The study aims to help build the evidence for how prepared for a more holistic and integrated approach to financial planning developing countries are, in light of the new SDG agenda. It is widely agreed that a holistic and more integrated approach to the different dimensions of the SDG agenda is vital. This will require integrating goals across sectors to make the SDGs more cost-effective and efficient. This study looks to build a baseline of how prepared 76 Low-and Middle-Income countries are. It bridges some of the evidence gaps, from the perspective of the commitments to education in the SDGs, with the objective of both helping to build a baseline on the extent to which developing country governments are using integrated approaches in their budgeting, and to begin to identify what can be done to improve ‘SDG readiness’ in future budgeting and planning processes.