Reports

The 2021 Financing for Sustainable Development Report (FSDR) of the Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for Development warns that COVID-19 could lead to a lost decade for development. The report highlights the risk of a sharply diverging world in the near term where the gaps between rich and poor widen because some countries lack the necessary financial resources to combat the COVID-19 crisis and its socioeconomic impact. Short-term risks are compounded by growing systemic risks that threaten to further derail progress, such as climate change. The report recommends immediate actions to prevent this scenario and put forward solutions to mobilize investments in people and in infrastructure to rebuild better. It also lay outs reforms for the global financial and policy architecture to ensure that it is supportive of a sustainable and resilient recovery and aligned with the 2030 Agenda.

The 2019 Financing for Sustainable Development Report (FSDR) of the Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for Development warns that mobilizing sufficient financing remains a major challenge in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Despite signs of progress, investments that are critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) remain underfunded and parts of the multilateral system are under strain.

The 2017 report provides a first assessment of progress in implementing the Financing for Development outcomes in a challenging global environment characterized by slowing economic growth and humanitarian crises. Building on the action areas of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, the report highlights national actions and international cooperation that can help change the trajectory of the global economy and support countries in achieving the SDGs. It recommends increases in long-term and high-quality public and private investments and highlights the importance of coherent implementation frameworks in guiding actions on policy commitments made in the Addis Agenda.