Download or read book Comparison of Indicators for Identification of Least Developed Countries and for Measuring Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals written by Namsuk Kim and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper provides an overview on the interlinkage between Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) achievement and Least Developed Country (LDC) graduation, by examining the relationship between the indicators to be used for monitoring progress toward SDGs, and the ones currently used for LDC classification and also the ones considered by the Committee for Development Policy in the past. It aims to assist the policy makers to enhance effectiveness of their development policies, by taking into consideration the indicators of the SDG review framework and the ones in the LDC classification that are related to one another. It finds that there is a fundamental conceptual difference between the objectives of SDG monitoring indicators and the LDC classification indicators: while SDG monitoring indicators aim to measure outcomes of development progress, LDC indicators attempts to measure structural factors that hinders development. This difference in objective results in difference in the selection and interpretation of indicators. Nevertheless, there is a substantive overlap between the SDG review indicators and LDC indicators, because some of the indicators can have characteristics of both development outcome and structural handicap to some extent: 11 out of 17 SDGs have targets explicitly linked to LDC criteria. On the other direction, 12 out of 14 LDC indicators are related to SDG indicators. For SDG 5 (gender), 6 (water and sanitation), 7 (energy), 12 (consumption and production), 15 (life on earth), and 16 (peace), none of their targets is covered by the current LDC criteria, although many of the indicators associated with those goals have been investigated and rejected by the Committee in the past for various reasons. Since two agenda aim for conceptually different goal posts, making efforts in full capacity on both fronts - overcoming constraints and moving toward outcomes - is the only way to graduate from LDC category and to accomplish the Agenda 2030, leaving no country or no people behind.

Download or read book Least Developed Countries and Their Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals written by Peter Lunenborg and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Research Paper reviews Least Developed Countries' (LDCs) collective progress on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), based on the available data on the indicators for the 169 SDG targets. It makes recommendations for LDCs and other States to consider advancing in relevant UN processes as well as the WTO's. LDCs made progress on 28% of the SDGs. This collective progress shows that these countries are far from achieving what were deemed achievable goals in 2015. With respect to trade-related SDGs, LDCs have not made progress on any of the five trade-related SDGs that mention LDCs specifically. This paper does not delve into the causes of this gap, but it suggests that international cooperation and, particularly, the developed countries' assistance, has been insufficient to address the needs of a large part of the world population that still lives in poverty and without hope of a better future. However, the Doha Programme of Action (DPoA), a development framework with targets specifically for LDCs - which overlap with SDG targets - appears to dilute several original SDG targets, in particular those in SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals).

Download or read book The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2017 written by United Nations Publications and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this report is to present an overview of the 17 Goals using data currently available to highlight the most significant gaps and challenges.

Download or read book From Summits to Solutions written by Raj M. Desai and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A positive agenda for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 All 193 member nations of the United Nations agreed in September 2015 to adopt a set of seventeen "Sustainable Development Goals," to be achieved by 2030. Each of the goals—in such areas as education and health care —is laudable in and of itself, and governments and organizations are working hard on them. But so far there is no overall, positive agenda of what new things need to be done to ensure the goals are achieved across all nations. In a search of fresh approaches to the longstanding problems targeted by the Sustainable Development Goals, the Japan International Cooperation Agency and the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings mounted a collaborative research effort to advance implementation of Agenda 2030. This edited volume is the product of that effort. The book approaches the UN's goals through three broad lenses. The first considers new approaches to capturing value. Examples include Nigeria's first green bonds, practical methods to expand women's economic opportunities, benchmarking to reflect business contributions to achieving the goals, new incentives for investment in infrastructure, and educational systems that promote cross-sector problem solving. The second lens entails new approaches to targeting places, including oceans, rural areas, fast-growing developing cities, and the interlocking challenge of data systems, including geospatial information generated by satellites. The third lens focuses on updating governance, broadly defined. Issues include how civil society can align with the SDG challenge; how an advanced economy like Canada can approach the goals at home and abroad; what needs to be done to foster new approaches for managing the global commons; and how can multilateral institutions for health and development finance evolve.

