 18 November 2017  Ministers, high-level government officials, as well as representatives from international organizations, the private sector, civil society and academia have convened in Qatar this weekend to discuss how to advance national and international efforts to promote financing for sustainable development. The State of Qatar, with support from the United Nations [...]

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]]> Setting the stage: High-level Conference in Qatar to jump-start 2018 discussions on financing for the Sustainable Development Goals /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/11/setting-stage-high-level-conference-qatar-jump-start-2018-discussions-financing-sustainable-development-goals/ Fri, 17 Nov 2017 15:12:36 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=42553 Ministers, high-level government officials, as well as representatives from international organizations, the private sector, civil society and academia are heading to Doha (Qatar) for the High-level Conference on Financing for Development and the Means of Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (18-19 November). Hosted by the State of Qatar, with support from [...]

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]]> Countries agree on measures to accelerate resource mobilization to quicken implementation of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and achieve the SDGs /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/05/countries-agree-on-measures-to-accelerate-resource-mobilization-to-quicken-implementation-of-the-addis-ababa-action-agenda-and-achieve-the-sdgs/ Wed, 24 May 2017 15:41:07 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=26546 New York, 23 May—Responding to a challenging global environment, marked by difficult macroeconomic conditions as well as humanitarian crises and conflicts, the 193 United Nations members states today agreed on a series of measures to ensure the full and timely implementation of the 2015 Addis Ababa Action Agenda to finance development and support the Sustainable [...]

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]]> Launch of the “Financing for Development: Progress and Prospects” Report of the Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for Development 2017 /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/05/financing-for-development-progress-and-prospects-report-of-the-inter-agency-task-force-on-financing-for-development-2017/ Mon, 22 May 2017 12:30:53 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=26354 New York, 22 May–Continued slow global economic growth is likely to leave about 6.5 per cent of the world population extremely poor in 2030 without national actions supported by international cooperation, according to a new report issued by the United Nations today. A continuation of the status quo would severely hamper efforts to achieve the [...]

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]]> Banks, UN set standards on channelling investments for sustainable development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/02/banks-un-set-standards-on-channelling-investments-for-sustainable-development/ Wed, 01 Feb 2017 16:02:01 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=24162 Nearly 20 leading global banks and investors, totalling $6.6 trillion in assets, have launched a UN-backed global framework aimed at channelling the money they manage towards clean, low carbon and inclusive projects.

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