On the eve of the IMF and World Bank spring meetings, ITIC organized a dinner for senior government officials and ITIC sponsors to discuss the need to unlock private investment to drive inclusive growth and prosperity to achieve the 2030 Agenda. The dinner featured remarks by H.E. Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Subsequent to the ITIC dinner, at a high-level meeting in New York City, Ambassador Salim Baddoura (current President of UNCTAD's governing body) spoke about the need for the "international community to recommit to multilateralism" and UNCTAD's related work on financing sustainable development. [Continue Reading]