The Investments to End Poverty 2015 report examines how different financial flows—domestic revenues, international official finance, commercial investments, private giving, and aid—contribute to poverty reduction in the transition from the MDGs to the SDGs. It highlights the difficulty of ending extreme poverty by 2030, especially in Sub‑Saharan Africa and fragile states, and stresses that while aid remains vital, better targeting and stronger mandates are needed.
Above all, the report calls for a “data revolution” to ensure poverty and resource information is transparent, disaggregated, and usable at local levels, enabling national institutions and the international community to make evidence‑based decisions that leave no one behind.