financing for development

FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development. FAO Photo/Zacharias Abubeker

Supporting “pro-poor” investments in agriculture

15 July 2015
General News

Policies that support small-scale farmers must also be part of the global push for sustainable development that benefits all people and the planet, the UN food agency has argued.

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ADDIS: Islamic finance should be utilized to fund sustainable development, UN conference told

15 July 2015
Islamic finance offers a promising alternative to traditional sources of funding and should be utilized to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that countries will adopt in September, participants at the Third International Conference on Financing Development were told.
A young man at a vocational education and training centre, participating in the World Bank’s National Initiative for Human Development Support Project (INDH).
Dana Smillie/World Bank

Investing in youth “smartest investment”

15 July 2015
General News

Never before have there been so many young people on the planet: nearly two billion, according to the United Nations.

But while young people represent one-quarter of the working age population, worldwide they make up 40 per cent of the unemployed.

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Simone D. McCourtie/World Bank

ADDIS: Africa's economic transformation in focus at UN development financing conference

15 July 2015
A lack of industrialization puts Africa's long-term growth at risk, a senior United Nations official said today, as participants at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development discussed the economic transformation of the continent.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

ADDIS: successful outcome at UN financing conference vital for future development agenda – Ban

15 July 2015
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed that a successful outcome at the United Nations financing conference in Ethiopia is vital for the future sustainable development agenda and could shape international cooperation for years to come, as negotiations on the draft text entered its final stages.
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ADDIS: UN negotiations resume on financing framework to advance global development

14 July 2015
Negotiations on a comprehensive financing framework for sustainable development resumed today in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where Member States have gathered for a United Nations conference aimed at securing the resources necessary for the well-being of all people and the health of the planet.

ADDIS: important financing roles of private investment, business highlighted at UN conference

14 July 2015
In Addis Ababa, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today underscored the crucial financing role of the business sector in ensuring the necessary resources for people-centred sustainable development.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) greets Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn at the opening of the FFD3 conference in Addis Ababa.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Ethiopia conference marks new era in global cooperation

13 July 2015
General News

Heads of state meeting in Ethiopia this week are not only looking at ways to finance a more equitable future for all people.

They’re also initiating the start of a new era for cooperation and global partnership, according to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

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Preparing for the worst is key to countries' future development, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) says.
UNISDR

End “quick-fix thinking” on catastrophes, says disaster chief

13 July 2015
General News

Failing to protect against catastrophes is putting an unnecessary brake on development, the head of UN disaster risk reduction agency (UNISDR) said Monday.

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Christopher Mvunga.
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Africa looking for self-funding blueprint

13 July 2015
General News

Africa should be looking at finding a blueprint to become economically independent and to be able to fund its own development projects; that’s according to the Deputy Minister of Finance of Zambia.

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