Stories written by Christelle Kalhoule

HLPF 2025: Civil Society Is Not A Service Provider – We Are The Frontline Of Transformation

By Christelle Kalhoule and Sarah Strack
As delegates gather in New York over the coming weeks for the 2025 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), we see this moment as a test. A test of whether world leaders are serious about rescuing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - or content to let the promises of Agenda 2030 drift quietly into irrelevance.

Time to Redesign Global Development Finance

By Sarah Strack and Christelle Kalhoule
Can the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) be a turning point? The stakes are high. The international financial system—so important to each and every one of us—feels out of reach and resistant to change, because it is deeply entrenched in unjust power imbalances that keep it in place. We deserve better.
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