Secretary-General’s Policy Brief: Investing in Jobs and Social Protection for Poverty Eradication and a Sustainable Recovery

In May 2020, the Prime Minister of Canada, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, and the UN Secretary General convened the Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond Initiative (FfDI) to enable discussions on concrete financing solutions to the COVID-19 health and development emergency, as well as options to recover better and invest in a more sustainable and inclusive future. 

Many of the recommendations in this Policy Brief build on those that have preceded, while firmly bringing the complex dynamics of the financial and real economy together.