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ECOFIN is the UN’s main forum for tackling global economic, financial, and developmental challenges. Debates here revolve around the systems that shape prosperity and inequality: trade, debt, sustainable development financing, global markets, and the economic fallout of conflict or climate change.

Because states enter with very different economic realities and priorities, ECOFIN becomes a space where technical expertise meets political negotiation. Major economies defend their financial interests, developing countries fight for fairness and support, and everyone works to craft policies that can actually gain wide international backing.

This committee rewards delegates who combine clear economic logic, persuasive diplomacy, and practical solutions.

Agenda Topics

Topic A: TBA

Topic B: TBA

Committee Dynamics & Expectations

ECOFIN debates are technical but never detached from politics. Delegates must understand how economics shapes foreign policy and how global institutions — the IMF, World Bank, UNDP, regional banks — influence development pathways.

You’ll be expected to:

• Ground arguments in data, trends, and real-world economic cases.
• Navigate sensitive divides between developed and developing countries, especially on financing and trade.
• Work through shifting blocs: G77, EU, G20, small island states, and more.
• Craft resolutions that are ambitious yet feasible, with realistic implementation mechanisms.

Debate moves at a steady, negotiation-heavy pace, with emphasis on coalition-building and careful wording.

Key Features:

1. Data-driven diplomacy grounded in credible economic indicators and reports.
2. Highly political negotiations between developed and developing states on aid, debt, climate finance, and trade rules.
3. Solutions focused on capacity-building, development funding, and institutional partnerships.
4. Resolutions that, while not binding, influence global economic cooperation and shape international priorities.
5. Complex bloc dynamics where alliances shift depending on specific economic interests and vulnerabilities.