SD in Depth

UNCTAD in its recent report on Trade and Development have critisized the effectiveness of the innovative financial instruments such as PPPs and blended finance for implementing the 2030 Agenda and achieving the SDGs. According to UNCTAD there is an unambiguous evidence that efforts to marry public and private resources through PPPs and blended finance have …

Efforts to marry public and private resources through PPPs and blended finance have failed to engage private capital for SDGs, – says the 2019 UNCTAD’s Trade and Development Report Read More »

ish and seafood are among the most traded food commodities and overexploited natural resources. Aquaculture has been the fastest-growing food production system in the world for the last 5 decades, contributing 50% of the fish consumed globally. Upstream and downstream activities along the fish and seafood value chain provided significant employment and economic benefits to …

Advancing SDG 14: Sustainable fish and seafood value chains, trade and climate Read More »

Implementing the Paris Climate accord and transformative 2030 Agenda requires a series of fundamental socio-economic and technological transformations aimed at the transition to sustainable, people-centered and climate-resilient economies. Economic diversification is an important tool of such transformations. It is one component of economic resilience (i) against the impacts of climate change (increasing water scarcity, increasing …

On economic diversification as a pathway to economic prosperity and a greater economic resilience against the impacts of climate change and response measures to climate change Read More »

Water is at the heart of global 2030 Agenda, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, and the 2015 Paris Agreement. It plays a central role in securing human rights, supporting economic development, mitigating and adapting to the impacts of climate change (IPCC, 2008; IPCC, 2018), improving human well-being and health, achieving most of …

World Bank: water quality needs to be politically prioritized, and should be treated as an urgent concern for public health, the economy, and ecosystems. Read More »

Facebook is one of the leading players in the global advertisement industry. The company has committed to reducing its carbon footprint. Despite the positive trends in global economic growth, youth employment has worsened in recent years. There are presently 71 million young people unemployed, and many millions more are in precarious or informal work. (UNDESA, …

Advertisement and Sustainaibility: case of Facebook Read More »

“Youth are the real owners of Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development,” said UNCTAD Secretary-General Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi. Indeed, today there are over 1.8 billion people under 30, representing close to a third of the world’s population. This is the largest youth population recorded to date (UNCTAD, 2019). The active engagement of youth in sustainable development …

One in four people in the world today is aged between 15-29: that is nearly 1.8 billion in total. 2030 Agenda provides unprecedented opportunities to build a solid foundation for a better future for young people and also actively engage them in achieving the SDGs. Read More »

The Resolution by the EP touches upon examples taken from the Dutch economy practice of horizontal agreements in which companies operating in the same sector of economy come together and jointly decide to protect the environment by restricting particular practices. The Resolution by the EP touches upon examples taken from the Dutch economy practice of …

On the EU competition policy and Sustainable Development Read More »

The pace of economic growth of the LDCs has been accelerating in recent years, however, this has generally not been enough for most of them to meet target 8.2 of the SDGs: “an economic growth rate of at least 7 per cent”, – says the recent UNCTAD Report. Para. 27 of Agenda 2030, states a …

Economic growth accelerating, but not enough Read More »

There is a direct link between the development challenges and the illicit financial flows (IFFs). Nearly US$1 trillion of unrecorded money leaves the emerging market and developing countries annually (OECD, 2018; GFI, 2019; UNODC). IFFs undermine the efforts of countries to mobilize finance for sustainable development and the internationally-agreed SDGs by the target date of …

The policies and challenges related to tackling Illicit Financial Flaws in the context of implementing the 2030 Agenda and achieving the SDGs Read More »