The Future of FDI: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 through Impact Investment
- Publicized as a global call for action in 2015, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution on the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 (SDGs). Before issuing the SDGs in 2015, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has already identified in 2014, as part of their World Investment Report, that especially developing countries are facing an estimated USD 2.5Publicized as a global call for action in 2015, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution on the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 (SDGs). Before issuing the SDGs in 2015, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has already identified in 2014, as part of their World Investment Report, that especially developing countries are facing an estimated USD 2.5 trillion funding gap annually in the efforts to achieve the SDGs. Yet, the investment opportunities and challenges for investors, when contributing to the closure of this funding gap while benefiting from its economic potential have not been widely discussed. Despite that Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) are a key driver to sustainable economic growth and prosperity of a nation, policies and a holistic framework linking the 2030 Agenda to actionable investment opportunities for private investors are missing. Furthermore, a global platform capturing, channeling and promoting investment projects aiming to achieve the SDGs through impact investment has not been established. Utilizing global financial resources more effectively while developing new approaches and tools to promote impact investments, which demonstrate the benefits for investors to tap into the funding gap of the 2030 Agenda, will have the potential to significantly shape and influence the future of FDI.…
Document Type: | Article (reviewed) |
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Zitierlink: | https://opus.hs-offenburg.de/4027 | Bibliografische Angaben |
Title (English): | The Future of FDI: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 through Impact Investment |
Author: | Juri Suehrer |
Date of Publication (online): | 2019/09/26 |
Contributing Corporation: | Durham University |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Ltd |
First Page: | 413 |
Last Page: | 415 |
Parent Title (English): | Global Policy |
Volume: | 10 |
Issue: | 3 |
ISSN: | 1758-5880 (Print) |
ISSN: | 1758-5899 (Online) |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12714 |
Language: | English | Inhaltliche Informationen |
Institutes: | Forschung / IfTI - Institute for Trade and Innovation |
Institutes: | Bibliografie | Formale Angaben |
Open Access: | Open Access |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - CC BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International |
Comment: | Juri Suehrer is a part-time doctoral researcher at the Institute for Trade and Innovation (IfTI) at Offenburg University and doctoral candidate at Northumbria University. |