The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) presents its 2017 Annual Report under the theme 'Moving Markets to make Finance work for Inclusion'.

The report looks at the importance of using development finance to accelerate economic growth, build local capacities, and mobilize additional public and private resources for sustainable development.

This is why UNCDF works to innovate financing approaches where few others are present; to create demonstration effects that, replicated and taken to scale, help transform markets, build inclusive financial markets and local development finance systems; and leverage funding from domestic and international actors into catalytic investments in local economies.

Getting the finance piece of the SDGs right is critically important as development finance adapts to the new demands of a new era

Judith Karl
Executive Secretary, UNCDF

UNCDF seeks to build on this opportunity to create a new generation of solutions that work for inclusion, for poor families, and for the last mile. We thank all our funding and implementing partners for supporting us to make that happen, and look forward to working with all of you to get finance flowing to where it is needed most.

Please visit the dedicated website of the 2017 Annual Report at https://annualreport.uncdf.org