Southern Voice looks at the state of the Sustainable Development Goals around the world. With this analysis, experienced researchers from the Global South fill an existing knowledge gap. They enrich the development discussion with evidence-based analysis.
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Chapter 2
Initial challenges of SDGs implementation: Regional trends and country experiences
Debapriya Bhattacharya, Sayeeda Jahan
Chapter 3
Understanding the second-generation challenges of SDG implementation
Debapriya Bhattacharya, Sayeeda Jahan
Chapter 4
A cross-country synthesis of Leave No One Behind
by Ibrahima Hathie
“Leave no one behind” means ensuring all achieve progress. Using five dimensions of exclusion, this chapter explores who is being left behind and why. It is meant to help policymakers tackle exclusion successfully.
Chapter 5
Leveraging synergies and tackling trade-offs among specific goals
by Gala Diaz Langou, Jose Florito, Alejandro Biondi, Florencia Caro Sachetti, Luciana Petrone
Synergies and trade-offs emerge from interactions between SDGs and can shape policy responses at the national level. Efficient policies should enable positive interactions between goals and mitigate negative ones. Based on six innovative country case studies, this chapter gives recommendations on how to achieve that.
Chapter 6
Addressing Global Systemic Concerns while Implementing SDGs at Country Level
by Shehryar Khan Toru, Vaqar Ahmed
In an interconnected world, no country works in isolation. One country’s response to a challenge has an effect on another. This chapter uses a framework that connects global policy problems with the national implementation of the SDGs through specific transmission mechanisms.
Chapter 7
Collective capabilities for the Decade of Action
by Marcela Morales, Estefania Charvet, Andrea Ordóñez
Collective capabilities have the potential for transformational change. This chapter proposes an approach that is relevant to the challenges identified across the studies of the “State of the SDGs”: a focus on four closely interconnected collective capabilities (productive, technological, digital and urban).
Exploring regional challenges
Click on the highlighted regions to explore our three studies on SDG implementation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin America.