Fragility and Agenda 2030

Abstract

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Financing in fragile contexts

“…It should be noted that since debt servicing is not sectorally allocated, a proportion of the debt service seen in Figure 2.5 could be used to repay loans for education and water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure, for example, and would not be recorded against these sectoral classifications. Yet, even accounting for this, far less is spent on social safety nets in fragile contexts than in other developing contexts -just one-fifth as much (USD 35.5 versus USD 161 per capita 4 ), according to data from the World Bank Atlas of Social Protection Indicators of Resilience and Equity, or ASPIRE (World Bank, 2020 [56]). 5 Note: This figure shows the arithmetic mean across all contexts for which data are available for a given year and expenditure type.…”

“…While there are many long-term positive benefits from reducing at-the-border and behind-the-border barriers to trade, the entry into force of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement could also bring a second, trade-tax based fiscal shock to be managed in the short term (OECD/ATAF/AUC, 2019[47]; World Bank, 2020[133]). 4. These ASPIRE figures include both donor financing and financing provided by governments 5.…”

“…Though some countries in this grouping have accessed international capital markets, their economic structures, per capita income levels and capital market access are not sufficient enough for them to be classified as emerging market economies 3. The analysis was based on OECD Creditor Reporting System data on private finance mobilised between 2012-17 to the contexts categorised as fragile by the OECD in 2018 4. The list of OECD purpose codes for ODA that map to each pillar of the HDP nexus is included in "States of fragility and official development assistance", another background paper to States of Fragility 2020 by Desai (2020[34]) .…”

Financing in fragile contexts

“…It should be noted that since debt servicing is not sectorally allocated, a proportion of the debt service seen in Figure 2.5 could be used to repay loans for education and water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure, for example, and would not be recorded against these sectoral classifications. Yet, even accounting for this, far less is spent on social safety nets in fragile contexts than in other developing contexts -just one-fifth as much (USD 35.5 versus USD 161 per capita 4 ), according to data from the World Bank Atlas of Social Protection Indicators of Resilience and Equity, or ASPIRE (World Bank, 2020 [56]). 5…”