UNESCAP assures continuous support to SL to achieve SDGs

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The Macroeconomic Policy and Financing Development Section of the UNESCAP has confirmed that the current support given to Sri Lanka for the development of innovative financing capacity in order to achieve sustainable development goals will be continued, State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe said.

He made these remarks following a discussion held with the delegation of the UNESCAP Macroeconomic Policy and Financing Development Division led by Dr. Hamza Ali Malik, and representatives of the Luxembourg Green Stock Exchange at the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilisation and National Policy on Tuesday.

State Minister said that the needs of the Government and private sector stakeholders, as well as other sectors, in the issuance of thematic bonds to support the sustainable financing ecosystem and the opportunity for economic and financial policy evaluations for potential impacts on environmental and social sectors were also discussed.