Equitable Development

Liberia

The Equitable Development pillar advances insights and research in economic development cooperation and reforms to the international financial architecture, as well as evidence-based policy solutions to promote more inclusive economic governance toward inclusive growth, achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and improved human mobility.    

Highlights

Blog Post

Pivoting development for a new era

Leaders face diminishing levels of foreign aid. Here’s three ways they (and their partners) can look to adapt.

11 Mar 2025

Blog Post

Capacity-building: a solution to the "credit rating impasse"

UN efforts to help Global South countries navigate the credit rating system could reduce debt burdens and promote development.

05 Mar 2025

Interconnected Globe

The demand for a fair international financial architecture

A critical examination of the Global South's proposals for international financial architecture reform
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Events

Side Event

Credit ratings and sustainable development investment

Identifying practical pathways to reform the credit rating ecosystem.

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Event

The road to 1.3T: the Baku to Belém roadmap

Aligning climate finance with real economy needs and demographic realities.

Symposium

Rethinking global debt: reforming the international financial architecture

UNU-CPR experts joined the Helsinki Symposium to chart practical, politically viable solutions for a more equitable global financial system.

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Symposium

A survey of designs for a new global sovereign debt mechanism

Strengthening the global debt architecture: design options for a more predictable, equitable and reliable system

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Event

International financial architecture reform: Towards a new governance for a fair and equitable economic order

Exploring how we can deliver more funding, faster, and on a more sustainable basis

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Workshop

Innovative finance to ensure stability in the face of adverse climate change impacts

Exploring strategic solutions for resilient climate finance and real economy stability.

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