From Ambition to Execution: Policies in Support of Sustainable Development Goals
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Summary:
The formal launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) sets the global development agenda through 2030, placing significant emphasis on promoting social and environmental sustainability alongside economic growth and poverty reduction. Meeting the SDGs will require actions across a wide range of areas by both national governments and the international community. This paper examines the types of policies that developing countries will need to implement to foster economic transformation, to promote economic and social inclusion, and to meet key environmental objectives. Reducing inequality, achieving gender equity, and pricing energy and water resources appropriately receive particular attention.
Series:
Staff Discussion Notes No. 2015/018
Subject:
Economic growth Education Energy pricing Expenditure Income inequality Labor National accounts Structural transformation
Notes:
See also Infographic; Article
English
Publication Date:
September 22, 2015
ISBN/ISSN:
9781513573304/2617-6750
Stock No:
SDNEA2015018
Pages:
36
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