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2020: Financing sustainable development in an era of transformative digital technologies
2019: Integrated national financing frameworks for sustainable development
2018: Financing investment in selected SDGs
2017: Financing investment and social protection
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Domestic public resources
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International tax cooperation: International efforts to Combating tax avoidance and evasion
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Encouraging philanthropic engagement that is transparent and accountable
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Climate finance, disaster risk and environmental resilience
Country allocation, levels of concessionality and graduation issues
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Humanitarian finance and peacebuilding
Innovative development finance
International cooperation and capacity building
Multilateral development banks
Official development assistance
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Partnerships in education
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South-South and triangular cooperation
International trade as an engine for development
Special and differential treatment/least developed countries
Agriculture and fisheries
Access to affordable medicines
Progress on implementation of the Bali and Nairobi outcomes
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Trade and the sustainable development goals
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Trade and investment agreements
Gender/women as producers and traders
The role of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
Illegal wildlife trade/fishing/logging/mining
Debt and debt sustainability
Maintaining debt sustainability and improving debt sustainability assessments
Improving public debt management
Towards responsible borrowing and lending
Innovative instruments for managing debt burdens
Improving debt data and reporting
Debt crisis resolution: Actions by official creditors
Additional mechanisms, including involving private creditors
Legislative efforts to address non-cooperative minority creditors
Strengthening national legislation to address domestic sovereign debt
Addressing systemic issues
Strengthening global governance
Improving cooperation, coordination and policy coherence
Enhancing global macroeconomic stability with sustainable development
Shaping financial market regulation for sustainable development
Promoting safe migration
Combating transnational crime
Science, technology, innovation and capacity-building
Promoting information and communication technology, access to technology for all and social innovation
Developing national policy frameworks for science, technology and innovation
Creating a more enabling environment for science, technology and innovation
National level institutions and mechanisms to strengthen science, technology and innovation
International level institutions and mechanisms to strengthen science, technology and innovation
Technology transfer
Actions within the United Nations or by the United Nations system
Capacity building
New technologies and financing for development
Data, monitoring and follow-up
Data availability (including disaggregation), adequacy and standardization
Data on cross border financing and domestic resource mobilization
Development of specific measures and tools
Transparency and needs assessment
Efforts to strengthen statistical capacities
Cross-cutting issues
Delivering social protection and essential public services
Ending hunger and malnutrition
Closing the infrastructure gap
Promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization
Generating full and productive employment for all
Protecting ecosystems
Promoting peaceful and inclusive societies
Gender equality and women's empowerment
Investing in children and youth
Addressing the diverse needs and challenges faced by countries in special situations
Global partnership
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Home
About
About Financing for Sustainable Development Office
Meet the Director
History of financing for development
Office Directory
What is financing for sustainable development?
FFD4
Tax
UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (UNFCITC)
Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC)
Background and Key Documents
Fourth Session
Third Session
Inputs
Structure
Participation
Organizational Session
First and Second Sessions
Inputs
Ad Hoc Committee to Draft Terms of Reference
Bureau
Organizational Session
First Session
Inputs
Second Session
Inputs
Secretary General's Tax Report 2023
Events
Inputs
Committee of Experts on International Tax Cooperation
Committee of Experts on International Tax Cooperation
About
Nominations for 2025-2029 Term
Current Members
Recent Members
Working Methods
Committee sessions
Subcommittees
Documents
Publications
Thematic Areas
Base Erosion and Profit Shifting
Capacity Building
Dispute Avoidance and Resolution
Environmental Taxation
Extractive Industries Taxation
Negotiating Bilateral Tax Treaties
Tax Consequences of Digitalized Economy
Tax, Trade and Investment Treaties
Taxation and the SDGs
Taxation of Government-to-Government Aid Projects
Transfer Pricing
UN Model Convention
Other
Tax Trust Fund
ECOSOC Special Meeting on International Cooperation in Tax Matters
Tax Cooperation
Tax Treaties
Tax Base Protection
Tax Administration
Transfer Pricing
Intergovernmental
Financing for Development Forum
FFD Forum Home
About the Forum
Registration
Past Events
Programme
Outcomes
Side Events
Videos
Contact
Development Cooperation Forum
DCF Home
2025 DCF
About DCF
DCF Survey
Outcomes
Past Meetings
Past Events
Policy Analysis
Focus Areas
Capacity Development
Voices
Contact
High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development
General Assembly 2nd Committee
Analysis
Financing for Sustainable Development Reports by the IATF on FFD
