A/HRC/45/15 to development in the area of financing for development as evidence of how States have put these commitments into practice and where further efforts are required. C. National-level practices 18. To gather information about the extent to which rights holders have been placed at the centre of decision-making on financing for development, the Special Rapporteur issued a call for submissions from Member States, development finance institutions, non-governmental organizations, think tanks and academics. He inquired about: (a) The participation of individuals and communities in, and access to information about, financing for development processes; (b) Government resource mobilization and budgeting for development; (c) State tax policies as they relate to human rights; (d) How financing-for-development stakeholders are sharing the benefits of development, and about the status of social protection programmes. 19. A number of countries provided practical examples of the ways that their Governments work to integrate the right to development into national systems for financing development. The Special Rapporteur is grateful to all of the countries and other stakeholders that provided inputs for the compilation of the present report. 6 While recognizing that the COVID-19 pandemic that has unfolded around the world in 2020 has required many countries to reorient resources, he regrets that he did not receive a higher number of submissions, which would have allowed him to provide more examples of good practices that countries could adapt and use in their particular circumstances. 20. In its submission, the Government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia reported that article 306 of its Constitution established that the State would ensure development through the equitable redistribution of economic surpluses in social, health, education and cultural policies. Article 316 provided that the State was to promote policies for the equitable distribution of the country’s wealth and economic resources with the aim of preventing inequality and social and economic exclusion and eradicating poverty in its many dimensions. 21. In 2015, the Plurinational State of Bolivia launched its Patriotic Agenda 2025, the country’s general plan of economic and social development. The Economic and Social Development Plan 2016–2020 facilitated the application of the Patriotic Agenda, and provided for the coordination of private actors, communities, social cooperatives and social organizations, including organizations of native indigenous campesino nations and peoples, and intercultural and Afro-Bolivian communities. The Economic and Social Development Plan also included a comprehensive planning approach with regard to cross-cutting areas such as gender, ageing and equal opportunities and respect for human, economic, social and cultural rights. 22. Law No. 777 on the State comprehensive planning system called for the implementation of short-, medium- and long-term planning with an integrated focus, and with the participation of and in coordination with social actors. The Law outlined the methodological and technical guidelines for sectoral, territorial and institutional planning, and established mechanisms for participation in and social oversight of the development of planning processes. That resulted in the management of investment according to the identified priorities. Law No. 341 on social participation and oversight was aimed at consolidating social participation and oversight as a cross-cutting and continuous element of public management in the planning, monitoring and evaluation of public policies, State actions, and services provided by private companies. 23. The Plurinational State of Bolivia demonstrated political commitment to social and economic inclusion through various social protection programmes. Such programmes 6 Submissions will be available at www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Development/SRDevelopment/ Pages/SRDevelopmentIndex.aspx. 5