The Side-Event “(Un)Equal Africa – How to ensure equitable trajectories to prosperity?”, co-organized by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Commission and AFD, has been held on 14 February 2022 in the margin of...
Following the success of the Facility's first phase, AFD and the European Commission have agreed to continue the programme in a second phase: the Extension. Financed with 3 million euros by the Directorate-General for...
In 2015, world leaders pledged to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels. They also promised to eradicate poverty and hunger, to secure peace and prosperity, to protect the planet, and to leave no...
Covid-19 did not only lead to a health crisis but also to an unprecedented economic one which widened inequality gaps. Researchers tried to understand how “predatory financial investors” – i.e shadow banks, such as private equity...
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated socioeconomic inequalities within and across countries. However, governments mainly adopted short-term fixes solutions which allowed the distributional consequences of the pandemic to widen...
Foreword The global community is at a critical moment in its pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). More than a year into the global pandemic, millions of lives have been lost, the human and economic toll has been...
The USAID/Georgia Economic Security Program, in partnership with the National Bank of Georgia and GITA, is hosting the Fintech Forum. The aim of the forum is to promote dialogue in Fintech through presenting the Program’s findings...
15 March 2021 If the UNECE region follows current trends, by 2030 it will achieve only 23 of the 169 SDG targets. However, only 89 targets can be assessed while for the remaining 80, no assessment can be made due to insufficient...
The European Commission's Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) is about to launch a new version of the EU Aid Explorer, which will be available as of Friday 28 th October. The main changes...
The first-ever virtual High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) was held between 7-16 July under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council under the overall theme: "Accelerated action and transformative...
