CEO Column: 2016 Year of the Monkey

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Fluid Thoughts There was much hope for an Annus Mirabilis or miracle year in 2015. In the run up to 2015, the United Nations system and most of the global Community of Nations fell into step with the idea of 2015 delivering the Big Three with respect to the global sustainable development agenda. This was embraced with an enthusiasm not seen since Rio 1992. The run up to and preparation for the Big Three had been surprisingly convergent, and the spirits were high. The first step was the International Conference on Finance for Development (ICFD). This forum was going to be explicit on innovative and creative financial mechanisms for global development. And, but being held in Africa for the first time, in the capital hosting the African Union – Addis Ababa, it provoked an optimism that the North was finally going to make good on the long ignored commitment on ODA targets. The second step was the Summit of world leaders to engage the proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at UN headquarters in New York in September.

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