Matthew Stephenson, Mohammed Faiz Shaul Hamid, Augustine Peter, Karl P. Sauvant, Adnan Seric, and Lucia Tajoli, “More and Better Investment Now! How Unlocking Sustainable and Digital Investment Flows Can Help Achieve the SDGs”, Journal of International Business Policy, vol. 4 (2021), pp. 152-165. This a revised version of Matthew Stephenson, Mohammed Faiz Shaul Hamid, Augustine Peter, Karl P. Sauvant, Adnan Seric, Lucia Tajoli, “How the G20 Can Advance Sustainable and Digital Investment”. Policy brief prepared for T20 Task Force 1, Saudi Arabia 2020: Investment, Trade and Growth, September 2020.
Abstract
The global community can address the collapse of investment following COVID-19, drive digital transformation, and help achieve the SDGs through five actions: (1) establish a Facility and Fund to provide resources for technical assistance and facilitate private–public collaboration, including through a new EASI Alliance, (2) endorse a Sustainable Investment Framework to advance such collaboration, through aligning and coordinating efforts, (3) adopt specific investment policies and measures to support sustainable FDI for sustainable development, prioritizing linkages, (4) adopt specific policies and measures to facilitate investment in the digital economy, accelerating productive transformation while building resilience, and (5) develop partnerships and industry-based coalitions to operationalize these efforts.