The Spending Challenge for Reaching the SDGs in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons Learned from Benin and Rwanda
The Spending Challenge for Reaching the SDGs in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons Learned from Benin and Rwanda

Author: Delphine Prady

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2019-12-06

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 1513519913

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This paper documents the additional spending that is required for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to achieve meaningful progress in SDGs by 2030. Benin and Rwanda are presented in detail through case studies. The main lessons are: i) average additional spending across SSA is significant, at 19 percent of GDP in 2030; ii) countries must prioritize their development objectives according to their capacity to deliver satisfactory outcomes, iii) financing strategies should articulate multiple sources given the scale of additional spending, and iv) strong national ownership of SDGs is key and should be reflected in long-term development plans and medium-term policy commitments.

The Spending Challenge of Achieving the SDGs in South Asia: Lessons from India
The Spending Challenge of Achieving the SDGs in South Asia: Lessons from India

Author: Mercedes García-Escribano

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2021-12-17

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 1616355654

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South Asia has experienced significant progress in improving human and physical capital over the past few decades. Within the region, India has become a global economic powerhouse with enormous development potential ahead. To foster human and economic development, India has shown a strong commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Agenda. This paper focuses on the medium-term development challenges that South Asia, and in particular India, faces to ensure substantial progress along the SDGs by 2030. We estimate the additional spending needed in critical areas of human capital (health and education) and physical capital (water and sanitation, electricity, and roads). We document progress on these five sectors for India relative to other South Asian countries and discuss implications for policy and reform.

South Asia's Path to Resilient Growth
South Asia's Path to Resilient Growth

Author: Mr. Ranil M Salgado

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2022-12-23

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13:

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South Asia’s Path to Sustainable and Inclusive Growth highlights the remarkable development progress in South Asia and how the region can advance in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Steps include a renewed push toward greater trade and financial openness, while responding proactively to the distributional impact and dislocation associated with this structural transformation. Promoting a green and digital recovery remains important. The book explores ways to accelerate the income convergence process in the region, leveraging on the still-large potential demographic dividend in most of the countries. These include greater economic diversification and export sophistication, trade and foreign direct investment liberalization and participation in global value chains amid shifting regional and global conditions, financial development, and investment in human capital.

A Post-Pandemic Assessment of the Sustainable Development Goals
A Post-Pandemic Assessment of the Sustainable Development Goals

Author: Ms. Dora Benedek

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2021-04-27

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1498314902

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The COVID-19 pandemic hit countries’ development agendas hard. The ensuing recession has pushed millions into extreme poverty and has shrunk government resources available for spending on achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This Staff Discussion Note assesses the current state of play on funding SDGs in five key development areas: education, health, roads, electricity, and water and sanitation, using a newly developed dynamic macroeconomic framework.

SDG Financing Options in Rwanda: A Post-Pandemic Assessment
SDG Financing Options in Rwanda: A Post-Pandemic Assessment

Author: Victor Duarte Lledo

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2021-04-29

Total Pages: 21

ISBN-13: 1513573802

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This paper uses a novel macroeconomic framework to identify policy and financing options to help Rwanda achieve its sustainable development goals (SDGs). Under current policies, Rwanda would meet its SDGs right after 2050. Active policies that combine fiscal reforms and higher private sector participation could fulfill more than one third of Rwanda’s post-pandemic SDG financing gap, enabling the country to meet its SDG targets by 2040. For Rwanda to meet its SDGs by 2030, active policies would need to be complemented with about 133⁄4 percentage points of GDP in additional resources annually until then.

Reflections on the Economy of Rwanda
Reflections on the Economy of Rwanda

Author: Augustin Ngirabatware

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2022-06-16

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1665597143

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The performance figures achieved by the Rwandan economy for the past three decades demonstrate an exceptional growth in real GDP. They are of real interest for economists because Rwanda has been in a state of almost perpetual war during that time, whether through internal conflict or through international wars conducted directly or through proxies and militias. This book examines the accuracy of these figures and asks why, despite such growth, Rwanda remains a country of marked inequality and poverty.

Benin and State Capture in a Rent-Based Society
Benin and State Capture in a Rent-Based Society

Author: François Bourguignon

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2023-11-30

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 1009278533

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Account of Benin's economic, social and political development over recent decades, diagnosing it's development hindering institutional weaknesses and needed reforms.

The European Union, Africa and the Sustainable Development Goals
The European Union, Africa and the Sustainable Development Goals

Author: Lars Niklasson

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2024-05-15

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 1666957682

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The European Union is the world's largest donor of developmental aid, with a strong interest in Africa and the Sustainable Development Goals. However, the high ambitions of the European policies are not matched by the strategies or activities to reach the desired goals.

Benin
Benin

Author: International Monetary Fund. African Dept.

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2019-07-02

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 1498323820

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The economy continues to grow at a fast pace, driven by port activity and cotton production. The execution of the 2019 budget is on track to bring the fiscal deficit within the WAEMU convergence criterion of 3 percent of GDP this year. Program implementation remains very satisfactory with all end-December 2018 quantitative performance criteria (QPCs) and structural benchmarks (SBs) met.

Economic, Environmental and Health Consequences of Conservation Capital
Economic, Environmental and Health Consequences of Conservation Capital

Author: Ramesh Chandra Das

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-08-26

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9819941377

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This book tackles the oft ignored role of conservation capital in mainstream discussions in maintaining sustainable development of a country in particular, and the world economy in general. A continuous increase in global temperature trends, climate change, and other related factors has compelled academicians from natural as well as social sciences to reorient classical thought from high growth through large resource extraction, to sustainable growth through lower extraction. This leads one to the important role of generation of conservation capital to satisfy long-term growth and development objectives of economies. This book covers studies on the related issues of conservation capital, environmental crisis, and health impacts from the perspectives of different countries. The highlight is inclusion of some studies on the impact of environmental degradation in relation to COVID 19 pandemic. The book coaxes policy makers to rethink on the optimum use of environmental resources for economic and social activities. The broad coverage of studies included from different regions across the globe ensures that the book finds a wide readership among students and researchers from economics and other social sciences and natural sciences, along with policy makers intent on forming policies leading to a more sustainable growth model.