{"id":30866,"date":"2025-06-26T11:34:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T15:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/?p=30866"},"modified":"2025-06-26T16:26:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T20:26:27","slug":"gdp-center-round-up-4th-international-conference-on-financing-for-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/2025\/06\/26\/gdp-center-round-up-4th-international-conference-on-financing-for-development\/","title":{"rendered":"GDP Center Round-up: 4th International Conference on Financing for Development"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Seville, Spain. Photo by Agust\u00edn N\u00fa\u00f1ez via Unsplash.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Samantha Igo<\/a><\/p>\n

As a record-breaking heat wave<\/a> strains energy grids and risks public health across Europe, policymakers, activists and experts convene in Seville, Spain from June 30 to July 3 for the highly anticipated 4th International Conference on Financing for Development<\/a> (FFD4).<\/p>\n

These rather rare policy events (the last was 10 years ago in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) provide a forum<\/a> for the international community to renew a commitment to achieving the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Paris Agreement.<\/p>\n

While it may be threadbare to say that FFD4 comes at a vital historical moment, it is no less true. Progress on the SDGs is stagnating or slipping entirely<\/a> less than five years out from its eponymous deadline. Countries around the world are increasingly contending with the ruthless evidence of climate change while geopolitical instability injects the global economy with uncertainty, high interest rates and erratic trade policies. Much has also changed in the 10 years<\/a> since FFD3 in Addis Ababa, with many development indicators worsening in the decade since.<\/p>\n

It is no longer possible to ignore the brittleness of the international financial architecture (IFA) in the face of global challenges, and both the timing and rarity of this FFD conference establishes it as an inflection point<\/a> toward either progress or acquiescing to an untenable status quo.<\/p>\n

Ahead of FFD4, the Boston University Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) has published a slew of research on IFA reform, the emerging debt crisis in developing countries, China\u2019s overseas lending, resource mobilization and more to inform policy dialogues. Brief summaries of key issue areas and accompanying resources are provided below.<\/p>\n

FFD4 Resources:<\/strong><\/h6>\n