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Speaker at Seville conference warns 2030 development agenda is at risk, calls for overhaul of global finance
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A conference speaker in Seville said the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is in danger and urged quicker investment flows, debt-system reform and greater inclusion of developing countries in global financial institutions.
Speaker at a conference in Seville warned that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is in danger and called for sweeping reforms to global development finance, saying faster resource flows, debt-system fixes and greater participation for developing countries are needed to meet the Sustainable Development Goals.
The speaker said the world faces “massive headwinds” including a slowing global economy, rising trade tensions and shrinking aid budgets, and that these pressures are putting development progress at risk. “We are living in a world where trust is fraying and multilateralism is strained,” the speaker said.
Two-thirds of the Sustainable Development Goals targets are lagging, the…
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