The United Nations Joint SDG Fund outperformed expectations. In 2025 alone, 73 new joint programmes were launched across 55 countries, with over 57 per cent of resources directed to the world’s most vulnerable: Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing States (SIDS), and Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs). Seven million people saw their lives change in concrete ways, gaining access to digital public services, being enrolled in social protection schemes that provide greater security, and included in new pathways to decent work in emerging green and digital economies, while also advancing gender equality and the realisation of human rights for all. And in a year when development budgets were under severe strain, the Fund’s investments catalysed US$1.4 billion in additional resources, reaching a leverage ratio of 1:20, demonstrating that every dollar of catalytic investment can unlock twenty more when the best tools, partnerships, and UN expertise are deployed together. Since inception, the Fund has committed US$400 million across 126 UN Country Teams, unlocking over US$8 billion in total additional resources, proof that integrated, RC-led programming does not simply deliver projects, it can reshape the systems through which development happens.