Monthly Newsletter, Vol 23, No. 4 – April 2019
Innovation and technology for more effective government spending and financing
India is pursuing ambitious, technology-driven reform that is making financial services and social protection payments accessible to underserved people, while also reducing leakage of public funds. This reflects part of one government’s effort to more effectively plan and fund its sustainable development strategy, the main theme of the “Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2019”, the latest assessment of the progress that countries are making in mobilizing financing to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.