Sustainable Development Goals

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Using Identification for Development: Some Guiding Principles
Alan Gelb
and
Anna Diofasi
February 22, 2016
There is growing recognition of the importance of identification for sustainable development. Its role is recognized formally in target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, which calls for providing “legal identity for all, including through birth registration” by 2030. Identificat...
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Identification and Gender Equality: A Two-Way Street
Mayra Buvinic
and
Megan O'Donnell
January 04, 2016
The importance of ID for empowering women and girls is spot-on, but so far discussions about identification and gender haven’t given equal attention to the other side of the equation. And new data shows that when it comes to identification and gender equality, we encounter a two-way street. Id...
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The Paris Climate Agreement Feels Historic, but the Sustainable Development Goals Don’t. Why?
Charles Kenny
and
Jonah Busch
December 18, 2015
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SDGs Ready To Go? Far From It.

Casey Dunning
December 10, 2015
After almost four years and much fanfare, 193 nations agreed to 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their associated 169 targets at last September’s UN Summit. You’d probably then assume that we’re all set to start the SDG agenda on January 1, 2016. Not quite so fast. Argua...