Aligning the Financial Systems in the Asia Pacific Region to Sustainable Development
This briefing has been produced by the UNEP Inquiry as a contribution to discussions a the Regional Consultation on Financing for Development in Asia and the Pacific taking place in Jakarta, Indonesia from 29-30 April 2015. It draws on the Inquiry’s ongoing research, and country engagement as laid out in more detail in two recent publications Aligning the Financial System to Sustainable Development: Insights from Practice (2014) Aligning the Financial System to Sustainable Development: Pathways to Scale (2015).
- Author/Editor
- UN Environment Programme
- Publishing Year
- 2015
The Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System has been initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme to advance policy options to improve the financial system’s effectiveness in mobilizing capital towards a green and inclusive economy—in other words, sustainable development. Established in January 2014, it will publish its final report towards the end of 2015.
UNEP works in 41 countries in the Asia Pacific Region: Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook-Islands, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Japan, Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Niue, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka , Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Viet Nam.
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