At the High-Level Panel on “Mobilizing Finance for Water Infrastructure in LLDCs” organized by the Government of Tajikistan and UN-OHRLLS, Amb H.E. @LokThapa2071, as the keynote speaker, highlighted that water is fundamental to dignity, food security, energy, health, and climate resilience. He emphasized that for LLDCs and LDCs, the challenge is not the absence of global capital, but the failure to channel financing at the scale and urgency required for resilient water infrastructure. Reflecting Nepal’s experience, he noted the paradox of being a water-rich country powered largely by hydropower while millions still lack safely managed drinking water and remain vulnerable to climate-induced water stress. He called for scaling the mobilization of private finance, stronger public-private partnerships, expanded blended finance, innovative instruments such as green bonds and climate-resilient financing, and greater international support under the Awaza Programme of Action and the Sevilla Commitment to transform infrastructure investment into a driver of resilience and sustainable development. #LLDCs #WaterSecurity #ClimateAction #SDG6 #Nepal #FinancingForDevelopment

“The growth and adoption of telemedicine and digital health tools, including AI-powered teleconsultation, offers tremendous opportunities to expand access to quality healthcare, especially in rural and underserved communities. However, this progress must be guided by a strong and robust ethical and regulatory framework, so that we do not end up reinforcing the same inequalities we are trying to solve in these communities,” said Folarin Olasogba, MD/CEO, TruDoc Nigeria Limited. Join the conversation at Africa Social Impact Summit 2026 and be part of shaping practical solutions that ensure innovation truly delivers equitable access to healthcare across Africa. Secure your spot here:event.theimpactsummit.org/as… #ASIS2026 #FinancingforDevelopment #HealthCare #SustainableDevelopment #Partnerships4TheSDGs

In Rome, Ambassadors @Elissa_Golberg & @DavidLametti met with @IFAD leadership @IFADPresident for a substantive exchange on #CanadaIFAD cooperation, including #financingfordevelopment, private sector engagement, and innovative financing. #CanadaRBAs 🇨🇦🇺🇳

Africa is at a turning point. The question is: who will step forward to finance its future? This July, the fifth edition of the Africa Social Impact Summit (ASIS 2026) convenes the minds and capital shaping what comes next. Under the theme Financing for Development: Building Resilience and Transforming Emerging Economies, this is more than a gathering, it’s a call to action. From July 22nd–24th, 2026, leaders across government, the private sector, development finance, and civil society will move beyond conversations into commitments, unlocking innovative financing, strengthening resilience, and accelerating inclusive growth across Africa’s emerging economies. Be in the room where capital meets purpose, and where Africa’s future is financed. Secure your spot: event.theimpactsummit.org/as… #ASIS2026 #FinancingForDevelopment #BuildingResilience #TransformingEconomies #AfricaRising

💼 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development convened last week in New York. IOE was present and engaged, bringing the perspective of the global employers’ community into the heart of the debate. IOE worked alongside the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) and @UNCTAD to shape discussions at the intersection of trade, investment, and enterprise development. Senior representatives from the employers’ community, the World Bank, the ILO, the OECD, and governments from across regions contributed to the conversations, bringing together policy, institutional, and private sector perspectives from around the world. The discussions were substantive, and the message consistent: the Sevilla commitments represent a clear policy direction. Translating that direction into outcomes requires placing enterprises at the centre of the financing architecture, not at its margins. Several priorities emerged. Access to finance for businesses operating outside formal systems. Skills development and productivity as fundamental drivers of enterprise competitiveness. Enabling environments that make formalisation an incentive rather than a constraint. And connectivity, physical and digital, that integrates businesses into regional and global value chains. Mobilising private investment is no longer a complementary objective. It is the central one. The private sector is the primary engine of productive transformation, job creation, and sustainable growth. Employers’ organisations sit at the interface between policy and enterprise reality. They translate commitments into conditions, and conditions into outcomes. Ensuring that development financing frameworks are designed with that role in mind is a core part of IOE’s mandate, and of what we brought to New York last week. IOE will continue to engage on this agenda as implementation moves forward. #FinancingForDevelopment #FfD4 #PrivateSector #Employers #EnterpriseDevelopment #Investment #JobCreation #SustainableDevelopment #SDGs #2030Agenda #GlobalEconomy

