Financial Challenges of Meeting SDGs in Timor Leste

Event: Strategies for Financing Social Protection to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

Financial Challenges of Meeting SDGs in Timor Leste

18 May 2018

Author / Speaker:

Andre Bongestabs, ILO - Other materials by the author

Timor-Leste has several options to overcome the financial challenges that hinder it from meeting its SDG targets. It can increase its revenues by improving collections and creating additional taxes. It can also reallocate public expenditure by redirecting funds from inefficient programs. These presentation discusses various measures Timor-Leste can take to diminish its social protection gap across sectors.

Geographical Focus:

Timor-Leste

Type of Content:

Learning Event

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