Shari Spiegel

Director, Financing for Sustainable Development Office, UN-DESA, United Nations

Ms Spiegel previously served as Executive Director of IPD, a think-tank at Columbia University founded by Joseph Stiglitz. Previous private sector positions include Principal at New Holland Capital (an advisor to APG, the Dutch Pension Fund) and Director of fixed income emerging markets at Lazard Asset Management. In the early 1990s, she co-founded and was CEO of Budapest Alapkezelő, which launched the first domestic investment funds in Hungary.

Articles by Shari Spiegel

1. Creating a financial system for all: taking forward the Sevilla Commitment

   Shari Spiegel

   Financing — Global

   The world is far off track to meet the SDGs, with declining aid, rising debt burdens, and a global financial system that often works against the countries that need it most. The recent Seville conference offers a chance to reset – producing a new global commitment and a platform for action to reform how development is financed

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   Article

   29 July 2025

   SDGs: 9 10 17

   

2. Fixing the global financial system

   Shari Spiegel

   Financing — Global

   In the words of the UN Secretary-General, developing countries have limited access to the financial resources they need to address the dramatic challenges they face and implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The global financial architecture, created for a very different world eight decades ago, needs urgent reform to make it fit for purpose

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   Article

   11 July 2023

   SDGs: 1 9 10 17