Home
About
Introduction
Inter-agency Task Force members
Workstreams
Reports
2026 Preparatory Materials
2024 Report
2023 Report
2022 Report
2021 Report
2020 Report
2019 Report
2018 Report
2017 Report
Inaugural 2016 Report
Themes
2020: Financing sustainable development in an era of transformative digital technologies
2019: Integrated national financing frameworks for sustainable development
2018: Financing investment in selected SDGs
2017: Financing investment and social protection
Action Areas
Domestic public resources
Domestic revenue mobilization and taxation
Tax policy effectiveness, transparency and administration
Illicit financial flows
Return of stolen assets
International tax cooperation: International efforts to Combating tax avoidance and evasion
International tax cooperation: Combatting money laundering/terrorist financing
International tax cooperation: Tax treaties, voluntary agreements and tax incentives
International tax cooperation: Capacity building
National control mechanisms, transparency, non-discrimination and procurement
Fossil fuel subsidies
Extractives and resources sector
National development banks
Subnational urban development/planning, subnational financing
Domestic and international private business and finance
The investment climate and business environment
Achieving financial inclusion
Facilitating the flow of remittances
Developing domestic capital markets
Encouraging quality direct investments
Sustainable investing and private sector efforts and initiatives on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors
Encouraging philanthropic engagement that is transparent and accountable
Incentivizing investment in underfunded areas, including clean and affordable energy
International development cooperation
Climate finance, disaster risk and environmental resilience
Country allocation, levels of concessionality and graduation issues
Development effectiveness
Humanitarian finance and peacebuilding
Innovative development finance
International cooperation and capacity building
Multilateral development banks
Official development assistance
Other official flows and catalysing additional resources
Partnerships in education
Partnerships in health
South-South and triangular cooperation
International trade as an engine for development
Special and differential treatment/least developed countries
Agriculture and fisheries
Access to affordable medicines
Progress on implementation of the Bali and Nairobi outcomes
Trade negotiations, WTO accessions, trade policy reviews and trade monitoring reports
Trade and the sustainable development goals
Trade Finance
Aid for Trade
Trade facilitation
Development at the local level & the domestic enabling environment for trade
Coherence among bilateral and regional trade and investment agreements
Trade and investment agreements
Gender/women as producers and traders
The role of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
Illegal wildlife trade/fishing/logging/mining
Debt and debt sustainability
Maintaining debt sustainability and improving debt sustainability assessments
Improving public debt management
Towards responsible borrowing and lending
Innovative instruments for managing debt burdens
Improving debt data and reporting
Debt crisis resolution: Actions by official creditors
Additional mechanisms, including involving private creditors
Legislative efforts to address non-cooperative minority creditors
Strengthening national legislation to address domestic sovereign debt
Addressing systemic issues
Strengthening global governance
Improving cooperation, coordination and policy coherence
Enhancing global macroeconomic stability with sustainable development
Shaping financial market regulation for sustainable development
Promoting safe migration
Combating transnational crime
Science, technology, innovation and capacity-building
Promoting information and communication technology, access to technology for all and social innovation
Developing national policy frameworks for science, technology and innovation
Creating a more enabling environment for science, technology and innovation
National level institutions and mechanisms to strengthen science, technology and innovation
International level institutions and mechanisms to strengthen science, technology and innovation
Technology transfer
Actions within the United Nations or by the United Nations system
Capacity building
New technologies and financing for development
Data, monitoring and follow-up
Data availability (including disaggregation), adequacy and standardization
Data on cross border financing and domestic resource mobilization
Development of specific measures and tools
Transparency and needs assessment
Efforts to strengthen statistical capacities
Cross-cutting issues
Delivering social protection and essential public services
Ending hunger and malnutrition
Closing the infrastructure gap
Promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization
Generating full and productive employment for all
Protecting ecosystems
Promoting peaceful and inclusive societies
Gender equality and women's empowerment
Investing in children and youth
Addressing the diverse needs and challenges faced by countries in special situations
Global partnership
Data
News
Secretary General Policy Briefs
DESA Policy Briefs
DESA Working Paper Series
Credit Rating Agencies and Sovereign Debt Paper
Engagement
SDG Investment Fair
SDG Investment Fair Home
About the Fair
Video Archive
Past Events
Contact
Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance
Capacity Development
Capacity Development Home
About Capacity Development
Projects
Attracting Finance and Investment for the Energy Transition in Africa
Workshops
DA Project
Online courses
Publications
Tax Talks
Financing for Small Island Developing States (FINS)
Countries
FINS Xchange
Support for FINS
Videos
FINS Resources
Infrastructure Asset Management
Integrated National Financing Frameworks
News
Events
Documents
Key Documents
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