The SDGs can only be realized with strong global partnerships and cooperation. Official Development Assistance remained steady but below target, at US$147 billion in 2017. While humanitarian crises brought on by conflict or natural disasters continue to demand more financial resources and aid. Many countries also require Official Development Assistance to encourage growth and trade.
The world is more interconnected than ever. Improving access to technology and knowledge is an important way to share ideas and foster innovation.
Coordinating policies to help developing countries manage their debt, as well as promoting investment for the least developed, is vital for sustainable growth and development.
The goals aim to enhance North-South and South-South cooperation by supporting national plans to achieve all the targets. Promoting international trade, and helping developing countries increase their exports is all part of achieving a universal rules-based and equitable trading system that is fair and open and benefits all.
Facts and Figures
Namibia domesticated Agenda 2030 in national planning documents
Namibia is aligned to Africa Agenda 2063
Adoption of Public-Private Partnerships
Good national statistical institution (NSA)
Strategy Strengthening the national statistical and overall monitoring and reporting of the SDGs.
Indicators and Results
17.1 Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection.
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17.1.1 Total government revenue as a proportion of GDP, by source
National Definition – Government Revenue a) tax and b) total in FY in proportion to GDP per FY
17.1.2 Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes
National Definition – Share of Government Income through domestic Property Income, domestic Taxes on Production and Imports and domestic Taxes on Income and Wealth to GDP at current prices
17.2 Developed countries to implement fully their official development assistance commitments, including the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of gross national income for official development assistance (ODA/GNI) to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries; ODA providers are encouraged to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries.
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17.2.1 Net official development assistance, total and to least developed countries, as a proportion of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee donors’ gross national income (GNI)
National Definition – a) Net ODA to Namibia b) Net ODA/GNI in Namibia
17.3 Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources.
17.3.2 Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP
National Definition – UN SDG Definition
17.4 Assist developing countries in attaining long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, debt relief and debt restructuring, as appropriate, and address the external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce debt distress.
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17.4.1 Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods and services
National Definition – a) External Debt Service (Public and Private) in relation to Exports b) Foreign Debt Service (Government) in relation to exports
17.6 Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge-sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism.
17.6.2 Fixed Internet broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed
National Definition – UN SDG Definition
17.8 Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology.
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17.8.1 Proportion of individuals using the Internet
National Definition – Percent of population aged 15 years and above who used internet in the last 3 months
17.9 Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the Sustainable Development Goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation.
17.9.1 Dollar value of financial and technical assistance (including through North-South, SouthSouth and triangular cooperation) committed to developing countries
National Definition – Gross disbursements of total ODA and other official flows from all donors for capacity building and national planning
17.10 Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under its Doha Development Agenda.
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17.10.1 Worldwide weighted tariff-average
National Definition – Trade- weighted average tariffs by major sector in SSA a) Agriculture b) Manufacturing c) Natural Resources
17.11 Significantly increase the exports of developing countries, in particular with a view to doubling the least developed countries’ share of global exports by 2020.
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17.11.1 Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global exports
National Definition – a) Namibia Total Exports b) Namibia Export of Services
17.18 By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts.
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17.18.1 Proportion of sustainable development indicators produced at the national level with full disaggregation when relevant to the target, in accordance with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
National Definition – National SDG Indicator regularly covered a) whole SDG indicator framework b) out of provided indicators
17.19 By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries.
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17.19.2 Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration
National Definition – a) Population and Housing Census conducted in the last 10 years? b) Proportion of Population with Namibian or Non-Namibian Birth Certificate