Tools

The new generation UNCTAD FCI developed within this project provides a useful diagnostic tool for domestic financial conditions for developing countries, particularly for LICs and MICs whose data is typically too sparse to generate country specific analysis.

The COVID-19 shock has increased the debt vulnerability of many developing countries that were already facing unsustainable debt burdens. Consequently, a number of LICs and MICs were not able to adequately respond to the triple - health, social and economic - crises arising from the pandemic and the achievement of the SDGs is proving to be an even greater challenge.

Changes in the global macroeconomic landscape, like the global crisis triggered by the COVID-19 shock, impacts the economic performance of developing countries and their options for effective economic policy design.

The GFSN tracker identifies relevant sources of liquidity for all UN member countries, being particularly useful for the most vulnerable countries during and after the pandemic.