Expert Group Meeting on SDGs Economic Indicators in Africa 14-16 November 2017 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Prudence DUNIA

Contents 0.INTRODUCTION I.INDICATORS COVERED IN THIS PAPER II. SOURCES AND METHODS III. Comparison of UNECA survey results and country informations IV. Recommandation.

0.INTRODUCTION The International Development Agenda 2030 known as Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs in acronym, was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (UN) in September 2015. This agenda, structure the activities of the United Nations for Next 15 years, in 17 objectives, 169 targets and 232 indicators. In the context of the domestication of these objectives, each country is called upon to prioritize these objectives and targets according to its needs and its national context. Burundi, as a signatory State to this Declaration, has adopted its national priority package, which contains 16 SDGs, 58 targets and 110 indicators. 15-11-2017

0.INTRODUCTION, cont It is in this context that the Burundian Government set up an interministerial committee, whose first mission is to contribute to the elaboration of a list of objectives, targets and indicators of the prioritized SDGs, and then assist the National Statistical Institute in collecting data to inform the selected indicators. the indicators presented in this paper are among those selected as priorities 07/04/2019

I.INDICATORS COVERED Code labels 17.1.1 Total goverment revenu as a proportion of GDP. 17.1.2 Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes 17.3.1 Foreign direct investments (FDI), official development assistance and South-South Cooperation as a proportion of total domestic budget 17.3.2 Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP 17.4.1 Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods and services 07/04/2019

II.Methods and Sources Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Target 17.1 Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection 17.1.1 Total government revenue as a proportion of GDP. Definition Ratio of government revenue to GDP. Source 1 Ministry of Finance/ government revenue Source 2 National Institute of Statistics /GDP Quality The indicator is relevant to the target, it is reliable. 07/04/2019

II.Methods and Sources, cont Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Target 17.1 Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection 17.1.2 Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes Definition Ratio of the national budget amount financed by national taxes to the total amount of the national budget Source Ministry of Finance Quality The indicator is relevant to the target, it is reliable. 07/04/2019

II.Methods and Sources, cont Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Target 17.3 17.3 Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources 17.3.1 Foreign direct investments (FDI), official development assistance and South-South Cooperation as a proportion of total domestic budget Definition Cumulative amount of foreign direct investment, official development assistance (budget support + grants and projects) and South-South cooperation on the total amount of the national budget Source 1 National Council National of Coordinating of Aids “CNCA” Source 2 The Central Bank Source 3  Ministry of Finance Quality The indicator is relevant to the target. Reliability will depend on the completeness of the data 07/04/2019

II.Methods and Sources, cont Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Target 17.3 Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources 17.3.2 Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP Definition The ratio of remittances from the rest of the world to GDP. Source 1 ISTEEBU / Household Survey Source 2 The Central Bank Quality The indicator is relevant to the target, but the reliability of the data is not assured 07/04/2019

II.Methods and Sources, cont Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Target 17.4 Assist developing countries in attaining long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, debt relief and debt restructuring, as appropriate, and address the external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce debt distress 17.4.1 Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods and services Definition Amount of current interest on borrowed funds on the value of exports of goods and services in a year. Source 1 The Central Bank Source 2  Ministry of Finance Source 3  Burundi Office of Revenue Quality The indicator is relevant to the target, it is reliable. 07/04/2019

III. Comparison of ECA survey results and Burundi informations Indicato r 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Sources the survey report 17.1.1 - Burundi data 17.1.1. 15,7 14,8 OBR, ISTEEBU 17.1.2 41,2 47,5 GFS 17.3.1 BoP 62,83 BoP, CNCA 07/04/2019

III. Comparison of ECA survey results and Burundi informations Indicato r 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Sources the survey report 17.3.2 1,7 1,93 1,88 1,79 1,64 BoP Burundi data 1,8 1,6 1,5 BRB(BoP), ISTEEBU 17.4.1 1,51 2,29 8,94 12,26 0,0 BRB(BoP), GFS 23,7 15,4 13,0 18,9 20,0 18,1 BRB(BoP) 17.6.2 0,02 0,03 ARCT(ITC Autority) 0,56 07/04/2019

IV.Recommandation International institutions and countries need to strengthen their collaborations in producing and publishing indicators related to SDGs. 07/04/2019

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