The Sustainable Development Goals are now two years old. Is the UN community keeping its word to the world’s poorest people? Are too many nations backsliding into the old game of relying on others to do the heavy lifting in enacting the SDGs?
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The Sustainable Development Goals are now two years old. Is the UN community keeping its word to the world’s poorest people? Are too many nations backsliding into the old game of relying on others to do the heavy lifting in enacting the SDGs?
Sep 14, 2017 Selim Jahan says the best way to improve human development outcomes is to change how we measure quality of life.
Sep 13, 2017 Mark Suzman says that achieving the UN’s development goals for women and girls must start with better metrics.
Aug 29, 2017 Mahmoud Mohieldin advocates a bottom-up approach to achieving global development goals, citing Colombia as an example.
Jun 6, 2017 Anne-Sophie Stevance & David McCollum describe a new analytical framework for prioritizing development goals and investments.
Feb 6, 2017 Mahmoud Mohieldin & Svetlana Klimenko describe how to mobilize financial markets to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Oct 31, 2016 Jeffrey D. Sachs describes the types of long-term investments the world economy needs – and how to finance them.
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