An Introductory Guide to Financing for Development
This document was developed based on collective work by the Civil Society FfD (Financing for Development) Mechanism. It is an introductory briefing of the FfD process and of the Civil Society FfD Mechanism’s role in it and it is the first part of a more comprehensive toolkit currently under development, being built as an attempt to make navigating the FfD process and its interrelated domains more accessible for a non-technical audience. By guiding readers through the UN Financing for Development world, it shines a light onto how shaping decision-making on global economic governance at the UN has the potential to transform our global economic systems to reduce inequalities within and between countries and make them work for people and the planet.
Understanding the underlying causes of the debt problem is key to developing and advancing just solutions. In this briefing we look at how the massive debt burdens of global South countries stemmed from a flawed and inequitable international financial system that continues to hold sway today.