Last summer, the UN hailed the signing of the Addis Ababa action agenda on development finance a historic moment.
Many people working in development however did not feel it went far enough on concrete commitments. Calls for an international tax body fell on deaf ears, while some were cynical about policymakers re-committing to an already 45-year-old target of countries spending 0.7% of gross national income on aid.
With the international community struggling to mobilise money from the traditional donor governments for long-running development programmes, NGOs and bilaterals are increasingly looking to the private sector, philanthropic foundations and emerging donors such as China to fill the funding gap.
But how do we get new models for development finance up and running, and what’s the best way to incentivise potential investors? Is there enough support for a ‘Robin Hood’ tax to be made a reality? And where will new and old development banks fit in the post-2015 development landscape?
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Panel
Ricardo Gottschalk, economic affairs officer, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva, Switzerland @UNCTAD
Ricardo is a development economist with research focusing on international capital flows and development finance.
Luca Etter, program manager - private sector and development finance, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Bern, Switzerland @LucaEtter
Luca was in charge of Switzerland’s engagement in the intergovernmental negotiations on a new financing for development framework post-2015.
Sebastian Große-Puppendahl, policy officer, the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), Maastricht, The Netherlands @SebGroPup
Sebastian works on development finance and private sector engagement for development. He worked on the European Report on Development 2015.
Abera Endeshaw, senior policy and influencing officer, WaterAid, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia @wateraid
Abera has 11 years experience working in the WASH sector, both in government and in INGOs.
Sapna Shah, senior manager, strategic relationships, The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), New York, United States @theGIIN
Sapna is senior manager at the GIIN, an organisation dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing.
Tove Maria Ryding, tax justice coordinator, European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad), Brussels, Belgium @eurodad @toveryding
Tove is a tax justice coordinator with Eurodad.
Porter McConnell, director, Financial Transparency Coalition, Washington DC, USA @FinTrCo @PorterMcConnell
Porter is Director of the FTC, which promotes a transparent, accountable, and sustainable financial system that works for everyone.
Naila Farouky, CEO, Arab Foundations Forum, Cairo, Egypt @Arabfoundforum
Naila leads AFF, a membership-based forum of philanthropic foundations based in or working in the Arab region.
Joseph Stead, senior economic justice adviser, Christian Aid, London, UK @jwbstead @christian_aid
Joseph focuses on tax and development issues, especially corporate transparency.
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