Debt is often discussed in numbers. Ratios. Sustainability thresholds. But what if we asked a different question: sustainable FOR WHOM? In many countries, rising debt repayments are quietly squeezing the very investments that shape a child’s future education, health, nutrition. These are not abstract trade-offs. They are decisions that show up in classrooms without desks, in overstretched health systems, in opportunities that narrow before they can fully take shape. In this piece, Dana Buzducea reflects on why debt sustainability, as we define it today, is no longer enough and what it would mean to embed intergenerational fairness at the centre of financing decisions. At a time when the Financing for Development agenda is under renewed scrutiny, this is a moment to rethink what we measure, what we protect, and ultimately, what we prioritise. Read the full piece and join the conversation: ow.ly/H92O50YP5zo @UN @UNICEF #FinancingForDevelopment #FfD #SustainableDevelopment #GlobalEconomicOutlook #ODA #DebtJustice #SocialSpending #WorldVision #SDGs #GlobalEcon

🇸🇮 Slovenia welcomes adoption of the #FinancingForDevelopment Forum outcome document. While not ideal, the agreement shows a resolute will of the UN Member States to implement the Sevilla Commitment and bridge the financing gaps.

At #FfDForum2026 General Debate, 🇧🇩 PR highlighted #SDG financing gap amid geopolitical tensions, declining #ODA, climate shocks, and trade barriers; stressed the urgency of advancing #ClimateJustice, addressing #LossAndDamage, and ensuring sustainable #LDCGraduation. #FinancingForDevelopment #UN #SDGs @BDMOFA

From 20–24 April, UN Headquarters hosted the ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development, bringing together Member States to address widening financing gaps and advance implementation of the Sevilla Commitment. Azerbaijan reaffirmed its commitment to promoting a more inclusive, resilient, and effective global financial system. At the Forum, Azerbaijan’s delegation highlighted the country’s experience in applying integrated financing tools to enhance public expenditure efficiency and channel resources toward high-impact sectors. Azerbaijan also underscored its expanding role in South-South, development, and humanitarian cooperation, while emphasizing the importance of strengthening coherence between climate and development finance. Particular attention was drawn to the growing role of cities in delivering sustainable and climate-resilient solutions, as well as to the need for adequate and predictable funding to advance the New Urban Agenda, with housing requiring strengthened international cooperation. In this context, #WUF13 in Baku next month was highlighted as a key platform to advance dialogue, mobilize partnerships, and promote solutions for financing sustainable urban development. #FfD #SDGs #FinancingForDevelopment #WorldUrbanForum

At the FfD Forum today, I made a simple case: reform cannot wait. Developing countries face a USD4 trillion SDG financing gap, while resilience is still priced unfairly. Fairer risk, faster reform, stronger voice. linkedin.com/feed/update/urn… #FinancingForDevelopment #SDGs #SIDS

Global economic trends are not neutral, and the costs of adjustment are falling hardest on children, women and girls, and people living in crisis. At the Ministerial Session 1 on the Global Economic Outlook 2026–2027, Tamara Tutnjevic Gorman spoke on behalf of World Vision International and the @NGOsonFfD . Rising debt service, high borrowing costs, shrinking fiscal space, and a 23.1% drop in Official Development Assistance in 2025 are forcing many developing countries to deprioritise the very investments that sustain long term development health, education, protection, and resilience. The human impact is stark: 📉 295 million people are facing acute hunger 👶 4.9 million children die before the age of five from preventable causes Against this backdrop, there is an urgent call to implement the Sevilla Outcome commitments, including: • Safeguarding social spending • Strengthening debt transparency • Ensuring financing frameworks are sustainable, inclusive, and responsive to growing needs. Only then can global financing systems support stability, shared prosperity, and sustainable development for this generation and the next. #FinancingForDevelopment #FfD #SustainableDevelopment #GlobalEconomicOutlook #ODA #DebtJustice #SocialSpending #WorldVision #SDGs #GlobalEcon

The LDC Group Bureau, led by LDC Chair Amb. @LokThapa2071, met with UN Secretary-General H.E. @antonioguterres, expressing appreciation for his continued leadership and support for LDCs. Amb. Thapa underscored that LDCs are bearing the heaviest burden of global crises, with declining trade, investment, and ODA, alongside intensifying climate impacts, limited access to technology, shrinking fiscal space, and rising debt burdens, putting hard-owned development gains at risk. While progress under the Doha Programme of Action is acknowledged, most LDCs remain off track on the SDGs. He stressed that the Mid-Term Review of DPOA must deliver concrete, time-bound actions on finance, debt relief, trade, technology, and resilience. A stronger, well-resourced UN Development System should be in place, reinforcing dedicated support for LDCs are essential. Global solidarity must translate into predictable and meaningful support to ensure no country is left behind. #LDCs #Multilateralism #FinancingForDevelopment #UNReform #LeaveNoOneBehind

Implementation happens through partnership. During the #FinancingForDevelopment Forum, proud to mark the launch of the #FfD Focal Points initiative. The focal points will play a key role in driving coordination and accelerating progress on financing for sustainable development.

