Please join the Center for Global Development for a conversation on mobilizing private sector investment in Africa to support development priorities. On the heels of the second US-Africa Leaders’ Summit and COP27, US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) CEO Scott Nathan will highlight DFC’s recent commitments on the African continent. Additionally, he will discuss opportunities for further investment to support African partners enabling agricultural development, climate adaptation, better health outcomes, and more. He’ll be joined by Mastercard Executive Vice President Tara Nathan, who will offer a private sector perspective on the opportunities and challenges to investing in Africa to drive digital financial inclusion.
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GENEVA
While we don’t know what’s on the UN secretary-general’s list of new year resolutions, one item might very well be to push ahead with the overhaul of the UN system that he launched when he took office in 2017.
But change is hard. Given the complicated politics of how the UN is run, can his vision – or any reform agenda – realistically deliver? Does that agenda create openings for reform of the multilateral system?
As we close out a year in which the UN marked its 75th anniversary, we’re taking a hard look at whether reform of multilateral agencies has a chance.