Media Advisory
New UN report to stress transformed industrial policies as engine for closing global finance divide and achieving the SDGs
WHO:
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed
WHAT:
Launch of the Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2023
The 2023 Financing for Sustainable Development Report: Financing Sustainable Transformations, issued by the UN Secretary-General’s Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development, calls for a concerted investment push to set the Sustainable Development Goals back on track, including addressing the immediate crises and finding ways to reduce the cost of capital and target long-term investment in sustainable transformations.
WHEN:
11:15 A.M. EDT, 5 April 2023
ahead of the Noon Briefing of the Spokesperson of the UN Secretary-General
WHERE:
Hybrid – Online and in the UN Press Briefing Room, S-237
(Live on http://webtv.un.org/)
WHY:
Three years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and more than a year into the war in Ukraine, the world is reeling from skyrocketing food and energy prices, a cost-of-living crisis, and climate-related disasters which have set back progress in developing countries and imperilled the SDGs. The 2023 Financing for Sustainable Development Report offers concrete recommendations to scale up investments in the SDGs.
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Background:
- The Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2023 is produced by UN DESA in close cooperation with the World Bank Group, the IMF, WTO, UNCTAD, UNDP, and UNIDO. It includes the input of the over 60 United Nations Agencies and other international institutions that form the Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for Development. The full report will be available on: https://developmentfinance.un.org/
- This report is the basis for discussions at the UN ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development follow up, for government officials and other stakeholders from 17 to 20 April 2023. The report also informs the SDG Investment Fair (18-20 April 2023), which brings together government officials and investors.
For more information, please contact:
Rita Ann Wallace, UN DESA | Mobile: +1 516 707 5570 | rita.wallace@un.org
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