Accelerating Finance for the Sustainable Development Goals

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UNDP and Mizuho Financial Group join forces to scale up sustainable finance in Asia
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Launch of the Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD)
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UNDP at the 79th session of the UN General Assembly and the Summit of the Future
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Groundbreaking international guidelines empower businesses to accelerate SDG achievement
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Importance of Private Finance in Achieving SDGs Showcased on the "Do One Better!" Podcast
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UNDP collaborates with governments, investors, and businesses to transform public and private finance, benefiting both people and the planet. Through the Sustainable Finance Hub, we partner globally to help create a financial system that supports sustainable development and achieves the SDGs.

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Public Finance for the SDGs

Aligning public finance, budgets, tax and debt, with the SDGs

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Private Finance for the SDGs

Leveraging and aligning private capital with the SDGs

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Integrated National Financing Frameworks

Providing a framework for financing national sustainable development priorities and the SDGs

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SDG Finance Academy

Building capacity for sustainable finance across the globe

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E-Learning

Start your sustainable finance learning journey with our open-access courses.

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Impact

Explore essential data on UNDP’s sustainable finance work

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Countries

Over 100 countries supported to work on sustainable finance

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Billion

US$200 billion aligned and leveraged for the SDGs in 2022-2023

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Countries

85 countries supported to develop Integrated National Financing Frameworks

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Opportunities

500 SDG investment opportunity areas identified through the investor maps in 30 countries

Publications

Development Finance Assessment for Albania
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Development Finance Assessment for Albania

Albania’s Development Finance Assessment provides a comprehensive review of the country’s financial landscape, identifying strengths and weaknesses in the financial system and how they affect development objectives and progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This report explores...

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UNDP Africa Investment Insights Report, Third Edition – Climate Opportunities
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UNDP Africa Investment Insights Report, Third Edition – Climate Opportunities

Based on the SDG Investor Map, UNDP’s market intelligence tool on SDG investments, the UNDP Africa Investment Insights Report provides an overview of private sector opportunities with economic, social and environmental potential for sustainable development progress across Africa. In its third...

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1st UNDP Global Dialogue on Public Finance and Tax for Gender Equality
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1st UNDP Global Dialogue on Public Finance and Tax for Gender Equality

The 1st UNDP Global Dialogue on Public Finance and Tax for Gender Equality held in Istanbul in February 2024 convened Ministers, Vice-Ministers, Commissioners, Directors and other practitioners from Ministries of Finance, Tax Administrations and related institutions to discuss the interrelation...

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Secretariats hosted by UNDP

UNDP's sustainable finance expertise and trusted relationships with 170 countries have led to it hosting several global networks.

Financial Centers for Sustainability

Financial Centers for Sustainability

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Sustainable Insurance Forum

Sustainable Insurance Forum

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Introduction to Unlocking Private Capital and Aligning Business Operations for the SDGs

This module outlines UNDP's approach to working with the private sector to unlock private capital and align business operations for the SDGs. In this introductory...

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Introduction to Integrated National Financing Frameworks and Portfolios

This module uses real-world country case studies to illustrate how INFFs can be utilized to tackle sustainable development challenges by enhancing coherence among policies, making...

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Unlocking private capital: Introduction to SDG Investment Project Pipelines

In this module, you will learn why the private sector is an essential partner for achieving the SDGs. You will also learn important  terminology and...

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Best practices in risk reduction, emergency preparedness, response and recovery: A Vanuatu Business Resilience Council Case Study

This publication presents a selection of five initiatives alongside “Best Practice Takeaways” for each, with the intent of enabling other organizations, and in particular other...

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Guidance for Mainstreaming Decent Work in INFFs

Practical guidance for integrating a decent work perspective throughout the INFF building blocks

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CBi Annual Report 2022

The Connecting Business initiative (CBi) Annual Report provides an overview of our activities in private sector disaster preparedness, response and recovery in 2022, plus a...

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Introduction to the INFF Facility

This introduction highlights the INFF Facility’s technical assistance work on supporting country-led INFFs, theory of change, emerging impacts, results to date, partnerships and contact.
 

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2023 State of INFFs

This update showcases how countries are using INFFs to build a more sustainable financing architecture, aligning public and private finance with national sustainable development priorities...

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Inclusive insurance and risk financing in Colombia. Snapshot and way forward 2023

The report summarizes the key findings of an inclusive insurance and risk finance country diagnostic carried out by the IRFF and UNDP Colombia. The publication...

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Inclusive Insurance and Risk Financing Diagnostic in Maldives

The diagnostic report articulates the insurance supply side, a picture of the demand side, the gaps and opportunities in the enabling environment and the financial...

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