Author: LMD International

Almost a decade has passed since countries committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In 2017, the United Nations first assessed the financing gap – the difference between the estimated financial requirements for achieving the SDGs and the available funding – and estimated that emerging and developing countries would need an additional $2.5 trillion annually to meet the goals. Unfortunately, nearly 10 years later, the global financial architecture has failed to deliver the needed investments. The financing gap has now evolved into the “great financial divide,” with the shortfall increasing to $4.2 trillion. This shortfall is exacerbated by the growing needs of…

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Sri Lanka’s new president has chosen his prime minister – selecting a woman for the third time in the country’s history. Anura Kumara Dissanayake named former university lecturer-turned-MP Harini Amarasuriya as prime minister on Tuesday – also giving her ministerial responsibility for justice, education and labour. Both are part of the left-leaning National People’s Power alliance, which has just three seats in Sri Lanka’s 225 seat parliament. BBC – September 24, 2024 The remaining interim cabinet roles were shared out between the party’s two other MPs, as speculation continued to mount over a potential parliamentary election being called in the…

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