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LOCATION:Geneva and Online\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:Geneva presentation of the Financing for Sustainable Development Re
 port 2022
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The 2022 Financing for Sustainable Development Report\, issued 
 by the Secretary-General&#039\;s Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for 
 Development\, examines how unfavourable financing terms\, such as high bor
 rowing costs and debt overhangs\, prevent developing counties from respond
 ing to the COVID-19 pandemic and investing in sustainable development\, an
 d what can be done to enable countries to achieve the SDGs.\n\nUNCTAD is o
 ne of the main stakeholders of the IATF and mainly contributes to four cha
 pters in the report:\n\n\nChapter III. B Domestic and international privat
 e business and finance\nChapter III.D International trade as an engine for
  development\,\nChapter III. E Debt and debt sustainability\,\nChapter III
 . G Science\, technology\, innovation and capacity building\n\n\nThe Genev
 a presentation of the FSDR 2022 will focus on these four chapters and pres
 ent to the audience their main messages and recent updates.\n\nRebeca Gryn
 span\, Secretary-General of UNCTAD and Liu Zhenmin\, Under-Secretary-Gener
 al of the United Nations will make opening remarks\, followed by presentat
 ions from panellists.\n\nPanelists:\n\n\nMiho Shirotori\, Head\, Trading S
 ystems\, Services and Creative Economy will intervene on trade\n \nStepha
 nie Blankenburg\, Head\, Debt and Development Finance will intervene on de
 bt\n \nAngel Gonzalez-Sanz\, Head\, Science\, Technology and ICT with int
 ervene on Science\, Technology and Innovation\n \nAmelia Santos-Paulino\,
  Chief\, Investment Research will intervene on Business Finance.\n \n\n\n
 Attendees will be able to ask questions to the panellists after their pres
 entations.\n\n \n\n \n&lt\;p&gt\;The 2022 Financing for Sustainable Deve
 lopment Report\, issued by the Secretary-General&#039\;s Inter-Agency Task
  Force on Financing for Development\, examines how unfavourable financing 
 terms\, such as high borrowing costs and debt overhangs\, prevent developi
 ng counties from responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and investing in sust
 ainable development\, and what can be done to enable countries to achieve 
 the SDGs.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;UNCTAD is one of the main stakeholders
  of the IATF and mainly contributes to four chapters in the report:&lt\;/p
 &gt\;\n\n&lt\;ul&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;Chapter III. B Domestic and internation
 al private business and finance&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;Chapter III.D In
 ternational trade as an engine for development\,&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\
 ;Chapter III. E Debt and debt sustainability\,&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;C
 hapter III. G Science\, technology\, innovation and capacity building&lt\;
 /li&gt\;\n&lt\;/ul&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;The Geneva presentation of the FSDR 
 2022 will focus on these four chapters and present to the audience their m
 ain messages and recent updates.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\
 ;Rebeca Grynspan&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Secretary-General of UNCTAD and &lt\;s
 trong&gt\;Liu Zhenmin&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Under-Secretary-General of the Un
 ited Nations will make opening remarks\, followed by presentations from pa
 nellists.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;h4&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Panelists:&lt\;/stron
 g&gt\;&lt\;/h4&gt\;\n\n&lt\;ul&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Miho Shir
 otori&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Head\, Trading Systems\, Services and Creative Ec
 onomy will intervene on trade&lt\;br /&gt\;\n&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&l
 t\;li&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Stephanie Blankenburg&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Head\, 
 Debt and Development Finance will intervene on debt&lt\;br /&gt\;\n&amp\;n
 bsp\;&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Angel Gonzalez-Sanz&lt\;/s
 trong&gt\;\, Head\, Science\, Technology and ICT with intervene on Science
 \, Technology and Innovation&lt\;br /&gt\;\n&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt
 \;li&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Amelia Santos-Paulino&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Chief\, 
 Investment Research will intervene on Business Finance.&lt\;br /&gt\;\n&am
 p\;nbsp\;&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;/ul&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Attendees will be able
  to ask questions to the panellists after their presentations.&lt\;/p&gt\;
 \n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&
 gt\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/geneva-pr
 esentation-financing-sustainable-development-report-2022
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