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International financial system and development
13. Welcomes, in this regard, the ongoing work of the New Development Bank
and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in the global development finance
architecture, and encourages enhanced regional and subregional cooperation,
including through regional and subregional development banks, commercial and
reserve currency arrangements and other regional and subregional initiatives;
14. Encourages, in this regard, the multilateral development banks to continue
to move forward on flexible, concessional, fast-disbursing and front-loaded assistance
that will substantially and quickly assist developing countries facing financing gaps
in their efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, taking into
consideration the individual absorptive capacities and debt sustainability of those
countries;
15. Also encourages multilateral development banks, within their respective
mandates, to continue to expand technical assistance, disseminate and share their
knowledge and best practices and enhance the multiplier effect of their financing by
leveraging more resources from more sources, including by mobilizi ng private
investment, to provide innovative and integral solutions to multidimensional
development problems, in particular in developing and emerging economies;
16. Emphasizes the relevance of inclusion in the international financial system
at all levels and the importance of considering financial inclusion as a policy objective
in financial regulation, in accordance with national priorities and legislation;
17. Recognizes that it is important that the International Monetary Fund
continue to be adequately resourced, and supports and reiterates its commitment to
further governance reform at both the Fund and the World Bank to adapt to changes
in the global economy;
18. Calls for the completion of the fifteenth general review of quotas of the
International Monetary Fund, including a new quota formula, at the meetings of the
Fund and the World Bank Group to be held in the spring of 2019, and no later than at
the annual meetings of the Fund and the Group in 2019, emphasizes that the new
quota formula, as a basis for a realignment of quota shares, will result in increased
shares for dynamic economies in line with their relative positions in the world
economy and hence likely in the share of emerging market and developing countries
as a whole, while protecting the voice and representation of the poorest members, and
supports the continued examination of the broader use of special drawing rights as a
way to enhance the resilience of the international monetary system;
19. Acknowledges the importance of the international financial institutions
supporting, in line with their mandates, the policy space of each country, while
remaining consistent with relevant international rules and commitments, in particular
developing countries, and recommits to the broadening and strengthening of the voice
and participation of developing countries, including African countries, the least
developed countries, landlocked developing countries, small island developing
States, middle-income countries and countries in conflict and post-conflict situations,
in international economic decision-making, norm-setting and global economic
governance;
20. Reaffirms that cohesive, nationally owned sustainable development
strategies, supported by integrated national financing frameworks, will be a t the heart
of efforts, reiterates that each country has primary responsibility for its own economic
and social development and that the role of national policies and development
strategies cannot be overemphasized, expresses respect for each country’s policy
space and leadership to implement policies for the eradication of poverty in all its
forms and dimensions and for sustainable development, while remaining consistent
with relevant international rules and commitments, at the same time recognizes that
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