UK implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals Contents

Contents

Terms of Reference

The Sustainable Development Goals

The UK’s role in negotiating the Goals

Implementation of the SDGs

2 Financing the Goals

Moving ‘From Billions to Trillions’

The continuing importance of aid

Domestic resource mobilisation

Encouraging private investment

Maximising the capital markets

3 Towards a Global Partnership

Multilateral organisations

Civil society organisations

The private sector

Local government

4 The UK Government’s response to the SDGs

The need for a ‘whole of government’ response

Domestic implementation of the SDGs

Policy coherence for sustainable development

A national implementation plan

5 DFID’s support for the SDGs overseas

Where should DFID prioritise?

National ownership

Comparative advantage

Focusing on the Goals furthest behind

Root bottlenecks

Integrating the Goals into DFID’s work

6 Monitoring and accountability

The SDGs indicators

Data for development

UK reporting against the SDGs

The UK’s support for global progress

Parliamentary scrutiny of the SDGs

Conclusions and recommendations

Appendix: The Sustainable Development Goals

Published written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

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2 June 2016