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Finance
As scammers become more creative, it's crucial to recognize the signs of online fraud and cryptocurrency scams to avoid acting recklessly under pressure.
A global tax platform is vital for addressing financial challenges, expanding fiscal space, and enabling developing countries to invest independently by tackling tax avoidance and illicit financial flows.
The new climate finance goal, set to be finalized at , aims to significantly increase funding for developing countries' climate efforts while improving transparency and accessibility.
business leaders will meet UN officials for their (28-29 October, New York) to advance SDG financing. Discussions will support solutions for the UN鈥檚 reform agenda, boost and unlock private sector investment in sustainable development, and prepare for the in Seville, Spain (30 June-3 July). The meeting comes at a critical time when the world needs transformative actions to bridge the SDG financing gap, which has ballooned to USD 4 trillion annually for developing countries.
There is a global call for more climate finance to support Low and Middle-Income Countries and fund adaptation. However, roughly $4.8 trillion has been channeled into climate action, with .
Global foreign direct investment (FDI) faced a 2% decrease in 2023, with a deeper decline exceeding 10% for the second consecutive year, driven by trade tensions and economic slowdowns.
has called for urgent reforms to the global debt architecture in response to the alarming increase in developing countries' external sovereign debt.
Global growth is projected to slow for the third year in a row, almost three-quarters of a percentage point below the average of the 2010s.
Rural people help the world flourish and by investing in them, a new day is possible. Here are of 2023.
鈥淭here is talent, there is potential, there is brilliance in all parts of the world. There's a new Einstein, there's a new Malala, you name the brilliant people around the world. But some of them have been denied the chance, even now, to have even the most basic education at school. And so, if 260 million school aged children are not going to school today, or any day, what a waste.鈥
A committed public servant, Gordon Brown has a strong sense of social responsibility. Now United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is working towards a powerful vision: giving every child the chance to go to school.
Modern slavery, trafficking, and child marriage are just some of the factors that contribute to an eyewatering 16% of youth worldwide missing out on school. In this episode, Gordon Brown reflects on the power of education to unleash hidden talent, on his own political legacy, and on why he still believes collaboration is the key to solving global crises.
鈥淭he lesson for me of all the recent crises is [that] cooperation is an essential element of the new world we're in鈥 we waste our resources by everybody doing their own thing.鈥
Photo: 漏UN Photo/Jaclyn Licht
For small-scale farmers, the climate nightmare is real, and they are severely underfunded. They urgently need support to adapt to a changing world. Here are to action from .
A by highlights the urgency of crisis-resilient development finance for Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
launches the identifying seven ways to increase financing, including through domestic expenditure and international and private sector finance, to mitigate the rising climate change impacts.
holds the (16-20 October) to mobilize financing for climate action, clean energy, health care, food security and other development needs. According to UNCTAD's , overlapping crises such as the war in Ukraine, high food and energy prices, and debt pressures led to a 12% decline in global foreign direct investment in 2022. More than 7,000 stakeholders from 160 countries for the Forum (). Dr. Thani Al Zeyoudi, UAE's minister of state for foreign trade, said UNCTAD can play a major role in addressing and ultimately mitigating these interlocking issues.