UN ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development

Located in New York City, NY

Objective: the 2018 FfD Forum will assesses progress and identify obstacles and challenges to the implementation of financing for development outcomes, promote sharing of experiences, address new and emerging topics, and provide policy recommendations for action by the international community in the following areas of the 2015 Addis Ababa Action Agenda (Addis Agenda): (i) domestic public resources; (ii) domestic and international private business and finance; (iii) international development cooperation; (iv) international trade as an engine for development; (v) debt and debt sustainability; (vi) systemic issues; (vii) science, technology, innovation and capacity-building; as well as (viii) data, monitoring and follow-up.

Organized by United Nations Economic and Social Council.

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