It’s difficult to understand an enormous number such as $2.5-trillion. To put it in context, it’s about the size of France’s economy — the seventh largest in the world.

It’s also the amount of money we need to find every year to ensure the world meets the ambitious sustainable development goals to end global poverty, hunger and inequality...

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