Publication: Country Development Diagnostics Post-2015
Date
2015-01
ISSN
Published
2015-01
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Abstract
With the 2015 deadline for the current
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) drawing near, the global
community is shaping a new set of international development
goals for the longer term. The process has involved
consultations led by the UN Open Working Group guided by the
2013 report, a new global partnership of the UN High-level
Panel. The work so far indicates that the post-2015
development agenda will encompass goals for social,
economic, and environmental sustainability with broader
coverage than the current MDGs. This paper refers to these
post-2015 development goals as Sustainable Development
Goals, or SDGs. The World Bank Group is developing a
diagnostic framework to assess the implications of
implementing the post-2015 global development agenda at the
country level. This framework has been applied to a pilot
case study on Uganda, and some of the results of this study
are highlighted here for illustrative purposes. The WBG has
also developed a multi-country database that provides a
starting point for similar diagnostics in other countries.
Subject to data availability, the framework may be used to
analyze likely progress in SDGs and their determinants and
to discuss policy and financing options to accelerate their
progress. This work has been shared with the
Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable
Development Financing. The purpose of this paper is to
demonstrate the application of this framework, drawing on
the pilot study of Uganda.
Citation
“Gable, Susanna; Lofgren, Hans; Osorio-Rodarte, Israel. 2015. Country Development Diagnostics Post-2015. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/20802 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”