Financing the New Development Goals

June 11, 2015

Children scavenging for recyclables to sell in Philippines. Goal 11 of the UN’s Sustainable Development goals is to make human settlements more inclusive and sustainable (Jacob Maentz/Corbis)

In This Episode

As the United Nations prepares to adopt its 17 new Sustainable Development goals in September, Florencio Abad talks about how the Philippines and other countries might find the resources required to hit the targets.

Florencio Barsana Abad, Budget and Management Secretary for the Philippine Government
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