US EditionA Democratic Reckoning for Global Development Finance
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Leaders and civil society meet to promote multilateralism and solidarity in a world in crisis. The agenda of the meeting, marked by the absence of the United States, includes debt, climate emergency and cooperative cuts, which punish the Global South in particular.
Poverty rising, aid falling: UN summit confronts crisis of global solidarity
PARIS, June 28 — The United Nations summit on financing for development gets underway Monday in Seville under a grim cloud: multiple conflicts, humanitarian crises and the shock disengagement of the United States. Here is an overview of the challenges development aid faces, and changes in funding fortunes: Aid in general is down Official development assistance is down for the first time in six years. The amount granted by 32 wealthy countries of…
A Democratic Reckoning for Global Development Finance
Far-right populism, geopolitical tensions, and climate indifference have weakened the multilateral order. This month’s Conference on Financing for Development in Seville, Spain, seeks to change that by amplifying the voices of communities long excluded from global decision-making.
‘Global solidarity benefits us all’: Spain makes the case for development funding
Funding cuts to international development have cast a pall over a major UN-led international conference set to address the huge challenges faced by countries in the Global South. Despite this sobering backdrop, Eva Granados, Spanish Secretary of State for International Cooperation, insists that global solidarity is still alive, despite indications to the contrary.
Seville hosts the Fourth United Nations International Conference on Financing for Development from 30 June to 3 July. It is the most important UN multilateral event of the year. The impact of the UN summit in Sevill
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