The UN warns the humanitarian aid system is ‘being stretched to breaking point’
Blog: Game, set and match: Over and out for the SDGs? Not so fast
We have raised the bar on our development aspirations. That the SDGs will cost trillions to achieve is obvious. Will we raise the bar on development finance?
Blog: Addis Ababa Financing for Development Conference: A Missed Opportunity to Discuss the Role of International Public Finance Post-2015
What role for international public finance in funding the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
Blog: The Addis Ababa Action Agenda: A step forward on financing for development?
The Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA) lays out the steps the international community promises to take to fund the world’s new sustainable development agenda – to be agreed in New York in September. What does it promise?
Report: Financing for Development and Small Island Developing States: A Snapshot and Ways Forward
This paper provides a snapshot of development financing in small island developing States (SIDS). It reviews key data on domestic and international financial flows, such as development and climate aid, foreign direct investment, remittances, tax revenues and savings and also explores debt sustainability.
Blog: Sustainable Development Goals for all countries
Do the UN's new SDGs signal a paradigm shift in how we conceive of ‘development’? Is dividing the world up into 'developed' and 'developing' useful or accurate?
Blog: Can the data revolution transform how we finance development?
Which countries need more resources to finance the SDGs? What types of resources are needed most? Where does international finance, both public and private, currently flow? Where does it not? Answers to all of these require reliable and easy-to-understand data on all international financial flows.
Blog: How will small island states finance our ambitious Sustainable Development Goals?
With major environmental shocks increasingly common, how can small states – from Barbados to Cabo Verde to Samoa – better plan for environmental emergencies? And will the international community make sure that adequate finance is made available?
Blog: A crucial year ahead: development finance and the need for fresh perspectives
With the first round of UN negotiations over, where are debates on financing for development?
Blog: How to finance the Post-2015 Development Agenda?
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are much more ambitious than their predecessor. Much more financing – public and private, domestic and external – will need to be mobilized.
Blog: From MDGs to … SDGs
The world has drafted a spectacular new ‘to-do’ list of Sustainable Development Goals. Do the SDGs represent a chance for transformational change?
Blog: How well is the rich world supporting development?
The policies and actions of rich and powerful nations influence the developing world’s development prospects. How well are they supporting development?
Blog: Financing Post-2015: Lowdown on the UN Expert Committee’s Report
Does the UN expert committee's report offer a sensible strategy for financing the new international development vision? Will the report be the game-changer many civil society organizations want to see? And how far will it support human rights realization for all?
Blog: Financing Post-2015: A quick run-down of the expert committee’s report
UN experts have drawn up a ‘menu of options’ for financing sustainable development. What do they say?
Gail Hurley 