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Sign upChangemakers: Diana Guzman
World Economic Forum lead on sustainable development putting the big ideas of business leaders and governments into practice
One of the biggest challenges in improving the state of the world is finance,” says Diana Guzman EMBADS2017. “Who’s going to finance the new world everyone is envisioning and ensure the future of the planet?” Philanthropy and aid can only take us so far.
Governments are struggling with constrained balance sheets. It’s time for the private sector to step up.
It’s Guzman’s job at the World Economic Forum to mobilise private sector money and get it working for sustainable development. There’s a huge opportunity, she says. “In the world of low yields that we are living in today, there are large amounts of private capital out there looking for good investments.”
