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The UN is reinventing its finances — and it’s a better bet than you think

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By David Passarelli, Michael Franczak
| United Nations University
This article was originally published in Devex. It’s been a tumultuous year in Turtle Bay. Amid new threats to defund the United Nations, the secretary-general and U.N. member states have used the organization’s 80th anniversary to focus on cost-saving and efficiency measures. This effort, known as UN80, has been underway for nearly a year, and while staffing cuts and mergers have helped staunch the bleeding, a critical question remains: How can we pay for the U.N.’s future?
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The UN is reinventing its finances — and it’s a better bet than you think

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By David Passarelli, Michael Franczak
| Devex
Opinion: Across the U.N. system, agencies are experimenting with new financing models to mobilize additional capital and extend the impact of scarce public resources. It’s been a tumultuous year in Turtle Bay. Amid new threats to defund the United Nations, the secretary-general and U.N. member states have used the organization’s 80th anniversary to focus on cost-saving and efficiency measures.
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Opinion: At the UN, we need to do better with less. Here’s how

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By Nicole Goldin, David Passarelli
| Devex
The United Nations, an 80-year-old organization and a cornerstone of the multilateral syste, is having to respond to a swell of new demands for budget cuts and efficiencies. The U.N. could be undermined in the process if we don’t proceed with care. This is especially true of the U.N.’s development work. There is one theme around which recent global sustainable development conversations have coalesced: The need to do better with less. Better outcomes. Better equity. Better governance.
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