Thomas Gass, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, discusses the new “social contract” forged by the Sustainable Development Goals.
Tag: development
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Strong statements about poverty, climate change, and overconsumption as existential threats are emitting from both the United Nations and the Vatican as Pope Francis descends on the world body to speak ahead of the sustainable development high-level summit where the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be officially signed by all member states.The three-year process of […]
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With its 17 goals and 169 targets, the SDGs constitute a very ambitious agenda to address poverty, hunger, unemployment, inequality, lack of education, climate change, and more.
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How can you have development without peace, when in many countries, “people are worried about the safety of their life and limb, of their property,” asks Nikhil Seth, former head of the Secretariat for the intergovernmental negotiations that created the United Nations’ goals for achieving sustainable development around the world.
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A 2013 review by RAND Corporation of the Malian government’s development initiatives in the north found that much of the aid earmarked for the region had never reached its destination because of “corruption or plain bad faith.”
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In this updated edition of the International Peace Institute’s Catalogue of Indices, over 60 indices and indicators have been categorized into eight themes.
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A product of negotiations, the 17 SDGs may not be perfect, but they can serve as clear goals for popular movements, local communities, and all manner of networks.
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International NGOs still struggle to achieve ‘local ownership’ in peacebuilding, but a new approach is working on putting local people in the lead.
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With its advantages, urbanization also brings risks and challenges for fragile cities like Bangkok which are trying to cope with fast population growth.
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The inclusion of governance in the post-2015 development framework has the potential to be an important tool for bridging the credibility gap between citizens and their governments.
