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The changing global environment underscores the importance of maintaining flexibility in addressing pressing issues in the FfD follow-up process. Each annual report thus includes a discussion of a different specific thematic issue.
2020: Financing sustainable development in an era of transformative digital technologies
2019: Integrated national financing frameworks for sustainable development
2018: Financing investment in selected SDGs
2017: Financing investment and social protection
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Financing for Development Forum and SDG Investment Fair to kick off 12 April
UN meeting to help developing economies stricken by COVID-19 to tap emergency relief resources
UN Forum on Financing for Development: COVID-19 crisis requires bold response to build back better
2020 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development ramps up response to COVID-19
2020 Financing for Development Forum to take new format, SDG Investment Fair cancelled due to COVID-19
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12
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Closing date:
15.04.2021
2021 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development
June
2
Virtual
Closing date:
02.06.2020
Forum on Financing for Development meeting: Financing a Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19
Documents
Report of the Secretary-General: International financial system and development (A/76/230) - 26 July 2021
Report of the Secretary-General: Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development (A/76/229) - 26 July 2021
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Navid Hanif, Director of Financing for Sustainable Development Office, discusses the private sector, COVID-19 recovery, and more
Video message by Ms. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Board Chair, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI)