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How the Digital Finance Revolution Can Drive Sustainable Development
This week in Davos brings together leading thinkers on a range of topics of global significance, including two not often mentioned in the same breath: the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the digitalization of the world’s financial systems.
A new task force, United Nations Secretary-General's Task Force on Digital Financing of the Sustainable Development Goals, convened by UN Secretary-General António Guterres will consider how these two topics might best intersect: how the digital revolution in financing could be shaped not only to minimize potential harms, but in ways that could help advance the SDGs’ inspiring vision.
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