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  "title": "From Ambition to Execution: Policies in Support of Sustainable Development Goals",
  "publication": "Staff Discussion Notes, September 22, 2015",
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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.",
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      "heading": "Overview and purpose",
      "content": "- Formal launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) sets the global development agenda through 2030.\n- Emphasis on promoting social and environmental sustainability alongside economic growth and poverty reduction.\n- Paper examines the types of policies that developing countries will need to implement to:\n  - foster economic transformation;\n  - promote economic and social inclusion;\n  - meet key environmental objectives."
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      "heading": "Major substantive findings",
      "content": "- Meeting the SDGs will require actions across a wide range of areas by both national governments and the international community.\n- Particular attention is given to:\n  - Reducing inequality;\n  - Achieving gender equity;\n  - Pricing energy and water resources appropriately."
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    {
      "heading": "Policy areas examined",
      "content": "- Economic transformation and structural transformation.\n- Economic and social inclusion, including financial inclusion and labor market issues.\n- Environmental objectives, including energy pricing and water pricing.\n- Fiscal policy and expenditure priorities to support SDG implementation.\n- Private sector role in job creation and firm-level considerations."
    },
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      "heading": "Subjects and keywords (as listed)",
      "content": "- Subject: Economic growth, Education, Energy pricing, Expenditure, Income inequality, Labor, National accounts, Structural transformation\n- Keywords: cost, diversification, East Africa, economic growth, energy pricing, environmental sustainability, financial inclusion, firm, fiscal policy, gender inclusion, Global, growth, IMF staff calculation, Inclusion, income, Income inequality, labor market, Middle East, natural resources, North Africa, private sector, SDN, South Asia, structural transformation, sustainable development, sustainable development goals, water pricing"
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      "content": "- Designation: Staff Discussion Note\n- Available format mentioned: Download PDF; More Formats on IMF eLibrary; Order a Print Copy\n- Citation example provided in Chicago format (authors and DOI included).\n\nThis Staff Discussion Note represents the views of the authors and does not necessarily represent IMF views or IMF policy.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Policies in Support of Selected Sustainable Development Goals\n  - Policies in Support of Selected Sustainable Development Goals (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Policies in Support of Selected Sustainable Development Goals (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n- Sustainable Development and the International Monetary Fund: Infographic, September 22, 2015\n  - Sustainable Development and the International Monetary Fund: Infographic, September 22, 2015 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Sustainable Development and the International Monetary Fund: Infographic, September 22, 2015 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/staff-discussion-notes/issues/2016/12/31/from-ambition-to-execution-policies-in-support-of-sustainable-development-goals-43225"
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    "Authors: Stefania Fabrizio, Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu, Catherine A Pattillo, Andrea F Presbitero, Baoping Shang, Marie-Therese Camilleri, Kazuaki Washimi, Lisa L Kolovich, Monique Newiak, Martin Cihak, Inci Ötker, Luis-Felipe Zanna, Carol L Baker",
    "Published: September 22, 2015",
    "Series: Staff Discussion Notes",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513573304.006",
    "Formal launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) sets the global development agenda through 2030.",
    "Emphasis on promoting social and environmental sustainability alongside economic growth and poverty reduction.",
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    "Particular attention is given to:",
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    "Environmental objectives, including energy pricing and water pricing.",
    "Fiscal policy and expenditure priorities to support SDG implementation.",
    "Private sector role in job creation and firm-level considerations.",
    "Subject: Economic growth, Education, Energy pricing, Expenditure, Income inequality, Labor, National accounts, Structural transformation",
    "Keywords: cost, diversification, East Africa, economic growth, energy pricing, environmental sustainability, financial inclusion, firm, fiscal policy, gender inclusion, Global, growth, IMF staff calculation, Inclusion, income, Income inequality, labor market, Middle East, natural resources, North Africa, private sector, SDN, South Asia, structural transformation, sustainable development, sustainable development goals, water pricing",
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