Join us today at the 2026 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development. This is the first of three side events that the @NGOsonFfD will host on the margins of the #FfD Forum. ⭐ Theme: Financial Inclusion and Agency Beyond Access: Digital Public Infrastructure, AI-Enabled Financial Systems, and Gender- and Age-Responsive Design ⭐ This timely discussion will examine how financial inclusion efforts must evolve beyond access to address the structural, social, and economic barriers that continue to limit meaningful participation - particularly for women, rural populations, MSMEs, and individuals across the life course in the context of population ageing. We are pleased to share that Gregor Sneddon, Secretary General of the International Federation of Ageing, will contribute to this dialogue alongside a distinguished panel of global experts. 📅 April 20, 2026 from 1:15–2:45 PM (Virtual – Zoom) 🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi… 🗒️ Concept Note: drive.google.com/file/d/1ww5… #FinancingForDevelopment #FinancialInclusion #DigitalPublicInfrastructure

On the sidelines of the #SpringMeetings, I participated in the High-Level Dialogue on the Africa–Europe Finance Leaders’ Platform, where I underscored a central message: Africa is already repositioning itself as a strategic investment partner—moving beyond aid toward investment-driven partnerships. I emphasized the importance of demand-driven, African-led project pipelines, strengthened local value addition, and an Africa–EU partnership that supports industrialisation, competitiveness, and sustainable growth under #Agenda2063.  AUDA-NEPAD remains committed to advancing a practical, results-oriented partnership with Europe—focused on co-investment, policy alignment, and delivering tangible outcomes at scale. #AfricaEurope #GlobalGateway #FinancingForDevelopment #Partnerships

“Bold action demands a break from the familiar, it requires the courage to admit that what we’ve always done is no longer enough. If we are still striving for impact, then we must acknowledge that we haven’t yet reached the scale we envision. For me, bold action means reimagining collaboration—doubling down on partnerships that don’t just participate in change, but accelerate it,” said Abubakar Suleiman, MD, Sterling Bank. The time for incremental change is over. The future will be shaped by those willing to act boldly and collaborate intentionally. Join the leaders driving this shift at the Africa Social Impact Summit (ASIS) 2026. Secure your spot: event.theimpactsummit.org/as… #ASIS2026 #FinancingForDevelopment #PartnershipsForTheSDGs

Come join us and raise your voice at #ECOSOC FfD on 22 April, 1:15–2:45 PM (NY time). We’re calling for intergenerational fiscal equity and urgent investment in children — because today’s budgets shape tomorrow’s lives. 👉 ow.ly/WlSj50YKxJt #InvestInChildren #HumanCapital #EarlyChildhood #GlobalDevelopment #FfD4 #UNFCCC #financingfordevelopment #FfDForum #ENOUGH #FfD4Children #Ffd4People @ILO @UN @Unicef @global_un

Unlocking investment for sustainable development 💡 Ahmad Rajwana, Managing Director, Punjab Resource Management & Policy Unit @PnD_Punjab, and #UNDPinPakistan’s Economist and Head of Development Policy Unit, Naghma E. Tehniat Jerral, co-chaired a consultation with @GovtofPunjabPK and public sector partners. The dialogue focused on building bankable pipelines of #SDG projects and mobilizing investment ahead of the national #SDGsInvestmentFair. #FinancingForDevelopment #SustainableFinance

As the Financing for Development Forum, taking place in New York next week from 20 to 24 April 2026, approaches, we look back at the important shift marked in Seville in 2025, when private investment, entrepreneurship and SMEs were placed at the centre of the development financing agenda. The challenge ahead for the Seville agenda is to turn multilateral commitments into concrete results for businesses on the ground. Next week, the IOE will continue to bring the employer and business perspective to the Financing for Development agenda, helping ensure that policies support enterprise, investment and job creation. #FinancingForDevelopment #FfD #SMEs #PrivateSector #Investment #JobCreation #DevelopmentFinance #IOE

Real progress requires more than conversation, it demands capital, collaboration, and commitment. At the Africa Social Impact Summit (ASIS) 2026, leaders across sectors will come together to unlock financing solutions, strengthen resilience, and accelerate transformation across emerging economies. If you’re passionate about driving impact at scale, this is where you need to be. Secure your spot and be part of the movement shaping Africa’s future. Register here: event.theimpactsummit.org/as… #ASIS2026 #FinancingForDevelopment #ImpactAtScale #AfricaRising #SustainableDevelopment #InclusiveGrowth