Publications
Financing Sustainable Urban Development in the least developed countries
This publication, launched in the context of the 2017 Financing for Development Forum, recognizes the vital role of local governments in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda. It places special emphasis on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and how to overcome their structural challenges to match ...
Read more >>United Nations Practical Manual on Transfer Pricing for Developing Countries (2017)
The second edition of the United Nations Practical Manual on Transfer Pricing for Developing Countries (TP Manual) was launched and distributed in digital format to participants on the 7th of April during the ECOSOC Special Meeting on International Cooperation in Tax Matters, in New York. A launch event for the hard copy of the Manual ...
Read more >>Launch of the 2017 report of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development
The 2017 “Financing for Development: Progress and Prospects” report of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development has been launched at the second ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development follow-up, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The 2017 report and online annex of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development is now ...
Read more >>World Economic Situation and Prospects 2017
Chapter III of the United Nation’s World Economic Situation and Prospects 2017 analyses the current trends in finance for sustainable development and discusses the risks facing developing countries as they seek to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda. Chapter III: Finance for Sustainable Development Closing the investment gap to achieve ...
Read more >>Third International Conference on Financing for Development: Taking Stock of Side Events and Voluntary Commitments and Initiatives
A record number of 182 side events were held during the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 13-16 July 2015). Side events featured in-depth discussions on all aspects of the Financing for Development agenda and provided a platform for Member States and other stakeholders to announce new policy and financial commitments. ...
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