Discussions around how to finance the sustainable development goals shouldn’t only focus on finding enough funds — because they are there. Instead, questions should revolve around how to unlock these already available resources, maximizing them to create the largest impact.
How do you invest the money to get the results that you need?
That is the key challenge for development stakeholders gathered this week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the third International Conference on Financing for Development, which aims to build consensus on the means to implement the post-2015 development agenda.
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Elena L. Pasquini@elenapasquini
Elena Pasquini covers the development work of the European Union as well as various U.N. food and agricultural agencies for Devex News. Based in Rome, she also reports on Italy's aid reforms and attends the European Development Days and other events across Europe. She has interviewed top international development officials, including European Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs. Elena has contributed to Italian and international magazines, newspapers and news portals since 1995.
