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Project title
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Accelerating financing for development: international taxation and investment
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SDC priority theme
Financing for Development; Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development Governance.
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Project no.
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7F-10217.01
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Country or region Global
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Lead
The realization of the 2030 Agenda requires an unprecedented mobilization of public and private funds. Through targeted engagements with well-known think tanks, this intervention will support the creation of evidence on the combined potential of international investment and taxation policies as accelerators for the financing of sustainable development. Translated into policy options, this evidence is expected to contribute to the shaping of policy discussions in relevant international fora, notably at the OECD, and inform Swiss positions.
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Context.
Private investment (INV) and tax revenues (TAX) are central pillars for the financing of the 2030 Agenda, together with official development assistance (ODA). Traditionally, states have negotiated international policies and frameworks in these two fields out of a national and economic perspective. In today’s context of internationally recognized global challenges and with the existence of a universal/transformational agenda for sustainable development, questions regarding the coherence and complementarity of these frameworks and their propensity to incentivize public and private agents to maximize their contribution to sustainable development objectives remain to be answered.
Currently, the international policy dialogues aiming at bridging sector-specificity tend to be limited and fragmented. This is particularly true for the OECD, a multilateral organization of prime reference when it comes to INV, TAX and ODA.
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Overall goal
To inform international dialogues and shape policy options by supporting new knowledge on the combined potential of international investment and taxation frameworks as accelerators for the financing of sustainable development
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Key results and insights from previous phases
The SDC’s support to the generation of evidence for international investment treaty reform and for innovative national investment policy options has contributed to broaden the acceptance and uptake of a development angle in the investment community, at the OECD in particular.
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Outcomes of the phase
- Evidence on the potential of articulated INV and TAX policies/frameworks regarding their contribution to (the financing of) sustainable development is generated and consolidated
- INV+TAX policy options for the financing of sustainable development are advocated for and shape the course of the international policy dialogue in relevant forums, at the OECD in particular
- The policy dialogue in relevant spaces is broadened and more inclusive, contributing to greater policy coherence for sustainable development
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Key outputs of the phase
- Creation of evidence on the articulation of INV/TAX
- Development of a shared understanding of the articulation and potential in terms of financing for development
- targeted dissemination of analysis
- translation of the analysis into policy options
- policy options discussed in relevant fora and multi-stakeholder dialogues
- contribution of new stakeholders in the discussion
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Target group
Policy makers, government representatives, mainly at international level.
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Contract partners
Columbia Centre for Sustainable Investment
OECD
Others to be identified during the first year of intervention
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Coordination and synergies with other projects and actors
SECO (AFIN/WE) and other Federal Offices (SIF); SDC Decentralization, Democratization and Local Governance Network
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Start date of 1st phase according to SAP
01.08.2019
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Other partners
CDE, UN agencies, GIZ, Open Society Foundation
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Start of phase: from 01.08.2019
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End of phase: 31.12.2023
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SDC Budget of phase
CHF 1’600’000.-
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Total SDC expenses since 1st phase
n/a
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Total budget
CHF 1’600’000.-
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Estimated budget for the duration of the whole intervention
CHF 1’600’000.-
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