Informal technical briefing series on the 2018 report of the Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for Development

  • Date: 5 - 9 March 2018
  • Location: Conference Building (UNHQ)

The Financing for Development Office of UN-DESA is organising a series of informal technical briefings for Member States on the advance unedited version of the report of the Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for Development.

The briefings will give Member States an opportunity to better understand the material covered in the report, and to ask questions about it. Representatives from the relevant major institutional stakeholders (World Bank, IMF, WTO, UNCTAD, and UNDP) and other Task Force members will be available at each meeting. The schedule of briefings is as follows:

DATE TOPICS LOCATION

Monday, 5 March 2018

10AM-12PM

Thematic chapter

Private business & finance
CR 12

Tuesday, 6 March 2018

10AM-12PM

International trade

Science, technology, innovation
CR 12

Wednesday, 7 March 2018

1:15PM-2:30 PM
Domestic public finance CR 12

Thursday, 8 March 2018

10AM-12PM

Addressing systemic issues

Debt and debt sustainability
CR 12

Friday, 9 March 2018

1:15PM-2:30 PM

International development cooperation

Data, monitoring & follow-up
CR 7

For further information please contact Mr. Peter Chowla (email chowla@un.org, tel 1 (212) 963-8618).

Related documents:

Advanced unedited version of the 2018 report

Background note

Draft outline of the 2018 report of the Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for Development

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