From Call to Action: The Bridgetown Initiative and Delivering Global Financial System Reform

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley called the world to action when she released the initial Bridgetown Initiative at UNGA in 2022.

Now in its third iteration, the Bridgetown Initiative brings together an ambitious and holistic set of calls for reforms to make the Global Financial System more inclusive, more shock-responsive, and better scaled to meet the financing challenges and needs for developing countries.

The UK is ready to stand up to face those challenges head-on. As a G7 country with the largest sustainable financial centre in the world, a track-record of delivering financial innovations and influencing the global debate, a key voice in the governance of the System, the UK has a strong track-record and platform to deliver. And deliver we must: the global financial system needs to deliver a fairer deal for developing countries.

This conversation – moderated by Vera Songwe – will enable a frank discussion between leading voices to understand the problems, identify solutions, and drive reforms to create a world free of poverty on a liveable planet.