The co-facilitators of the outcome document of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development present to the co-chairs of the FFD4 Preparatory Committee their final revised text of the Compromiso de Sevilla. It reflects the co-facilitators best efforts to arrive at…
Official development assistance (ODA) remains key to financing the Sustainable Development Goals. International public finance catalyses resource mobilization from other sources, both public and private. Despite international commitments by developed countries to commit 0.7 percent of GNI to development assistance, ODA has globally declined. Development cooperation has evolved significantly, with growing contributions from the South, the private sector, foundations, civil society and local governments. Development cooperation stakeholders will need to rapidly adjust to the increasingly complex and diverse development landscape to achieve the 2030 Agenda and leave no one behind.
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Official development assistance (ODA) remains key to financing the Sustainable Development Goals. International public finance catalyses resource mobilization from other sources, both public and private. Despite international commitments by developed countries to commit 0.7 percent of GNI to development assistance, ODA has globally declined. Development cooperation has evolved significantly, with growing contributions from the South, the private sector, foundations, civil society and local governments. Development cooperation stakeholders will need to rapidly adjust to the increasingly complex and diverse development landscape to achieve the 2030 Agenda and leave no one behind.
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International Development Cooperation
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) provides a unique opportunity to reform financing at all levels, including to support reform of the international financial architecture and addressing…
The ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development will be held on 28 to 29 April 2025, followed by the Fourth Preparatory Committee (4th PrepCom) Session for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) from 30 April to 1 May 2025 at Trusteeship Council, UN…
The First Draft of the FFD4 Outcome Document was released by the co-facilitators (Mexico, Nepal, Norway and Zambia) on Monday, 10 March 2025. The draft builds on comments that delegations and stakeholders provided on the zero draft outcome document and restates the commitment to an ambitious and…
The 2025 Development Cooperation Forum came at a crucial moment: nearly 600 million people were projected to face extreme poverty by 2030, and developing countries were grappling with annual SDG financing gaps of up to $4 trillion. The international…