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American leadership on the Sustainable Development Goals
By Anthony F. Pipa, Kaysie BrownThis year’s U.N. General Assembly in September was the first time that heads of state and government came together to assess global progress on the Sustainable...
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American Leadership in Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals
On Monday, September 23, 2019, Brookings in collaboration with the U.N. Foundation, co-hosted a public event at the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice. The event showcased the best of American...
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Closing the opportunity gap in the Sahel
By Annette Dixon, Hafez GhanemInundated by bleak headlines and even bleaker forecasts, it is easy to forget that, in many ways, the world is better than it has ever been. Since 1990, nearly 1.1 billion...
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Reimagining the global economy: Building back better in a post-COVID-19 world
By Jeannine AjelloThe COVID-19 global pandemic has produced a human and economic crisis unlike any in recent memory. The global economy is experiencing its deepest recession since World War II,...
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Great Transitions: Doubling down on the Sustainable Development Goals
Executive summary This year has exposed the world’s extraordinary fragility. Managing a pandemic is hard enough. Doing so while addressing other urgent stresses—like inequality, violence, and climate...
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2020 17 Rooms global flagship meeting
17 Rooms offers a new way of channeling collaborative energy and ideas into practical steps for the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Convened by the Brookings Institution and The Rockefeller...
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Aid and the protection of the global commons
By Homi Kharas, Andrew Rogerson, Beata Cichocka
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City playbook for advancing the SDGs
By Jeannine AjelloThis “City Playbook for Advancing the SDGs” compiles a series of how-to briefs and case studies on advancing sustainable development and social progress locally. These short,...
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Let the great transition begin
By Zia Khan, John McArthurWith COVID-19 vaccinations underway in some countries and efforts to expand access still ongoing, world leaders will soon shift their attention from crisis response to...
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The SDGs are our compass for bolstering Africa’s long-term COVID recovery
By Amina J. MohammedWe welcomed 2020 with great expectations for Africa’s promising future. Barely three months into the new decade, though, the SARS-CoV-19 virus, through devastating health impacts...
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Africa faces a hard choice on the SDGs under COVID-19
By Kasirim NwukeCOVID-19 has made it extremely difficult to mobilize the resources needed for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the time left to their target date of 2030....
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17 Rooms: A new approach to spurring action for the Sustainable Development...
FOReWoRD This report describes a new approach to stimulating cooperative action toward the Sustainable Development Goals. As an experimental method for SDG convening and problem-solving, 17 Rooms aims...
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A new approach to problem-solving across the Sustainable Development Goals
By Alexandra Bracken, John McArthur, Jacob TaylorThe economic, social, and environmental challenges embedded throughout the world’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will require many...
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The case for US cooperation with India on a just transition away from coal
By Joshua W. Busby, Sarang Shidore, Johannes Urpelainen, Morgan D. BazilianAchieving the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement will be difficult without ultimately phasing out coal in India, among other...
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Figure of the week: Increasing access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa
By Mary Blankenship, Christina GolubskiThis month, the custodian agencies of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 released a joint report, “Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report,” which examines...
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Ensuring the durability of local commitments to the SDGs
By Anthony F. Pipa, Max BouchetThe long-term horizon of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) poses a challenge to any elected government since their achievement depends on sustained efforts across...
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Donor engagement with Agenda 2030: How government agencies encompass the...
By George Ingram, Helena HlavatyOverview In 2015, all members of the United Nations adopted an ambitious agenda known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals. The...
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How government donors engage with the Sustainable Development Goals
By George IngramIn 2015, 193 nations signed on to Agenda 2030 setting forth the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The predecessor Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were a narrower set of eight...
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