Overview
The project under evaluation forms part of a significant “Big Push” for investment in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) advocated by UNCTAD in its 2014 World Investment Report, and it directly connects with one of the action packages proposed by the report calling for new partnerships for SDG investment, including partnerships between investment promotion agencies (IPAs) and outward investment agencies and institutions (OIAs), as well as for the development of pools of bankable SDG projects. These include the increased use of renewable energy and the introduction of energy efficiency (SDG7), the promotion of sustainable economic growth and the creation of productive employment and decent work (SDG8); the building of resilient infrastructures and sustainable industrialization (SDG9); and the strengthening of global partnerships for sustainable development by helping LDCs to develop and market suitable SDG projects (SDG17).