Publikationen

By Alexa Sabatini, Julie Kim, Barbara Adams, and Karen Judd

The UN established the category of least developed countries (LDCs) in 1971, as many developing countries were navigating a path to development in the post-colonial period. The classification identified specific development challenges faced by these countries. As the UN ECOSOC Committee for Development Planning (renamed in 1998 Committee for Development Policy – CDP) acknowledged in 1971:

“[w]hile developing countries as a group face more or less the same general problems [...]

This GPW Round Up #3 highlights different perspectives on CSO engagement in UN processes.

By the GPW Team

In September 2022, heads of state and government spoke at the UN Headquarters on the theme “A watershed moment: transformative solutions to interlocking challenges”.

Secretary-General António Guterres’s message was clear: “Our world is in peril and paralyzed". He launched the High-level General Debate bluntly: “Our world is in big trouble. Divides are growing deeper. Inequalities are growing wider. Challenges are spreading farther.” He urged, “We need action across the board.”

“Let’s have no illusions. We are [...]

By Marina Durano

Recovery with care 
The pandemic lockdowns and limits to mobility taught painful lessons about the importance of care. First, the pandemic forced us to recognize the value of care workers as essential and that we are dependent on a broad spectrum of essential workers. Second, a significant share of deaths occurred in long-term care homes, exposing the vulnerabilities of a long-neglected sector. Third, parents with school-age children felt the stresses of holding down a job while working [...]

As Agenda 2030 passes its mid-way point, ambitious reforms will be required during its second phase if the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are still to be achieved. A lack of financial resources is one of the main reasons why their implementation has fallen so far behind. The UN’s latest Financing for Sustainable Development Report has identified the “financial divide”, i.e. the lack of access to funds at favourable interest rates for countries of the Global South, as a key problem [...]

By Antje Hipkins and Elena Marmo

Crucial to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda is SDG 17, “Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development”. Increasingly, discussions now take the form of multistakeholder partnerships and engagement with the business sector as a tool to mobilize finance for the SDGs or generate needed capacity - often to develop a pipeline of bankable projects. This partnership orientation has become a regular [...]

Die Welt befindet sich zurzeit im Dauerkrisenmodus. Neben der weiterhin schwelenden COVID-19-Pandemie und dem globalen Klimanotstand mit seinen Extremwetterereignissen beeinträchtigen nun auch die geopolitischen und ökonomischen Folgen des Ukrainekriegs die (Über-)Lebensbedingungen großer Teile der Menschheit. Am deutlichsten zu spüren ist das bei der Ernährungssicherheit und der Energieversorgung. Die Weltmarktpreise stiegen 2022 auf Rekordniveau und lösten eine Inflationsspirale mit massiven Folgen aus. Die Vereinten Nationen warnen vor der bislang schwersten Krise der Lebenshaltungskosten in diesem Jahrhundert. Als Reaktion darauf sind die [...]

By Antje Hipkins

Since the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), the United Nations has annually convened the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council annually and at Summit level under the auspices of the General Assembly every four years. The HLPF is the main mechanism through which UN Member States assess global progress on meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Member States [...]

In der anstehenden zweiten Hälfte der Agenda 2030 sind ambitionierte Reformen notwendig, wenn die Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung (Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs) noch erreicht werden sollen. Fehlende finanzielle Mittel sind ein Hauptgrund dafür, dass deren Umsetzung massiv in Rückstand geraten ist. Der jüngste Financing for Sustainable Development Report der UN hat die “financial divide”, also den schlechteren Zugang von Ländern des Globalen Südens zu zinsgünstigen Finanzmitteln, als ein zentrales Problem identifiziert. Dieser sorgte dafür, dass sich reiche Länder vergleichsweise schnell [...]

Seit Vereinbarung der Agenda 2030 fand Entwicklungsfinanzierung unter den Bedingungen niedriger Zinsen und hoher Liquidität auf globalen Finanzmärkten statt. Das hat sich mit der Zinswende geändert. Dieses Briefing Paper beschreibt die aktuellen Trends, analysiert die Implikationen für die Finanzierung nachhaltiger Entwicklung im globalen Süden, und formuliert Politikempfehlungen wie Länder des globalen Südens und ihre Finanzierungspartner aus dem Norden auf die Zinswende reagieren können.