UN News Special Coverage of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) in Sevilla, Spain

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The president of the world’s second largest multilateral development bank has lauded progress made during the pivotal UN financing for sustainable development conference in Sevilla, saying the commitment by countries to work together is “positive, encouraging – and we need to do better.”

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) chief Jin Liqun told Matt Wells who’s in Sevilla for UN News that amid “formidable” global challenges, no one country or institution can stay on the path to sustainability on their own.

Spain’s head of international financing has told UN News that after deep uncertainty at the beginning of the year when power changed hands in the United States, the financing for development conference taking place in Sevilla has shown than multilateralism is “back on track.”

Inés Carpio told Matt Wells in the southern Spanish city that she was very optimistic coming out of the conference, when a platform for action was a major part of the outcome document, adopted on day one.