Funding for capacity building (SDG 17.9.1) Change in a positive direction


Dollar value of financial and technical assistance (including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation) committed to developing countries.


12000.00 14000.00 16000.00


10000.00


2000.00 4000.00 6000.00 8000.00


0.00 Years Africa


Central America Southern Europe Asia


Western Asia Latin America and the Caribbean Sub-Saharan Africa Southern Asia


Source: UNSD 2016 Tier I; Custodian agency: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)


Sub-Saharan Africa was the biggest recipient of the net ODA in 2016, accounting for more than 28 percent of ODA receipts. Total ODA specifically allotted for capacity-building and national planning amounted to $20.4 billion, of which Latin America and the Caribbean received $5.1 billion, Sub-Saharan Africa received $4.6 billion, and Southern Asia received $3.8 billion. The three main sectors assisted were the environment, energy, and public administration, which received a combined $10.2 billion (ECOSOC 2018). However, the share of ODA allocated for statistical capacity-building remains low, despite growing demands. This amount represents approximately only 0.3 percent of the total ODA, a percentage far less than what is necessary for countries in developing regions to implement and monitor their development agendas (UN 2018c); and more specifically to overcome the challenges faced in the implementation and monitoring of the environmental dimension of the SDGs. Continued and increased technical and financial support is needed to ensure implementation of effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to achieve all the SDGs.


Mechanisms for enhancing policy coherence (SDG 17.14.1) No data available


Number of countries with mechanisms in place to enhance policy coherence of sustainable development.


Korea, Republic of Japan


Luxembourg Czech Republic United States Switzerland Slovakia Poland Greece


United Kingdom Portugal


New Zealand Australia Canada Germany Belgium Austria Spain Ireland Italy


Hungary


Netherlands France


Denmark Sweden Norway Finland


0 Aid Finance 1 2


Technology Environment


3 4


Trade Security


Source: UNCTAD 2015 Tier III; Custodian agency: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)


Enhancing policy coherence for sustainable development is important for achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions (economic, social and environmental) in a balanced and integrated manner; for ensuring coherence between policies at various levels of government; for ensuring that policies in different sectors are mutually supportive and do not work against each other; and for addressing the impacts of domestic policy internationally. Even though no comparable data on existing mechanisms are available today, many countries already have a wide variety of mechanisms in place that enhance policy coherence for sustainable development. Examples of existing mechanisms include inter-ministerial coordination mechanisms, strategies on policy coherence for sustainable development, a commissioner for future generations, mechanisms allowing participation of relevant stakeholders, etc. Currently, the developed methodology consists of a framework for a composite indicator combining several sub-indicators including explanatory guidance notes per sub-indicator. This approach addresses the complexity and variety of mechanisms that exist in the countries.


104 Measuring Progress Report 2019 5 6 Migration 7


2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016


millions of 2016 United States dollars


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