New policy brief highlights Global Accelerator’s role in making political commitments into action

Geneva - In the run-up to the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) and the Second World Summit for Social Development (WSSD2), this policy brief highlights how the Global Accelerator provides a platform for translating international commitments into national action.  

The brief outlines the vision, structure, and early progress of the Global Accelerator. It provides country-specific examples and lessons, demonstrating how targeted policies and financing can accelerate inclusive, sustainable development. It summarizes how the 18 pathfinder countries are affected by the various transitions, and which policy measures they have identified to address the related challenges they are facing, linked with financing options. 

Originally published by UN Global Accelerator.

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All joint programmes of the Joint SDG Fund are led by UN Resident Coordinators and implemented by the agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations development system. With sincere appreciation for the contributions from the European Union and Governments of Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland for a transformative movement towards achieving the SDGs by 2030.