A twenty-first century approach to
meet global challenges

The world faces urgent shared challenges. These cannot be successfully addressed by countries working in isolation from each other, nor if a few countries monopolize or dominate the response. Inclusiveness, respect and dignity for all countries is essential for the co-creation of effective solutions.

Global public investment is a twenty-first century approach to tackling shared global challenges. It harnesses both the power of mutual interest – that we are interdependent – and the power of mutuality – that we achieve more by working together. It is an approach from which all countries benefit from shared solutions, to which all contribute according to their means, and in which all decide together as equals. It would strengthen accountability, and legitimacy, reduce fragmentation, and ensure that investments are appropriate, effective, and sustained.