Former President of Mexico, Ernesto Zedillo, introduced a groundbreaking report by its high-level international panel of finance leaders.

The report on "Financing for Development", designed to help build political momentum for the upcoming International Conference on Financing for Development, was presented on

28 June 2001, at 12.45 p.m., in Room S-226 at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

The report recommends achievable actions that can be carried out by governments, business, civil society and, international institutions in the areas of:

  • trade

  • aid

  • debt relief

  • investment

  • domestic resource mobilization and global decision making on financial matters, and

  • on new ways to mobilize funds for development

 


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