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    A year on from Addis and no goals scored

    In this opinion piece, Alex McGillivray, director of development at CDC, the private investment arm of the U.K. Department for International Development, reflects on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, exactly one year after it was signed by world leaders in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

    By Alex MacGillivray // 13 July 2016

    In July 2015, we saw fresh impetus for global development — the so-called Addis Agenda on financing sustainable development. The challenge kept growing through the year, with a flagship target to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030 and a raft of other sustainability goals agreed in September, and the Paris climate agreement in December 2015 to boot.

    Given the costs of achieving these goals — $4.5 trillion by one estimate — the private sector will be key. In fact the Addis Agenda calls on the private sector 18 times in 134 paragraphs, including specific references to development finance institutions like the U.K.’s CDC.

    “To achieve the goals,” says Erik Solheim, now head of the U.N. Environment Program and ex-chair of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Development Assistance Committee, “countries need finance: they need tax receipts, private investment and official development assistance. Although they can’t do it alone, DFIs can help in all of these; through mobilizing ODA, and encouraging commercial investment by helping to build the private sector in developing countries.”

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      Alex MacGillivray is director of development impact at CDC, the U.K.’s development finance institution. His work involves measuring how CDC meets its missions to build businesses and create jobs in Africa and South Asia. A recent study he worked on looked at the link between power, economic growth and job creation. Alex's background is in sustainable development, competitiveness and business strategy. Before joining CDC, he held senior positions at AccountAbility and the New Economics Foundation, and has worked with a broad range of businesses, government and nonprofits.

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