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Financing forDevelopment
On 22 March 2002, Heads of State gathered in Monterrey, Mexico, to “address the challenges of
financing for development around the world”, particularly for developing countries, at the first International
Conference on Financing for Development.
What are the major challenges of Financing for Development at the national and international level?
Leading Actions
• Mobilizing Domestic Resources
• Mobilizing International Resources
• International Trade
• International financial Cooperation
• External Debt
• Addressing Systemic Issues
Mobilizing domestic FinancialResources
Countries with extreme poverty adopt and begin to implement, no later than 2006, a national development
strategy bold enough to meet the Millennium Development Goals by 2015
Mobilizing international resources
A high proportion of foreign direct investment should be directed to low-income countries and foreign direct
investment’s positive contribution to their development should be ensured
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DESPITE HIGH LEVELS OF FDI, NET RESOURCE TRANSFERS HAVE BEEN
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NET TRANSFER OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES FROM THE DEVELOPING
TO THE DEVELOPED WORLD
Net outward transfers of financial resources have been increasing steadily in developing countries since 1997 and
reached an estimated $350 billion in 2004.
The net outward resource transfer from developing to developed countries is usually considered to have a negative impact on domestic growth since the net export of goods and services
reduces the resources available for domestic consumption and investment.
The improvement in net private flows, while substantial was not sufficient to offset the net outflows.
This negative transfer is partially reflected in a record increase in international reserves.
International Trade as an engine for development
Recognizing the links between trade, development and finance, a more open, equitable, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system is critical to exploiting the potential of trade to act as a source of financing for development.
Increasing international financial and technical cooperation
Official Development Assistance is increasing in nominal terms but more needs to be done to increase assistance to ensure the financing required to attain the Millennium Development Goals.
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PLEDGES AND REALITY
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Debt Sustainability
Three decades of debt crisis has engulfed most of the world’s developing countries at the cost of millions of lives.
“Allow countries to meet MDGs
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Addressingsystemic issues
Enhancing the coherence and consistency of the international monetary, financial and trading
systems in support of development
Create the political will to enhance developing countries’ sense of
responsibility and domestic ownership of their own development
by providing them with a more equitable voice and participation in
the institutions that take the decisions that affect their development prospects.