1) TOSSD data for 2020 showed total official support for sustainable development of $355 billion, including $273 billion in gross disbursements and $51 billion in private finance mobilized. This represented considerable expansion from the previous year and first-time data from several new respondents. 2) Key developments included TOSSD being adopted as a data source for SDG indicator 17.3.1 on sustainable development finance, representing major recognition. Data submitted to the UN included over 75,000 previously unreported activities totaling $68 billion in additional support. 3) Some challenges remain around improving data coverage and addressing confidentiality constraints related to private finance mobilization reporting. Further guidance is also being developed on

1. TOSSD Task Force Secretariat
OECD Development Co-operation Directorate (DCD)
Financing for Sustainable Development Division (FSD)
Statistical Standards and Methods Unit
FfD Side-Event
26 April 2022
Total Official Support for Sustainable Development (TOSSD):
2020 figures and key developments

2. Outline
1. TOSSD data on 2020 expenditures
2. Key developments: TOSSD as a data source for
SDG indicator 17.3.1

3. TOSSD data on
2020 expenditures
1

4. Considerable expansion of TOSSD during the 2nd data
collection round
99 Respondents
of which…
44 Countries
55 Multilateral
organisations
Including UN entities
and MDBs
First-time data from 10
countries and multilateral
entities
• Brazil
• Thailand
• Black Sea Trade & Development Bank
• Central American Bank for Economic
Integration
• Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and
Development
• North American Development Bank
• Interpol
• UN Office of Counter-Terrorism
• WTO - International Trade Centre
• ESCWA-United Nations Economic and
Social Commission for Western Asia
TOSSD figures for 2020 – Response rate

5. TOSSD totals for 2020
USD 273 billion
Pillar I
USD 82 billion
Pillar II
official support
USD 355 billion + USD 51 billion
USD 51 billion
Amounts
mobilised
private finance mobilised
The figures include
- USD 91 billion of estimated data
gaps derived from CRS for non
respondents (included only at
aggregated level)
The figures do not include
- Flows only reported on a commitment
basis e.g. EIB pillar II activities for USD
22 billion (included in the downloadable
dataset on tossd.online).
Part of the mobilisation
data are confidential
- MDBs’ data on mobilisation are
treated as confidential pending
agreement on the appropriate level
of aggregation in public disclosure.
gross disbursements
Data available at https://tossd.online/
TOSSD figures for 2020
For comparison:
- TOSSD in 2019 amounted to USD
292 billion.

6. + 29 USD
billion
TOSSD discloses additional data
PILLAR I
+ 46 000
activities
PILLAR II
+ 30 000
activities
Additional activities Additional resources
PILLAR I
+ 27 USD
billion
PILLAR II
+ 41
USD
billion
TOSSD data in 2020 capture over 75 000 activities not reported so far*,
representing an additional USD 68 billion in official support (USD 96 billion based on
commitments). TOSSD also discloses additional details on multilateral activities.
* Compared to OECD statistics on development finance
TOSSD headline figures are based on gross disbursements, and fail to capture amounts reported on commitment basis only.
disbursements disbursements
commitments commitments
+ 67
USD
billion
TOSSD figures for 2020

7. Pillar I – More transparency to recipient countries
568 additional
activities reported
+ 99% in volume
terms (compared to
OECD statistics on
development
finance)
OECD statistics:
USD 1.1 bn.
Examples of previously unreported
activities
South-South co-operation:
• Food and medical & protective
equipment provisions by Brazil
Activities beyond ODA for DAC members:
• Strengthening of Nuclear Security by
Canada
• Peace and security activities by Austria
and France
• Countering Violent Extremism by Canada
Non-core resources by multilateral
organisations:
• Increasing access to water by UNDP
• Inclusive jobs and education for refugees
and host communities in Lebanon by ILO
• Accountability for gender equality by
UNFPA
• School meals by WFP
TOSSD:
USD 2.3 bn.
 TOSSD to Lebanon – clear illustration of improved
recipient perspective.
TOSSD figures for 2020

8. Pillar I – South-South and Triangular co-operation
Highlights of first-time TOSSD reporting by Brazil:
• 300+ activities in a wide range of areas
• In-kind donations (e.g. COVID-19 test kits, food)
• Activities with China and other BRICS countries
• Activities by a public company
• First country to report using the ISIC
classification
• In-kind technical co-operation with salary costs
SSC
12 reporters*
3 602 activities
USD 21.7 billion**
SSC and TrC
19 reporters
4 010 activities
USD 21.8 billion**
South-South (SSC) and Triangular Co-operation (TrC) in TOSSD
(**) Of which USD 11.8 billion relating to activities reported on a commitment
basis only (Latin America Development Bank, IFAD, TrC by Denmark).
(*) Brazil, the Caribbean Development Bank, Chile, the Central American Bank
for Economic Integration, Costa Rica, the Development Bank of Latin America,
Indonesia, Kazakhstan, the Islamic Development Bank, Nigeria, Thailand and
Turkey.
TOSSD figures for 2020

9. Pillar II - Global and regional expenditures (financing of
international public goods and global challenges)
Pillar II
Reported in CRS
51%
Additional in
TOSSD **
49%
TOSSD disbursements in Pillar II
USD 82 billion **
49% of the financing for IPGs captured in TOSSD is additional *
** Excludes activities reported on a commitment basis only (USD 22 commitments from EIB).
* Compared to OECD statistics on development finance (CRS)
Reported in CRS
41%
Additional in
TOSSD
59%
TOSSD commitments in Pillar II
USD 112 billion
TOSSD figures for 2020

10. Mobilised private finance
USD 51 billion in 2020 (+8.5% compared to 2019)
By leveraging mechanism By income group
(only country-allocable)
LDCs
30%
Other
LICs
<1%
LMICs
36%
UMICs
34%
TOSSD figures for 2020

11. Some challenges remain
Data collection
Data gaps for some multilateral
institutions (e.g. EBRD, World Bank)
and some countries (both
traditional and SSC providers).
Not all countries might be in a
position to provide data for TOSSD
Pillar II (support to International
Public Goods).
Transparency
Need to address the confidentiality
constraints related to mobilised private
finance (activity-level data currently
published only for a few providers;
semi-aggregate data weaken the
robustness of 17.3.1 and the narrative
of TOSSD as a transparency tool on
sustainable development finance flows).
Reporting guidance
Further guidance being developed on
the reporting on the SDG focus of
activities – key element for TOSSD
and SDG indicator 17.3.1.
TOSSD figures for 2020

12. Key developments:
TOSSD as a data source for SDG indicator 17.3.1
2

13. TOSSD in the SDG global indicator framework (data
source for indicator 17.3.1)
TOSSD and the United Nations
A permanent governance
arrangement for TOSSD is
now being developed.
In March 2022 the UN StatCom
adopted a revised indicator
17.3.1 for which TOSSD is a
data source.
This is a major recognition for
TOSSD and the TOSSD
methodology.
OECD and UNCTAD are the co-
custodians for this indicator.
The first TOSSD data for the
indicator were submitted to
the UN Statistics Division on 22
April.
The adoption of the revised
indicator 17.3.1 is an
opportunity for all countries to
report on their sustainable
development support, thereby
enhancing transparency and
accountability.

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