{"id":26274,"date":"2017-05-18T20:47:33","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T20:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=26274"},"modified":"2017-05-18T20:47:33","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T20:47:33","slug":"launch-of-the-2017-report-of-the-inter-agency-task-force-on-financing-for-development-media-advisory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2017\/05\/launch-of-the-2017-report-of-the-inter-agency-task-force-on-financing-for-development-media-advisory\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch of the 2017 report of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development (Media Advisory)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Slow global economic growth is hampering investments in development and is threatening, in particular, the achievement of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/sustainable-development-goals\/\"> Sustainable Development Goals,<\/a> says this year\u2019s report of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development, which will be launched on Monday 22 May at 12.30 pm.,<\/p>\n<p>The 2017 \u201cProgress and Prospects\u201d report, prepared by the UN, draws on the expertise, analysis and data from over 50 inter\u00acnational institutions, including the World Bank, IMF and WTO, that make up the Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for Development. The report surveys the recent achievements and challenges in the implementation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/esa\/ffd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/AAAA_Outcome.pdf\">Addis Ababa Action Agenda<\/a> \u2014a framework for the mobilization of resources to finance development\u2014 and presents recommendations for corrective action agreed by all the Task Force agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The report states that enhanced national financing policies supported by better international cooperation are critical to reinvigorating growth. It also calls for long-term, high-quality investment in sustainable infrastructure and universal social protection floors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mr. Wu Hongbo, UN Under-Secretary-General, Economic and Social Affairs<\/li>\n<li>Ms. Shari Spiegel, Chief, Policy Analysis and Development Branch, Financing for Development Division, DESA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Press briefing on the 2017 Report of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday 22 May 2017 at 12.30 pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>S-237, UN Headquarters, New York or live through <a href=\"http:\/\/webtv.un.org\">http:\/\/webtv.un.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on the Task Force, please visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/esa\/ffd\/index.html@p=15074.html\">https:\/\/www.un.org\/esa\/ffd\/index.html@p=15074.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Available for interviews<\/strong><br \/>\nMr. Alexander Trepelkov, Director, Financing for Development Office, UNDESA<br \/>\nMs. Shari Spiegel, Chief, Policy Analysis and Development, Financing for Development Office, UNDESA<\/p>\n<p>For UN Media Accreditation, visit: <a href=\"www.un.org\/en\/media\/accreditation\">www.un.org\/en\/media\/accreditation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media contacts<\/strong><br \/>\nUN Department of Public Information<br \/>\nDan Shepard, T: +1(212)963-9495 | E: shepard@un.org<br \/>\nSharon Birch, T: +1 (212) 963-0564 | E: birchs@un.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slow global economic growth is hampering investments in development and  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":26278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5270],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-press-material"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}