This year marks an important juncture in several key global processes related to Development Finance, including the 3rd International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD), which will take place in Addis Ababa in July. In September, the Sustainable Development Goals are expected to be agreed; an important element of the SDGs will be discussions on the Means of Implementation, including a focus on the financing of the Goals. At the end of the year, the UNFCCC Conference of Parties (CoP 21) will take place in Paris, with countries meeting to discuss an international climate change agreement, and the financing architecture needed to take it forward.

Following the Associate Administrator’s participation in the Asia Pacific High-Level Consultation on Financing for Development in Jakarta at the end of April, the Bangkok Regional Hub (BRH) has prepared this Issues Brief on Financing for Development as a resource for Country Offices and their partners. It is meant to complement resources developed at the global level, including the DESA web site on FfD, UNDP’s FfD blog series, and the Administrator’s promotional video for the FfD conference.