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Antonio Guterres

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Countries meet to mobilise financing for SDGs

byAgency Report
April 23, 2018
2 min read

With the recent upturn in the world economy, countries are meeting in New York to harness potentials towards mobilising greater financing for sustainable development.

This is contained in a statement issued by the UN Department of Information and e-mailed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday.

The meeting is expected to deliberate on the inequalities within countries, lingering economic vulnerabilities and increased carbon emissions that continue to threaten the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The meeting, holding at the Financing for Development Forum at UN Headquarters in New York from April 23 to 26, will be reviewing how resources can be mobilised more effectively and allocated more responsibly to achieve the 17 SDGs.

“While world economic growth has reached three per cent, the highest growth since 2011 with East and South Asia accounting for nearly half of global growth in 2017, the progress has been unevenly distributed.

“Per capita GDP declined in West, Central and Southern Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean in 2016 and further setbacks are anticipated in these regions and Western Asia with many countries still suffering from the effects of the commodity price collapse of 2014-2016.

“Least Developed Countries’ economies grew by 4.8 per cent, well below the seven per cent target.

“There are still approximately 800 million people living in poverty, with women, children and other vulnerable populations bearing the brunt,” the statement read in part.

According to the Department, countries agreed on a plan in July 2015 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to mobilise and deliver the resources, technology and partnerships needed to achieve the SDGs recognised as the blueprint for a better world by 2030.

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“The Addis Ababa Action Agenda includes a set of policy actions with over 100 concrete measures that draw upon all sources of finance, technology, innovation, trade, debt and data to support the SDGs and the Financing for Development Forum is intended to review progress on the Agenda.

“There are promising examples of reform and gains in advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, underpinned by a broad-based recovery in the world economy.

“But the pace of change is insufficient and significant financial, political and environmental risks threaten to derail progress”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, was quoted as stating in the Foreword of the 2018 Inter-Agency Report on Financing for Development: Progress and Prospects.

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While the financing needs to achieve the SDGs are large, the resources are available, if public and private investments are better aligned with sustainable development.

The Forum will feature addresses by leaders from the major financial institution including the IMF, World Bank, UNCTAD and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

During the Forum, the Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, will announce the launch of the Joint Fund for the 2030 Agenda which seeks to encourage innovative investments for the SDGs.

The Joint Fund developed by the United Nations Development Group has been designed to foster partnerships, innovation and policy coherence at the country level.

The guiding compass for the discussions will be the “2018 Financing for Development Report: Progress and Prospects”, which offers corrective action on the seven action areas of the Addis Agenda, domestic public resources, domestic and international private business and finance, international development cooperation, international trade as an engine for development, debt sustainability, addressing systemic issues, science, technology, innovation and capacity building and data, monitoring and follow-up.

The Report also calls for a shift from short-term to long-term investment, harnessing new technologies to support progress across the SDGs and a strengthened commitment to Official Development Assistance, especially for the most vulnerable countries.

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The outcome of the Forum will contribute to the deliberations of the 2018 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, which is the central platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the SDGs.

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