The implementation of the SDGs requires leveraging all sources of finance complementing and reinforcing each other.   As a development partner in 170 countries and territories, UNDP supports Governments in designing and implementing projects funded from their own revenue, or from grants or loans provided by international financial institutions (IFIs).The benefits of UNDP’s support to Governments to deliver their domestic resources, including loans, include quality development results with savings in time and funds, and strengthened institutions and implementation capacity, reinforced by national ownership. 

The third edition of “Strong Partnerships, Stronger Impact: Governments, International Financial Institutions and UNDP Working Together for Development Results” presents how UNDP supports governments and IFIs to execute wide-ranging projects, driving forward progress on national development priorities in line with the SDGs— including for example, working with the World Bank to respond to crises such as in Yemen; teaming up with the Inter-American Development Bank to increase the technical and operational capacities of Panama’s Ministry of Education; cooperating with the Islamic Development Bank to strengthen the logistics chain of Cameroon’s Ministry of Health during the COVID-19 pandemic; or collaborating with the Asian Development Bank to provide vital support to farmers facing water insecurity in Viet Nam, among others. It also presents how UNDP is increasing the leveraging of climate financing from IFIs to co-create vital climate action programmes building upon its track record of mobilising grants from vertical donor funds such as the Green Climate Fund.