The report 'Financing the Sustainable Development Goals' analyzes government spending shortfalls against the Millennium Development Goals. It estimates that achieving the Sustainable Development Goals will require at least an additional $1.5 trillion annually and proposes reforms to tax systems and development cooperation. The analysis is based on lessons from tracking country budgets.
Use Cases
- Modeling government spending gaps for development goals based on the reported one-third shortfall for the MDGs
- Analyzing tax revenue potential for SDG financing based on the proposal to double tax revenue
- Estimating requirements for public innovative financing based on the suggested target of $500bn
- Studying the allocation of concessional development cooperation based on proposed reforms to improve effectiveness
Strengths
- Analysis is grounded in lessons from tracking actual country budgets.
- Provides concrete financial estimates, such as the $1.5 trillion annual extra requirement for the SDGs.
Limitations
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- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- paperswithcode
- Collection Method
- Likely contains analysis and aggregated data from tracking country budgets.
- Time Range
- Covers the period of the Millennium Development Goals and projections for the Sustainable Development Goals.
- Freshness
- Last updated is unknown.
- Geography
- Global, based on analysis of multiple countries.