{ "title": "IMF Support for the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals", "publication": "IMF Blog, July 19, 2017", "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2017/07/19/imf-support-for-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goals", "canonical": "https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2017/07/19/imf-support-for-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goals", "overlayPath": "/en/blogs/articles/2017/07/19/imf-support-for-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goals/index.md", "summary": "Publication: \"IMF Support for the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals\" by Stefania Fabrizio, Roland Kpodar, Chris Lane, July 19, 2017.", "sections": [ { "heading": "Overview", "content": "- Publication: \"IMF Support for the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals\" by Stefania Fabrizio, Roland Kpodar, Chris Lane, July 19, 2017.\n- Context: Since the adoption of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, the IMF has supported countries through policy advice, training, and financial support.\n- Core IMF mandate emphasized: promote international economic and financial stability and help countries achieve strong, sustainable, and inclusive economic growth—foundations for eradicating poverty, providing decent work, and reducing inequality.\n- Upcoming commitment: An in-depth assessment of the scope and effectiveness of IMF support for the implementation of the 2030 development agenda will be prepared next year.\n- Recent engagement: At the UN High-Level Political Forum this week, 44 countries presented actions and measurement challenges related to achieving the goals." }, { "heading": "Macroeconomic context and rationale for IMF engagement", "content": "- Global conditions:\n - Global growth is gaining momentum, but it remains uneven.\n - Many countries face deteriorating circumstances, including commodity exporting low-income economies, amid a large drop in commodity prices and rising debt levels.\n- Rationale:\n - Maintaining economic stability and achieving strong growth are key foundations from which countries can pursue SDGs.\n - Strengthening public finances provides additional resources for public health, education, and infrastructure.\n- Cross-cutting IMF advisory focus in recent years includes inequality, gender, financial inclusion, and climate change." }, { "heading": "Inequality: findings and policy advice", "content": "- Findings:\n - IMF research shows higher income inequality leads to shorter growth spells and higher levels of economic instability.\n - Economic reforms that boost growth can in themselves increase inequality in some contexts.\n- Country examples and recommendations:\n - Guatemala, Malawi, and Myanmar: IMF found growth-boosting reforms could increase inequality; recommended design features and complementary measures to mitigate distributional impacts.\n - Malawi: Recommended targeted cash transfers and higher spending in agricultural research and development to boost long-term productivity of poor farmers who would otherwise lose out from subsidy reduction.\n - Outcome: Malawian authorities drew on these recommendations to design last year’s subsidy reform." }, { "heading": "Gender: findings and policy advice", "content": "- Finding:\n - Increasing women’s paid work has a significant positive impact on economic growth.\n- Country engagements:\n - IMF supported Egypt, India, Jordan, and Mali in efforts to encourage more women to enter the paid workforce.\n - Mali: Identified the female-male educational gap and a high fertility rate as main constraints to women entering the paid workforce.\n - Recommendations: more spending on education, training programs for girls and women, and increasing provision of contraceptives." }, { "heading": "Financial inclusion: findings and policy advice", "content": "- Definition: provision of access to financial services such as banking to all.\n- Practical “how to” advice provided in Colombia, Namibia, and Nigeria.\n- Country examples:\n - Colombia: Highlighted the importance of an electronic money license and the introduction of a centralized electronic movable property registry to enhance financial access for individuals and small enterprises.\n - Jamaica: Following IMF recommendations, authorities established a financial inclusion council to oversee implementation of the national financial inclusion strategy." }, { "heading": "Climate: findings and policy advice", "content": "- Vulnerability:\n - Small states are among the most vulnerable to climate change and damaging natural disasters.\n- Joint work:\n - IMF and World Bank are working together on Climate Change Policy Assessments.\n - Pilots: Seychelles and St. Lucia.\n - Purpose: Advise on climate change adaptation and mitigation policies to improve disaster response, reduce risk, and increase preparedness.\n - Fiscal advice: Keep adequate room in the budget and create contingency financial plans.\n- Research:\n - The upcoming World Economic Outlook will examine effects of climate on the economic performance of low-income economies." }, { "heading": "Conclusions and next steps", "content": "- IMF role: Assist countries to create sustainable economic conditions that enable pursuit of SDGs.\n- Reporting and evaluation:\n - Next year the IMF will prepare an in-depth assessment of the scope and effectiveness of IMF support for the implementation of the 2030 development agenda.\n\nSource: IMF blog post \"IMF Support for the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals\", July 19, 2017.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- 国际货币基金组织助力联合国实现可持续发展目标; 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