Events

Monday, June 30

• 8:30 AM
  
  China and the Future of Global Development Finance

  China is the world’s largest bilateral official lender, with its two development finance institutions (DFIs) committing approximately $500 billion to countries between 2008-2024. Such finance helped fill large

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Tuesday, July 1

• 4:30 AM
  
  Sovereign Debt and Sustained Development: Breaking the Vicious Cycle and Building New Patterns of Resilience

  An increasing number of countries find themselves in a vicious cycle of economic fragility, debt, commodity dependence, biodiversity loss and climate vulnerability. The Fourth International Conference on Financing

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Wednesday, July 2

• 2:30 AM
  
  Powering the Investment Push for Sustainable Development through International Financial Architecture Reform

  Achieving the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement depends on a global investment push. The 2024 Financing for Sustainable Development Report estimated the SDG finance

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• 4:30 AM
  
  Redesigning the System: Proposals for International Debt Architecture Reform

  The need for a functional and inclusive international debt architecture has never been more urgent. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many developing countries—especially low-income countries—have struggled to meet

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Thursday, July 3

• 6:30 AM
  
  Rethinking Debt Sustainability to Kickstart Growth

  Recent global shocks have exposed significant vulnerabilities in the international financial architecture (IFA), reinforcing the perception that it inadequately supports the most vulnerable communities and fails

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Tuesday, July 8

• 6:00 AM
  
  Early Retirement of Coal-Fired Power Plants in Pakistan

  China has made significant investments in Pakistan’s energy sector under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), including coal-fired power plants (CFPPs) that have substantially contributed to the

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