This paper describes the aggregate findings of a survey conducted to assess where development cooperation providers that are members of the Results Community of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) stand with regard to the Guiding Principles on Managing for Sustainable Development Results (MfSDR) that were adopted in July 2019. Fifty bilateral and multilateral organisations participated in the survey. In addition to presenting detailed findings against each Principle, this paper also examines the main strengths and constraints providers are facing in order to align to these Principles. It also analyses some correlations between the Principles, drawing conclusions on some of the more practical consequences for systemic and tailored approaches to implementing the Guiding Principles.This working paper was written by Alejandro Guerrero-Ruiz, Julia Schnatz and Chantal Verger, under the strategic guidance of Rahul Malhotra, Head of the Reviews, Results, Evaluation and Development Innovation (RREDI) Division at the Development Co-operation Directorate (DCD). It was reviewed by Joëlline Bénéfice, Adviser, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTP). The authors would also like to thank OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Results Community Leads of the Temporary Working Groups where preliminary findings from the survey were discussed in the middle of 2020. This paper benefited from the administrative support of Ola Kasneci. It was edited by Mebrak Tareke. The authors are very grateful for all the useful comments and suggestions. Any possible error remains the exclusive responsibility of the authors.

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Achieving sustainable development will require all development actors to act together and in synergy, and using comparable metrics to monitor progress. This case study explores whether the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can be used as a shared framework by all actors to manage development cooperation for results in upper middle-income countries, taking Peru as a case study.The report first lays out Peru's SDG journey: its vision of the Goals as an anchor for policy coherence, and how its domestic policies align with them. It then discusses how well development co-operation aligns to the SDGs in Peru, analysing the related enablers, drivers and challenges. The report also examines how to set up monitoring approaches that support SDG measurement in Peru. Finally, it suggests ways to overcome a number of technical, political and organisational challenges that limit the use of the SDGs -some of which are unique to development co-operation delivery in upper middle-income countries.