Download or read book Towards Sustainable Development Indicators to Measure Progress Proceedings of the Rome Conference written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2000-09-04 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book contains the proceedings of the OECD Conference that was held in Rome in December 1999. It presents the wide range of initiatives and indicators that are already in place, and outlines the challenges that remain in measuring progress towards sustainable development.

Download or read book Indicators of Sustainable Development written by United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs and published by United Nations, Economic & Social Affairs. This book was released on 2001 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication provides a detailed discussion of key sustainable development themes. It presents the outcome of a work programme approved by the Commission on Sustainable Development on indicators of sustainable development for use in decision-making processes at the national level. It also presents a proposed framework and a core set of indicators that will be useful to countries who wish to establish their own national programmes for using indicators to measure progress towards sustainable development. The purpose of the report is to stimulate and support further work, testing and development of indicators.

Download or read book Sustainability Assessment written by Alan James Bond and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currently the writing on the subject is limited and comprises, for the most part, guidance documents and completed assessments.

Download or read book Interlinkages between the Sustainable Development Goals written by Ranjula Bali Swain and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-06 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interlinkages between the Sustainable Development Goals explores the complex relationships between the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by 193 United Nations Member States in 2015. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the interconnections between the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development and the five pillars of the SDGs: peace, people, planet, prosperity, and partnerships. This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.

Download or read book Regional Indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals written by Alice Siragusa and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (United Nations 2015) (hereafter 2030 Agenda) and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are built as a global framework but call for action by all levels of government: from national to sub-national governments and local administrations. The 2030 Agenda is considered as part of a global effort to achieve sustainability (via goals and targets) in all countries. However, the 2030 Agenda also encourages each territory to develop its own path towards sustainable development based on its own context, potential and resources. Indeed, the territorial dimension and adaptation to the local scale are ground-breaking characteristics of the 2030 Agenda. Since the initial phases of definition of the 2030 Agenda, both the United Nations and the European institutions have emphasized that the Agenda needs to be implemented and monitored at the territorial levels closer to citizens (inter alia United Nations Development Programme and UN-Habitat 2015; European Commission 2016). At the global level, the 17 SDGs and 169 targets are monitored and reviewed using a set of global indicators (Global Indicator Framework for the SDGs). The Global Indicator Framework has been developed by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) and agreed upon at the 48th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission held in March 2017. The follow-up and review process are informed by an annual SDG Progress Report prepared by the UN Secretary-General (United Nations 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019; 2020). The 2030 Agenda implementation mechanism provides tools to monitor the progress of countries towards the SDGs and several specific activities supporting countries in reporting their progress. Already after one year from the approval of the Agenda, a few local authorities around the world started to also measure their progress towards the SDGs. Most of these frontrunners adapted the type of document designed for member states (Voluntary National Reviews - VNRs) and published the first-generation Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs). The VLRs have proved to be fundamental instruments to monitor progress and sustain the transformative and inclusive action of local actors towards the achievement of the SDGs and competitive sustainability. To support these first experiences, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and other European institutions have developed a wide range of initiatives for the "localization of SDGs" that aim at bringing the 2030 Agenda to the local level. Among those, in February 2020, the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission published the European Handbook for SDG Voluntary Local Reviews (hereafter European Handbook) (Siragusa et al. 2020) to provide local authorities with a practical guide to select SDG indicators and measure their progress. This report aims at contributing to the potential adaptation of the Joint Research Centre's URBAN2030 Project and its Handbook to a sub-national-regional scale. While most of the efforts of international organisations have focused mostly on supporting cities (inter alia Siragusa et al. 2020; Ciambra 2021; UCLG Community of Practice on VLRs and UN-Habitat 2020; Fox and Macleod 2019; ESCAP 2020), few knowledge and technical support have been provided to European regions willing to measure their progress towards the SDGs (inter alia OECD 2020; Hidalgo Simón 2021; Widuto 2020). This report aims at filling this technical gap, starting from what has been used until now and checking its coherence with the implementation of SDGs in a regional context The final objective is to create a knowledge base that can be used as a reference for regional governments to help them develop their SDG Voluntary Subnational Reviews, and to also recommend the use of harmonized indicators. Starting from case studies, the report provides examples and recommendations for the measurement of SDGs with a proper set of indicators for European regions.

