Genuine alignment across governments, multilateral institutions and business can be hard to find. Economic resilience is one area where interests increasingly converge. The challenge is how to build economic resilience at scale in a world defined by geopolitical fragmentation, market volatility and compounding risk.
Foreign direct investment flows remain uneven. Official development assistance is under pressure. And the estimated $4 trillion annual financing gap for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the United Nations’ 17 global goals to end poverty, protect the planet and promote prosperity for all by 2030, continues to widen.