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T1 Aligning the Financial Systems in the Asia Pacific Region to Sustainable Development: Asia-Pacific High-Level Consultation on Financing for Development
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
PB United Nations Environment Programme
YR 2015
FD 2015-04
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/9748
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/9748
NO Adequate, appropriate finance is crucial for sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific UN (ESCAP) estimates that the region needs to invest around US$2.5 trillion a year between 2013 and 2030 to achieve key sustainable development goals. The region’s developing financial and capital markets provide a unique opportunity for innovative financial and capital market policies, regulations and standards that can align private capital flows to the financing needs of sustainable development. Notably, the region’s savings, US$8.4 trillion in 2012, represents more than half of the world’s total savings, the channeling of which will make a significant difference to regional and international progress towards sustainable development.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 16, 2026