| Overview : Government of Lesotho in collaboration with UNDP, UNICEF and IOM is implementing a joint programme on Economic and Financial Management Integration for Sustainable Development (JP-EFMIS), to promote integrated planning and financing for sustainable development, to accelerate attainment of the SDGs. Within the JP, The Government of Lesotho is piloting the Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF) which had facilitated carrying out the Development Finance Assessment (DFA) to provide a broad picture of the development finance landscape and identify related shortcomings and opportunities for enhancing development finance and strategies for delivery of long-term development results in the country. The DFA has identified private sector as one of the key stakeholders that can enhance economic development and accelerate achievement of national priorities and the SDGs. In this context, the Government of Lesotho will need to develop new mechanisms for mobilising sustainable development financing and building internal capacities to attract private and international private sector investment. As a contribution to the INFFs, and building on the existing DFA, undertaking the SDG Investor Map is recommended to determine investment opportunities that address policy opportunities and development needs and offer a starting point for private sector due diligence. The Lesotho SDG Investor Map will contribute to knowledge on private sector for delivering the NSDP objectives for ‘promoting private sector-led economic growth and employment creation’ and enable the government to strengthen policy support and landscape to ease private sector participation. The market intelligence will develop sector-specific investment opportunities and establish business models, including for public-private collaboration. The Department of Private Sector Development in the Ministry of Finance with assistance from UNDP, therefore, aims to develop the Lesotho SDG Investor Map with an integrated rapid assessment on the capabilities of private sector to identify and enable participation and investment in delivering national priorities and the SDGs. |
