First Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development

Nine years ago, the global community adopted the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, to enable countries to mobilize and align the financial resources needed to achieve sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet, despite progress across its action areas – including significant improvements in financial inclusion, growth in sustainable investment, an historic SDR issuance, and efforts to reform the multilateral development bank system – 6 years ahead of the deadline to achieve the SDGs, the promise of the Addis Ababa Ac on Agenda remains largely unfulfilled.