Measuring countries’ progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: methodology and challenges

Autor: Guillaume Cohen, Michal Shinwell
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Evolutionary and Institutional Economics Review. 17:167-182
ISSN: 2188-2096
1349-4961
DOI: 10.1007/s40844-019-00132-6
Popis: The 2030 Agenda, adopted by countries in 2015, sets a broad and ambitious set of targets to be achieved by 2030, covering social, environmental and economic issues. With 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 169 targets and 244 indicators, it presents a complex data landscape to navigate. With targets ranging from abstract to definite and quantifiable, ambitious to achieved, countries need to understand how they can measure their performance and what progress is needed. We present a methodology for measuring the distance countries must cover in order to reach the targets by 2030, using publicly available data from official sources (UN and OECD databases). The methodology allows comparison of performance across goals, targets and indicators, and can provide a basis for further analysis, such as disaggregation, performance over time and forecasting achievements.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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