- 1 Strengthen domestic resource mobilization to improve domestic capacity for tax and revenue collection.
- 2 Developed countries to fully implement official development assistance commitments.
- 3 Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources.
- 4 Enhance international support for capacity-building in developing countries.
- 5 Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system.
Global partnerships for development were never stronger on paper — record aid flows, expanding trade, and unprecedented data sharing commitments. Yet the financing gap to achieve all SDGs has grown wider every year, and geopolitical fractures are undermining the multilateral cooperation upon which every other goal depends.
What We've Accomplished
- Official Development Assistance reached a record $204 billion in 2022.
- Internet connectivity grew from 16% to 66% of the global population between 2005 and 2023.
- G20 countries agreed to a global minimum corporate tax of 15% in 2021 — the largest reform of international taxation in decades.
- Debt relief under the G20 Common Framework provided breathing room to the most heavily indebted nations.
- The share of developing countries with a fully funded national statistical plan grew from 13% to 55% since 2015.
2030 Outlook
The annual SDG financing gap is estimated at $4 trillion per year in developing countries — a figure growing faster than aid flows. Only five countries (Sweden, Norway, Luxembourg, Denmark, and the UK) consistently meet the UN target of donating 0.7% of GNI as foreign aid. Geopolitical tensions are stalling multilateral trade negotiations and technology transfer agreements. Without a fundamental restructuring of the global financial architecture, many lower-income countries will be left behind.