Financing for Development

This publication contains documents presented by the UN Secretary-General to the Preparatory Committee of the International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Monterrey, Mexico in March 2002. The report is intended to contribute to the intergovernmental discussion of national, international and systemic issues regarding development financing, in the context of globalisation. Chapters consider how to mobilise domestic financial resources, as well as foreign direct investment and other private flows; trade issues including market access, compensatory finance and price-risk management, vulnerability, technical assistance and capacity-building; increased international financial co-operation, including official development assistance; debt aspects; and the role of international monetary, financial and trading systems in support of financing for development.