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Sustainable Development Goals Diagnostics: An Application of Network Theory and Complexity Measures to Set Country Priorities

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dc.contributor.authorEl-Maghrabi, M. H.
dc.contributor.authorGable, S.
dc.contributor.authorOsorio-Rodarte, I.
dc.contributor.authorVerbeek, J.
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-27T21:48:49Z
dc.date.available2018-06-27T21:48:49Z
dc.date.issued2018-06
dc.description.abstractThe United Nations 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals are comprehensive and holistic in nature, as they includes 17 goals and 169 targets covering economic, social, and environmental dimensions of development. In this context, policy makers face the challenge of translating the global agenda into feasible yet ambitious development plans and policies. This paper presents a methodology that can assist policy makers in prioritizing the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals within their development plans, given elements of path dependency among the goals. The method used is based on the notion that existing patterns of development outcomes can reveal information about the commonalities in countries' unobservable Sustainable Development Goal delivery mechanisms. The ease with which capacities can be used between Sustainable Development Goals depends on their degree of commonality, conceptualized in the proximity between them. Related to this, the paper introduces Sustainable Development Goal centrality as a measure of connectedness. In addition, it defines a country's Sustainable Development Goals density to indicate how close an "unsuccessful" Sustainable Development Goals is to those Sustainable Development Goals in which a country is performing well. The paper concludes that countries should prioritize the Sustainable Development Goals that are within reach (high density) and/or offer higher scope for success through redeployment of existing capacities (high centrality). It applies the method to show how this can help countries prioritize implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/270771529500170694/Sustainable-development-goals-diagnostics-an-application-of-network-theory-and-complexity-measures-to-set-country-priorities
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8481
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29934
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8481
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectSDGs
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subjectNETWORK THEORY
dc.subjectECONOMIC COMPLEXITY
dc.subjectPROXIMITY
dc.subjectCENTRALITY
dc.subjectDENSITY
dc.subjectBENCHMARKING
dc.subjectPRIORITIZATION
dc.subjectPOLICY PRIORITIES
dc.subjectPATH DEPENDENCE
dc.subjectCONNECTEDNESS
dc.titleSustainable Development Goals Diagnosticsen
dc.title.subtitleAn Application of Network Theory and Complexity Measures to Set Country Prioritiesen
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okr.crossref.titleSustainable Development Goals Diagnostics: An Application of Network Theory and Complexity Measures to Set Country Priorities
okr.date.disclosure2018-06-20
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/270771529500170694/Sustainable-development-goals-diagnostics-an-application-of-network-theory-and-complexity-measures-to-set-country-priorities
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8481
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-8481
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okr.topicGovernance::International Governmental Organizations
okr.topicGovernance::National Governance
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Development Economics & Aid Effectiveness
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Development Patterns and Poverty
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Living Standards
okr.unitOffice of the Senior Vice President, 2030 Agenda, UN Relations and Partnerships
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