CONTENTS 1/2023
EDITORIAL 4-5 A game of two halves SPECIAL FEATURE 6-33 SDG delivery: Recent setbacks are threatening years of progress 6-11 Halftime for the Sustainable Development Goals 12-15 An urgent need to correct course: The fight against poverty 16-19 Food and water, the inseparable twins 20-21 “Health is the
35-37 Interview Ulrike Haarsager: “We need to focus on development impacts at least as much as financial risks” IN THE FIELD 38-39 Building a bridge to Asia: How the OPEC Fund is helping to make infrastructure and health projects a reality DEVELOPMENT NEWS 40-43 40 Fighting climate change in Panama 41 Supporting critical infrastructure; Enhancing cardiovascular healthcare in Uganda 42 Syria and Türkiye earthquake relief action 43 Developing Niger’s solar energy sector; Supporting SMEs in Viet Nam SPOTLIGHT 44-45 Joint vision, shared mission: The OPEC Fund at the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week EVENTS 46-47 The OPEC Fund at the United Nations Conference of the Least Developed Countries OPEC FUND 48-50 48-49 New development funding 50 OPEC Fund debuts on the capital market
12-15
The fight against poverty
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22-25
Employment and training
first wealth”: The delivery of the health SDG
22-25 Small
enterprises suffer big impact from slowdown 26-28 Renewables now!
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38-39
Building a bridge to Asia
The challenge to keep the lights on in the developing world
29-30 Interview Mueid Al Raee:
“We need to rethink how we run our economies”
30-31 Interview Fuad Albassam: “Our goal is the long-term perspective of clean energy” 32-34 Industry and infrastructure – Keys to a sustainable future
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OPEC Fund in London
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