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UN wants more investment to bridge $4trn financing gap

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April 23, 2024
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UN wants more investment to bridge $4trn financing gap

The United Nations (UN) has called for more investment to bridge $4 trillion financing gap to assist developing countries.

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on Monday called for a “surge in investment” to give developing countries a chance to build better lives for their people.

According to UN estimates, the world is facing an annual financing gap of about 4 trillion dollars to achieve sustainable development, leaving countries with hardly any resources to invest in better education, healthcare, renewable energy or social protection.

“The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are hanging by a thread, and with them, the hopes and dreams of billions of people around the world,” Guterres said.

He made the remarks while addressing the UN Economic and Social Council’s (ECOSOC) 2024 Forum on Financing for Development.

In particular, the UN chief urged countries to push for the SDG Stimulus of 500 billion dollars annually in affordable long-term finance for developing countries, which he proposed in February 2023.

Recalling that the stimulus was welcomed by world leaders at the SDG Summit last year, he stressed “now it’s time to move from words to action and deliver affordable, long-term financing at scale.”

The secretary-general also called for greater representation of developing countries in global financial systems.

“The countries who need these systems and institutions most were not present at their creation – a lack of representation that continues to this day,” he said, underlining the urgent need for change.

In that context, he highlighted the Summit of the Future, which will be convened on September 22 and 23 in New York, and the 2025 Financing for Development Conference in Spain as key opportunities to gather world leaders to reform the global financial architecture.

“Let’s make the most of these opportunities. Now is the time for ambition. Now is the time for reform.

“Now is the time to shape a global economic and financial system that delivers for people and planet,” Guterres urged UN Member States.

Similarly, Ms Paula Narváez, the ECOSOC President, highlighted the need for the international financial architecture to channel sufficient resources towards the most vulnerable economies in the world.

Stressing the need to confront dated paradigms and to renew cooperation among nations to implement the 20230 Agenda for Sustainable Development, she reminded delegates that the task at hand was not an easy one.

“We must work together, and we must unite all of our political capital and determination to address these challenges,” she said, noting the urgent needs of least developed countries and other low-income countries.

She also called for ways to effectively coordinate public and private creditors and ensure that commercial creditors fulfilled their obligations and increased concessional financing.

Also speaking, Mr Dennis Francis, President of the UN General Assembly, called for a “relentless focus” on the debt crisis.

In 2023, the global public debt reached a staggering 313 trillion dollars and over the last decade, increasing far more rapidly in developing nations than in developed ones.

“Worse, developing countries are paying twice as much in interest on their total sovereign debt stocks than developed nations, hobbling them further as they try to ascend the development ladder,” Francis said.

He further noted that over 100 countries had been forced to choose between servicing their debt and investing in development.

“All the while, nearly half of humanity – or 3.3 billion people – live in countries that spend more on interest payments than on education or health. No nation, I repeat, no nation should be forced to gamble with their future,” he stressed.

He recalled the General Assembly’s first-ever Sustainability Week, which concluded on Friday.

“As participants made clear, countries must be enabled to channel their resources towards uplifting their communities and building resilience rather than servicing excessive debt,” Francis noted.

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