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Smart-cities understands that environmental development requires specific measures
and resources in order to eradicate poverty and achieve sustained economic growth,
and we have therefore listed potential financial aid or donors.
The UN Conference on Financing for Development that took place in Monterrey,
Mexico from 18 to 22 March 2002 was hailed as a landmark conference in the global
effort to eradicate poverty. The “Monterrey Consensus” was adopted with the
acknowledgement that Official Development Assistance (ODA) plays an essential
role for the improvement of the environment, support for education, health and
public infrastructure development. Besides the customary pledge of funds for
financing development, the conference participants raised the important issue
of
addressing systematic issues of enhancing the coherence and consistency
of the international monetary, financial and trading systems in support of development
and the promotion of
good governance
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For more details, please see http://www.un.org/ffd/coverage.htm
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