Global Outlook on Financing for Sustainable Development 2019
Time to Face the Challenge
The financing for sustainable development agenda promises to bring together more actors than ever before – from businesses, governments, philanthropists, and remitting households – to address the world’s most pressing problems and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Yet, in spite of this promise, the financing for sustainable development gap is growing. While needs continue to increase, resources available to developing countries have been constrained and in some cases even declining, as illustrated by the recent drop in foreign direct investments. New financial instruments and interactions have yet to mobilise much-needed new resources in sufficient volumes. And despite significant advances, we do not yet fully understand the opportunities and risks faced by the various actors in this complex new global financing system.
This report sounds a wake-up call. To fulfil the commitments of the 2030 Agenda, and lift hundreds of millions of people out of extreme poverty, the international community needs to maximise the development footprint of existing and future resources, thereby “shifting the trillions” towards the SDGs. The first in a series, this report charts a forward path for the changes required in measurement, policies, and operations to achieve these ambitious objectives.
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Financing for sustainable development in a fast-changing environment
Development policies do not take place in a vacuum. The same fast-moving socio‑economic, technological, environmental and other changes that are sweeping the world have a profound impact on both development policy objectives and on the availability of resources that can be, and are, dedicated to achieving them. This chapter provides an overview of these changes and constraints as they pertain to financing for sustainable development and the global development agendas. The chapter also provides a forward-looking perspective on what remains to be done to adapt and strengthen the sustainable development financing system.
Also available in: French
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