Putting Progress at Risk? MDG spending in developing countries

Martin, Matthew; Watts, Richard

dc.contributor.author	Martin, Matthew	*
dc.contributor.author	Watts, Richard	*
dc.date.accessioned	2013-05-10T13:59:14Z	en
dc.date.available	2013-05-10T13:59:14Z	en
dc.date.issued	2013-05-16
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-78077-330-8
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10546/290828
dc.description	<p>A little over two years remain for reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This report is the first ever to track what developing countries are spending on the MDGs. It finds that recent spending increases explain the rapid progress on the MDGs. But the majority of countries are spending much less than they have promised, or than is needed, to achieve the MDGs or their potential successor post-2015 goals – for example, on wages for teachers and nurses, and the maintenance of water facilities. Aid cuts, low implementation rates and low recurrent spending all threaten to reverse existing progress.</p> <p>This Government Spending Watch report suggests that:</p> <ul> <li>developing countries need to make data on MDG spending more accessible to citizens and  to strengthen policies on revenue (taxation) and debt and aid management;</li> </ul> <ul> <li>donors need to increase innovative financing, such as financial transaction and carbon taxes, and put more aid through developing country budgets;</li> </ul> <ul> <li>the post-2015 framework should set targets for spending on social protection, gender and sustainable development, including climate change.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>The <a href="http://www.governmentspendingwatch.org/">Government Spending Watch</a> website provides comprehensive, up-to-date information on government spending on the MDGs.</p>	en_US
dc.format.extent	64	en_US
dc.language.iso	English	en_US
dc.language.iso	French	en_US
dc.publisher	Oxfam International	en_US
dc.publisher	Development Finance International	en_US
dc.relation.url	https://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/putting-progress-at-risk-mdg-spending-in-developing-countries-290828
dc.subject	Aid
dc.subject	Economics
dc.title	Putting Progress at Risk? MDG spending in developing countries	en_US
dc.type	Research report	en_US
oxfam.signoff.status	For public use. Can be shared outside Oxfam.	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Education financing	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Financial crisis	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Social protection	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Water and sanitation	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	World Bank and IMF	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Healthcare	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Environment	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	WASH	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Advocacy	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Campaigning	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	MDGs	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Millenium Development Goals	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Finance	en_US
dc.year.issuedate	2013	en_US
refterms.dateFOA	2018-08-20T10:20:35Z