Author: Kathrin Berensmann

Cumbersome but Essential – The United Nations Financing for Development Process Ahead of its 4th Conference

IDOS Blog Series on the 4th FfD Conference

Image of the Square in Seville, “4th International Conference on Financing for Development 30 June–3 July 2025 Seville, Spain”

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The 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), scheduled for June 30 to July 3 in Seville, Spain, will conclude an extensive United Nations process that aims to align public and private financial flows with social, environmental, and economic goals. …

Photo: A general view of particiânts during Regional Consultation on Financing for Development. 23 March 2015.

Leveraging the FfD4 Preparatory Process to Remove Barriers to Channelling Special Drawing Rights to Multilateral Development Banks

In the face of multiple crises, the availability of development finance for developing countries is declining, even as their financing needs to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals are increasing. The Pact for the Future has recently called for eligible countries to channel half of their 2021 allocations of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) at the International…