SDG finance / budgeting
Malaysia’s development finance, SDG budgeting and costing
Malaysia’s Development Finance Assessment connected financing needs and flows with government budgeting and sustainable-development priorities. The assignment combined financial and institutional mapping, thematic dialogues and costing work in health and education to support a more integrated approach to public and private finance.
Context and purpose
Malaysia’s Development Finance Assessment examined how financing flows and government systems could better support sustainable-development priorities. The purpose was to connect public and private finance with national planning, annual allocations and medium-term expenditure.
The work
Financial and institutional mapping assessed historic trends and prospective financing. Health and education costing approaches were developed and piloted. Dialogues with government, development partners, investors and civil society considered expenditure efficiency, investment facilitation and the alignment of financing sources.
Outputs and use
The assessment, roadmap recommendations, costing approaches and expenditure-monitoring arrangements supported a more integrated financing approach. They linked recommendations to government systems and offered a basis for prioritising reforms and tracking public expenditure.
Further reading
Reports & publications
UNDP Malaysia / 2024
Malaysia Development Finance Assessment (opens publisher website in a new tab)
Financing flows, institutions and the conditions for sustainable development.
UNDP Malaysia / 2024
Malaysia Recommendations for an Integrated National Financing Framework (opens publisher website in a new tab)
SDG budgeting, costing, financing strategy and coordination.