The Affordability of the Sustainable Development Goals : A Myth or Reality?
Published By: UNU-MERITIt is important to understand the fiscal capacity that underlies any potential mechanism to implement the social agenda of the SDGs, particularly if the international community wants to hold governments accountable for its implementation. This paper contributes to this debate by developing a monitoring instrument that assesses 1) the resource requirements or
gaps needed for the implementation of the SDGs and 2) the capacity to address this gap by constructing a comparable fiscal space instrument that allows to assess the 'SDG related fiscal stress' on the national social budgeting and financial planning.
Author(s): Victor Kwadwo, Tamara Kool, Bart Deters, Kaleab Haile, Patima Chongcharoentanawa | Posted on: May 25, 2016 | Views() | Download (117)