Marketplace of ideas
The marketplace of ideas includes a collection of contributions from senior experts inside and outside the UN system. These contributions are intended to promote and stimulate new thinking, with the aim to help inform ongoing discussions and debate around financing the UN system and the role of the UN in financing the SDGs.
Climate Financing
Published September 2022
Time to stop paying nature’s invoices, and invest to reduce them
By Inger Andersen
Published September 2022
The Green Climate Fund’s transformational approach to climate finance
By Yannick Glemarec
Published 2021
Strengthening weather and climate observations: A foundational global public good
By Johannes F. Linn, Anthony Rea, Markus Repnik and Laura Tuck
Published September 2020
Financing climate action and energy transition during the COVID-19 crisis
By Ambassador Omar Hilale
Published September 2019
World Bank Catastrophe bonds as an innovative development financing tool
By Michael Bennett and Rebeca Godoy
Published 2017
The Green Climate Fund – The ‘new kid on the block’
By Manfred Konukiewitz
COVID-19 Response
Published 2021
COVID-19 and the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT)-Accelerator
By Bruce Aylward
Published 2021
A better financed World Health Organization
By Leen Meulenbergs and Brian Elliott
Published September 2021
The promises and pitfalls of COVID-19 vaccine equity
By Kanni Wignaraja and Swarnim Waglé
Published September 2020
From crisis to recovery: Building back better from COVID-19 through integrated national financing frameworks and SDG financing strategies
By Emily Davis, Orria Goni and Thomas Beloe
Published September 2020
A European perspective on the global recovery and the way forward
By Félix Fernández-Shaw
Global Public Goods
Published 2021
Whither global public goods? No one is safe until everyone is safe
By John Hendra and Silke Weinlich
Published September 2017
Multilateral development banking for 21st century challenges: Addressing global public goods
By Scott Morris and Priscilla Atansah
Published September 2017
Why the United Nations should embrace the concept of global public goods
By Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
Health Financing
Published 2021
COVID-19 and the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT)-Accelerator
By Bruce Aylward
Published September 2021
From funding to financing: Leveraging the private sector for peacebuilding in Colombia
By Aanchal Bhatia
Published 2021
A better financed World Health Organization
By Leen Meulenbergs and Brian Elliott
Published September 2021
The promises and pitfalls of COVID-19 vaccine equity
By Kanni Wignaraja and Swarnim Waglé
Published September 2020
Financing climate action and energy transition during the COVID-19 crisis
By Ambassador Omar Hilale
Humanitarian Financing
Published September 2022
Introduction to humanitarian pooled funding – saving lives and ensuring prioritised quality funding
By Martin Griffiths
Innovative Financing
Published September 2020
Reinforcing forces? New technologies and investment in sustainable development
By Navid Hanif and Philipp Erfurth
Published September 2019
Innovative finance for peacebuilding: it is time to invest
By Catherine Howell and Henk-Jan Brinkman
Published 2018
Creating money out of thin air? The role of science, technology and innovation in making the SDGs affordable
By Pedro Conceição
Published 2017
Scaling up financing for the poorest countries through innovation
By Lisa Finneran
Published 2017
Reaching the last mile: The role of innovative finance in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals
By Judith Karl
Multilateral Financing
Published September 2022
Two steps forward, one step back? The UN Funding Compact at three years old
By John Hendra
Published September 2022
Taking data quality to the next level
By United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB)
Published September 2022
Re-discovering assessed contributions in the UN system – Underexploited, yet full of potential
By Silke Weinlich, Nilima Gulrajani and Sebastian Haug
Published 2021
COVID-19 and the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT)-Accelerator
By Bruce Aylward
Published 2021
A better financed World Health Organization
By Leen Meulenbergs and Brian Elliott
Published September 2021
The promises and pitfalls of COVID-19 vaccine equity
By Kanni Wignaraja and Swarnim Waglé
Normative Financing
Published September 2022
Financing the UN normative agenda amidst growing polarisation
By Nada Al-Nashif
Published September 2022
Financing gender equality: The role of the gender equality marker and financial targets
By Anita Bhatia and Aparna Mehrotra
Published 2021
Dollars and sense: A business case for funding UN Human Rights
By Nada Al-Nashif
Published 2017
A global platform for support of norms, standards and monitoring in development cooperation
By Stephan Klingebiel and Li Xiaoyun
Published 2017
Global norms: Building an inclusive multilateralism
By Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
Peacebuilding Financing
Published September 2022
Baby steps: Advancing the discourse on Financing for Peacebuilding
By Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
Published September 2022
Scaling-up Support to Address Fragility, Conflict and Violence
By Soukeyna Kane
Published September 2022
Costs of delayed development and re-securing the UN’s Development Role in unsettled times
By Kanni Wignaraja
Published 2021
Maintaining UN capacities for conflict prevention in a changing peace and security landscape
By Jake Sherman
Published September 2019
Financing fit for the future: A 10-point Agenda for Financing Peacebuilding
By Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
Published September 2019
Innovative finance for peacebuilding: it is time to invest
By Catherine Howell and Henk-Jan Brinkman
Pooled Financing
Published September 2022
Introduction to humanitarian pooled funding – saving lives and ensuring prioritised quality funding
By Martin Griffiths
Published September 2020
A coming-of-age story: UN pooled funds
By UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office
Published September 2019
UN pooled funding: ‘Healthy’ financing for better multilateral results
By UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office
Published 2017
UN pooled funds: A game-changer in financing Agenda 2030
By UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office
Prevention Financing
Published September 2022
Scaling-up Support to Address Fragility, Conflict and Violence
By Soukeyna Kane
Published September 2022
Costs of delayed development and re-securing the UN’s Development Role in unsettled times
By Kanni Wignaraja
Published September 2022
Funding prevention: Four lessons from the world of personal training bilateral engagement and ‘bilateralising’ the multilateral approach
By Richard Bailey
Published 2021
Fit-for-purpose financing in the Anthropocene: Quantifying risks and valuing the biosphere
By Pedro Conceição
Published September 2021
From funding to financing: Leveraging the private sector for peacebuilding in Colombia
By Aanchal Bhatia
Published 2021
Maintaining UN capacities for conflict prevention in a changing peace and security landscape
By Jake Sherman
Private Sector Financing
Published September 2022
Private finance and sustainable development: Welcoming tailwinds, addressing headwinds
By Gavin Power
Published 2021
Maximizing UN leverage where it matters the most: At the country level
By John Hendra and Per Knutsson
Published September 2021
From funding to financing: Leveraging the private sector for peacebuilding in Colombia
By Aanchal Bhatia
Published 2021
‘Walking the talk’: Accelerating the United Nation’s role in leveraging the private sector for the Sustainable Development Goals
By John Hendra and Arif Neky
Published 2021
Innovative ways for peace financing: The case for ‘blue investments’
By Christoph Heusgen
Published September 2019
Investment Gapportunities: Changing the narrative on investment in sustainable development
By Navid Hanif and Philipp Erfurth
SDG Financing
Published September 2022
The yawning gap between SDG attainment and international development financing
By Homi Kharas and Charlotte Rivard
Published September 2022
Scaling up the impact of development and climate interventions
By Johannes F. Linn
Published 2021
International financing of the Sustainable Development Goals
By Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley
Published 2021
Fit-for-purpose financing in the Anthropocene: Quantifying risks and valuing the biosphere
By Pedro Conceição
Published September 2020
The UN Joint SDG Fund:Turning transformational potential into reality
By John Hendra and Silke Weinlich