Sustainable Development Goals

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SDG Seven: Update the ‘Modern’ in Universal Modern Energy Access

April 02, 2015
This is one of a series of CGD blogs on tweaks to the SDG targets. I love the proposed Sustainable Development Goal Seven. It says “Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all”. Target 7.1 is even better:  “By 2030, ensure universal access to ...
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SDG Five: Improving the Gender Targets

March 31, 2015
This is one of a series of CGD blogs on tweaks to the SDG targets The Open Working Group’s Goal Five (achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls) is a notable departure from the first four goals.
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SDG Four: Focus on Ending Illiteracy

March 31, 2015
This is one of a series of CGD blogs on tweaks to the SDG targets.  At their best, the UN's Sustainable Development Goals are the Rawlsian equivalent of a moonshot. 
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SDG Three: Two Quick Fixes for Global Health

March 27, 2015
This is one of a series of CGD blogs on improvements to the SDG targets. Global health plays a less prominent role in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) than it did in the Millennium Development Goals (MDG).