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On the final day of the Financing for Development conference in Sevilla, negotiators laid the groundwork for long-term tax reform and new public-private cooperation — while calls for deep systemic change grew louder.
From Indonesia's vaccine success to Africa's HIV prevention plans, financing "demand creation" promises jobs and sustainability — if partnerships can move beyond traditional aid models.
Devex Associate Editor Thomas Cserep sits down with reporters Elissa Miolene and Jesse Chase-Lubitz to discuss some of the key takeaways from the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development.
At a Casa Devex, Michael Jarvis of TAI Collaborate says "the hard work starts after" Sevilla.
Kamal Kishore says crisis-response funding isn’t enough — resilience and risk reduction need to underpin all development finance.
Experts describe the U.S. State Department takeover of USAID as an “impending trainwreck,” citing the department's lack of readiness and expertise. Plus, complaints and compliments at the Financing for Development conference in Sevilla.
In a conversation at Casa Devex, Giulia Mascagni, executive director of the International Centre for Tax and Development, explains why smarter, more equitable taxation is key to sustainable development and the future of development finance.
The current U.N. system — with its 42 agencies and thousands of mandates — is unsustainable and hinders effective development work, making reform essential, says Åsmund Grøver Aukrust, the international development minister of Norway.
Amitabh Behar says $33.9 trillion is sitting in the pockets of the superrich — and should be taxed.
Despite ambitious climate plans, city networks warn that outdated fiscal systems and limited borrowing power are holding back urgently needed investment.
Global leaders exhale as a borrowers’ club takes shape and pause clauses gain traction — but civil society says progress falls short and access to the real conversations is even worse.
ILX CEO Manfred Schepers says closing the data gap is key to unlocking institutional capital for development — calling for transparency and public access to investment data to mobilize billions.
While the organization fell short of its fundraising goal at its replenishment event last week — its chief executive officer still sees the $9 billion raised as a victory.
Everything that went down on Day 2 of the Financing for Development conference. Plus, Casa Devex discussions on how Spain delivered consensus at FfD4 and why transparency from DFIs matters so much.
The CEO of Project Starling offers the long view — which isn't all doom and gloom — at Casa Devex.
In a podcast episode recorded in front of a live audience at the fourth Financing for Development conference in Sevilla, Gates Foundation’s Kalpana Kochhar joins Raj Kumar to discuss why health must remain a top priority for development financing.
Spain, once a World Bank recipient country, proves cooperation works with FfD4 deal while bucking donor trend of slashing aid budget.
“More and more of what's happening in our planet is going to be happening in cities,” says Anna Claudia Rosso, the executive director of UN-Habitat.
So far at FfD4, global leaders adopted the pre-written Compromiso de Sevilla, launched a new global tax coalition, and debated how the public and private sectors will truly collaborate.
At Casa Devex in Sevilla, Gary Forster of Publish What You Fund urges development finance institutions to release more data to help spur private investment.
An early look at what we’re seeing and hearing at the fourth Financing for Development conference in Sevilla, Spain.
A recap of Day 1 at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Spain. Plus, a chat with the CEO of the French Development Agency, Rémy Rioux, on the ambitious steps needed to solve a debt crisis.
Devex reporters Elissa Miolene and Jesse Chase-Lubitz join Executive Editor Kate Warren for a podcast episode recorded in front of a live audience at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Sevilla.
Despite today's upheaval of foreign aid and global finance, the head of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee says the original goals for official development assistance still have resonance.
Sevilla hosts high-stakes talks on development finance — and rising tensions.
Rémy Rioux, CEO of the French Development Agency and a veteran of FfD conferences, sees successes over the last 10 years, but also stalled progress.
After months of negotiations, countries arrive in Sevilla, Spain, for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development with a draft agreement already in hand — and without the U.S. at the table.
As FfD4 begins in Sevilla, a hard-won agreement sets the stage — but questions over financing and follow-through linger.
The U.S. did not pledge to Gavi's replenishment and left the Financing for Development conference right before it started. Plus, the World Economic Forum’s new space race.
The spotlight is on Spain's development philosophy, which is quite different from that of its neighbors.
As temperatures soar in Sevilla, global leaders gear up for the fourth Financing for Development conference amid deep divides and stalled promises from the last decade. Plus, what trouble in Bonn means for Belém.
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A breakdown of what materialized from the Third International Conference on Financing for Development and what to expect at the fourth iteration. Plus, the head of Britain’s DFI makes the case for guarantees.
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After countries signed off on the draft outcome document for the FfD4, UNDESA official Shari Spiegel lays out what’s left to do in Sevilla.
A decade after FfD3, the world’s promises on development finance have unraveled. And as the world gathers in Seville, Spain, for FfD4, the stakes are higher than ever before.
The Trump administration's withdrawal sets the stage for the broader U.N. membership to approve a declaration for formal adoption in Spain.
The Trump administration has proposed over 400 amendments to a leaked draft of the Financing for Development conference outcome document. Plus, nuclear reenters the World Bank’s playbook, and COP30 diplomacy starts in Bonn.
The draft outcome document for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, or FfD4, in Sevilla later this month is ambitious — and this is precisely what is needed.
We are calling on the chair of the OECD's development assistance committee Carsten Staur to push for a transparent, inclusive, and democratic process to redefine international development cooperation.
As the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development approaches, Seville could define the next decade of development finance — with critical debates on debt, tax, trade, and aid on the table.
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