Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are increasingly being promoted as the solution to the shortfall in financing needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With ever greater frequency, PPPs are being used to deliver economic infrastructure, such as railways, roads, airports and ports, as well as key services such as health, education, water and electricity in both the global north and the global south.
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Failure to Fly: Challenges and lessons learned from public-private partnerships in Tunisia
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Eurodad response to OECD consultation on international tax
#DevelopmentFinance #UNCTAD #UN #AddisAbaba #BrettonWoods #SOMO #ODI #JobVacancy
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The escalating costs of public-private partnerships in the UK (II): who will pay the bill?
This is the second of two blogs on PPPs in the UK. Read the first part here.
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The escalating costs of public-private partnerships in the UK (I)
This is the first of two blogs looking at PPPs in the UK. Read the second part here
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Asociaciones público-privadas y asistencia de salud universal en América Latina: ¿a qué costo?
En el centro de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible está el compromiso internacional con la Cobertura Sanitaria Universal (CSU). Esto responde a la urgente necesidad de abordar un problema crucial: al menos la mitad de la población mundial sigue careciendo de acceso a los servicios esenciales de salud y la asequibilidad sigue siendo una razón clave para que esto suceda.
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Impact of development finance institutions on sustainable development
Development finance institutions (DFIs) have a positive role to play in supporting economic growth and job creation through the mobilisation of private investment in developing countries.
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A Global Green New Deal - a new UNCTAD report outlines a financing plan
#DevelopmentFinance #HeatlhPPPs #UniversalHealthCare #GreenNewDeal #EUParliament #BlendedFinance
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Public private partnerships and universal health care in Latin America - at what cost?
At the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals is an international commitment to Universal Health Coverage (UHC). This responds to the urgent need to address a crucial problem: at least half of the world’s population still lacks access to essential health services, and affordability remains a key reason for that.
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A Global Green New Deal – new UNCTAD report outlines a financing plan
The debate about a Green New Deal has recently been reinvigorated in both sides of the Atlantic. In Europe, the Green New Deal is part of the priorities of the European Commission’s President-elect Ursula von der Leyen. And at the UN in New York last month, sustainable development was featured in a series of global Summits, including the Climate Action Summit. In response, UNCTAD used the momentum to launch the 2019 edition of the Trade and Development Report (TDR) which analyses the new deal from a financing perspective, identifies constraints and outlines innovative financing options.
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A new European Commission: What are the implications for Development Finance in the next five years?
Following the European elections in May, former German defence minister Ursula von der Leyen has assumed the role of President-elect of the European Commission. In July, von der Leyen, the first woman to take this post, released a concept paper titled “A Union that strives for more” and on Tuesday this week she unveiled the names of the new Commissioners. And with these releases, the policy agenda of the next European Commission, mandated to govern until 2024, is slowly taking shape. In response, we ask what are the implications for development finance?
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