Improving the Sustainable Development Goals Strategies and the Governance Challenge

• Main Author: Niklasson, Lars
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 2019; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group; Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, earthscan from Routledge
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability
• Subjects: Agenda 2030; Armutsbekämpfung; Business & Industry; development policy; Development Studies; development theory; Economics; Environment and Sustainability; Environmental degradation; Environmental degradation > Prevention > International cooperation; Finance; Global goals; Global Governance; globala mål; Hållbarhetsmål; international organisations; International Organizations; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Politics & International Relations; Politisches Ziel; Poverty; Poverty > International cooperation; SDGs; Social Sciences; sustainability governance; Sustainable Development; Sustainable development > International cooperation; Sustainable Development Goals; United Nations; Welt; Developmental Patrimonialism; International Sustainable Development Law; Good Life; Develop State Capacity; Reasonable Instruments; Targets Talk; SDG Goal; IPE Perspective; SDG Framework; Aid Policy Community; UN; Annual Ministerial Review; Fisheries Subsidies; National Sustainable Development Strategies; HLPF; Millennium Development Goals Era; Independent National Human Rights Institutions; SDGs Implementation; SDG Target; Stake Holder Participation; SDG Indicator; Nationalist Strategy; Intermediary Goals; Environmental Issues; Tim Kelsall
• ISBN: 0367142104; 9780367142100; 0367730278; 9780367730277; 9780429031700; 042903170X
• DOI: 10.4324/9780429031700

i Improving the Sustainable Development Goals evaluates the Global Goals (Agenda 2030) by looking at their design and how they relate to theories of economic development. Adopted unanimously by the member states of the United Nations (UN) in 2015, the goals are remarkable for the global commitment on a set of targets to reach by 2030, but also for the lack of a strategy of implementation. The choice of appropriate action is handed over to individual governments, some of which are limited by their lack of resources. This book explores how implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) can be improved, especially in developing countries. The content, strengths and weaknesses of the SDGs are critically examined, alongside their relationship to ongoing academic research. The authors also investigate the actions of governments over the past three years by looking at the national strategies they have presented at annual meetings of the UN High-Level Political Forum. Improving the Sustainable Development Goals takes a critical but constructive approach, pointing out risks as well as possible remedies. The SDGs are seen as an opportunity for a global conversation on what works in solving some fundamental problems relating to poverty and environmental degradation. With the inclusion of a chapter by Tobias Ogweno, former member of Kenya’s UN mission, this book will appeal to all those who are interested in policy analysis with a focus on development issues.