But do religious leaders and faith communities in the developing world have the capacity to contribute effectively to national development plans?
Programme area 'dealsals with "Developing Comprehensive Anti-desertification Programmes and integrating them into national development plans and national environmental planning".
In 2006, 13 countries in the region signed the Livingstone Accord under the auspices of the African Union, committing themselves to developing national social protection strategies and integrating them into their national development plans and budgets.
Too many national development plans and donor aid strategies largely ignore water and sanitation.
In the meantime, national development plans attempted to control urban sprawl while accommodating international businesses and high-technology industries.
He recommends governments recruit young people to collect information in order to fill data gaps about under-30s, helping to inform national development plans in the process.
Advocacy efforts should be tailored to involve government agencies and policymakers who can inform and shape national development plans and the mobilisation of resources.
From the point of view of governments, however, such schemes are attractive in that they generate forced savings that can be used to finance national development plans.
The new Republic of the Philippines emerging after World War II launched a series of national development plans that included components aimed at the renovation and expansion of education to promote socioeconomic modernization.
The UN describes domestic resources as "the largest untapped source of financing to fund national development plans", and has listed support to build capacity of national tax audit systems as a priority.
"And what kind of commitments will nations need to make, and the readiness for them, and the building up of national capacities to facilitate the inclusion of SDGs in national development plans and priorities?" asked Niazi.