Download or read book Measuring Distance to the SDG Targets 2019 written by Oecd and published by Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development. This book was released on 2019-05-20 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Handbook on the Least Developed Country Category written by United Nations. Economic and Social Council. Committee for Development Policy and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains an updated comprehensive explanation of the criteria, procedures and methodology used in establishing which countries are eligible for inclusion in, or recommended for graduation from, the least developed country (LDC) category. It also provides an overview of the special support measures that can be derived from having least developed country status.

Download or read book Indicators of Sustainable Development written by and published by New York : United Nations. This book was released on 1996 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Routledge International Handbook of Sustainable Development written by Michael Redclift and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook gives a comprehensive, international and cutting-edge overview of Sustainable Development. It integrates the key imperatives of sustainable development, namely institutional, environmental, social and economic, and calls for greater participation, social cohesion, justice and democracy as well as limited throughput of materials and energy. The nature of sustainable development and the book’s theorization of the concept underline the need for interdisciplinarity in the discourse as exemplified in each chapter of this volume. The Handbook employs a critical framework that problematises the concept of sustainable development and the struggle between discursivity and control that has characterised the debate. It provides original contributions from international experts coming from a variety of disciplines and regions, including the Global South. Comprehensive in scope, it covers, amongst other areas: Sustainable architecture and design Biodiversity Sustainable business Climate change Conservation Sustainable consumption De-growth Disaster management Eco-system services Education Environmental justice Food and sustainable development Governance Gender Health Indicators for sustainable development Indigenous perspectives Urban transport The Handbook offers researchers and students in the field of sustainable development invaluable insights into a contested concept and the alternative worldviews that it has fostered.

Download or read book Education for Sustainable Development Goals written by Rieckmann, Marco and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Least Developed Countries written by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Secretariat and published by New York : United Nations. This book was released on 1995 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Least Developed Countries written by United Nations Publications and published by . This book was released on 2014-12-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As we reach the target date to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the LDC Report analyses the performance of the LDCs in progressing towards these goals and provides a framework for their development policies in the post-2015 period. The Report shows that there is a high degree of differentiation among LDCs' performance towards the MDGs, but most of these countries will not be able to attain most MDGs. This disappointing outcome is surprising given that LDCs have experienced historically high economic growth rates over the last 20 years, and domestic and international policies for LDCs have set MDGs as top priority. In the coming post-2015 period, the LDCs will face the challenge of achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs), for which structural transformation will be a precondition.

Download or read book World Development Indicators 2016 written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World Development Indicators 2016 provides a compilation of relevant, high-quality, and internationally comparable statistics about global development and the fight against poverty. It is intended to help policymakers, students, analysts, professors, program managers, and citizens find and use data related to all aspects of development, including those that help monitor progress toward the World Bank Group’s two goals of ending poverty and promoting shared prosperity. Six themes are used to organize indicators—world view, people, environment, economy, states and markets, and global links. WDI 2016 includes: •A selection of the most popular indicators across 214 economies and 14 country groups organized into six WDI themes •A new section on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has replaced the one on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). •The SDG section covers all 17 goals, and important targets to achieve these goals. Each goal has been presented in a maximum 2-page spread with selected indicators to explain the targets. •Each of the remaining sections includes an introduction, a map, a table of the most relevant and popular indicators for that theme together with a discussion of indicator compilation methodology. •A user guide describing resources available online and on mobile apps. Download the WDI DataFinder Mobile App and other Data Apps at data.worldbank.org/apps. WDI DataFinder is a mobile app for browsing the current WDI database on smartphones and tablets, using iOS and Android, available in four languages: English, French, Spanish, and Chinese. Use the app to: •Browse data using the structure of the WDI •Visually compare countries and indicators •Create, edit, and save customized tables, charts, and maps •Share what you create on Twitter, Facebook, and via email