Making Access Possible (MAP) is a multi-country initiative to support nancial inclusion through a process of evidence-based analysis feeding into a nancial inclusion roadmap jointly implemented by a range of local stakeholders.
The report ‘Blended Finance in the Least Developed Countries’ - prepared by UNCDF in collaboration with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Southern Voice on Post-MDG International Development Goals, Convergence and the United Nations Foundation - aims to help fill in these gaps.
Impact Shares, a non-profit fund manager, is launching an Exchange-Trade Fund (ETF), which will track the performance of the Morningstar Societal Development Index. This index was constructed to include social criteria identified by and important to the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF). This ETF offers investors a liquid investment vehicle that supports companies generating an economic benefit in the world's 47 poorest countries, known as the Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
The creation of a coordinating structure to incorporate the SDGs into the actions of all areas of government and to bring various government institutions together to develop and implement integrated policies is one of the most formal mechanisms for adopting the whole-of-government approach. To sustain impetus for implementation of the 2030 Agenda, however, efforts need to go beyond merely creating an institutional framework. They need to create new dynamics for collaboration throughout policy cycles, across sectors and between levels of government.
The relatively stable economic performance of Asia and the Pacific conceals increasing downside risks to regional progress in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In an era of uncertainty, bold and wise policies are needed to make growth inclusive and sustainable, i.e., “putting people and planet first.”
