Remarks are delivered after the UN and Spanish flags are raised at the Financing for Development Conference in Sevilla.
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From rising debt and shrinking investment, to the aid funding crisis and struggles to meet ambitious development goals, the global financial system is failing the people it’s supposed to serve: fixing that is the challenge facing world leaders gathered in Spain’s sweltering southern jewel of Sevilla this week, as the UN’s 4th International Conference on Financing for Development gets underway. Follow our live Meetings Coverage below; app users can catch all the action from the opening session here and you’ll find all related stories on our special dedicated page right here.