scholarly journals U.S. Aid and Moving Towards the Sustainable Development Goals in Aid Recipient Countries

2021 ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
Maria Beletskaya
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
International Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The United States ◽  
Development Aid ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Index ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Per Capita

The article examines the connection between international development assistance provided by the United States and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the recipient countries. It shows the change in approaches to international development aid and SDGs during the presidencies of Obama, Trump and Biden. Author discusses the problems of assessing the results and effectiveness of aid at the macro level and makes a quantitative assessment of the relationship between indicators of international aid, the index of sustainable development and macroeconomic indicators of countries receiving US assistance. The article concludes that no relationship could be identified between the indicators of the provision of international assistance provided by the United States and the indicators of the sustainable development index of the countries receiving this assistance. At the same time, there is a relationship between the indicators of GDP per capita and the Sustainable Development Index. There are also signs of a relationship between the Sustainable Development Index and the volume of US aid per capita, of the recipient country - a lower Sustainable Development Index of a country is usually accompanied by a higher level of aid per capita.

Engaging the Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-15
Author(s):  
Sarah Whipple ◽  
◽  
Shardul Tiwari ◽  
Tashiana C. Osborne ◽  
Gillian Bowser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The United States ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Research Teams ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals

The authors present a new approach to show how interdisciplinary collaborations among a group of institutions can provide a unique opportunity for students to engage across the science-policy nexus using the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Through collaboration across seven higher education institutions in the United States and Australia, virtual student research teams worked together across disciplines.

Global Health and International Development

2018 ◽  
pp. 216-235
Author(s):  
Andrew Harmer ◽  
Jonathan Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Economic System ◽  
International Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Global Population

This chapter explores the relationship between international development and global health. Contrary to the view that development implies ‘good change’, this chapter argues that the discourse of development masks the destructive and exploitative practices of wealthy countries at the expense of poorer ones. These practices, and the unregulated capitalist economic system that they are part of, have created massive inequalities between and within countries, and potentially catastrophic climate change. Both of these outcomes are detrimental to global health and the millennium development goals and sustainable development goals do not challenge these dynamics. While the Sustainable Development Goals acknowledge that inequality and climate change are serious threats to the future of humanity, they fail to address the economic system that created them. Notwithstanding, it is possible that the enormity and proximity of the threat posed by inequality and global warming will energise a counter movement to create what Kate Raworth terms ‘an ecologically safe and socially just space’ for the global population while there is still time.

scholarly journals Can a Water Smart Grid Help Society Achieve the Sustainable Development Goal of Water as a Human Right?

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akhenaton-Andrew Jones
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Smart Grid ◽  
Positive Outcome ◽  
The United States ◽  
Equitable Access ◽  
Human Right ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
Development Goals

In the spirit of measuring what we care about, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide guidelines to measure ``universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all.'' In this work, I show where permanent or semi-permanent, autonomous or semi-autonomous technologies (objects, not processes) can measure and induce progress toward those goals and where they cannot. To do this, I apply the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework to each of the seven normative definitions from the SDGs as ``action arenas.'' For each normative definition, I examine if technologies exist or can be created to effect a positive outcome for consumers in that particular action arena using nine evaluative criteria. This analysis is applied to the United States as a case study considering its physical systems, regulations, and governance structures. This work, combined with efforts to translate the United States' systems and structures, can lead to multinational applicability. This paper examines how and when a water smart grid can and cannot be used effectively. I conclude that the material artifacts of a water smart grid can advance the SDG of safety and affordability. However, technology alone cannot assign people to jurisdictions, limiting its ability to advance goals of universal and equitable access.

scholarly journals Donor data vacuuming

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Gimbel ◽  
Baltazar Chilundo ◽  
Nora Kenworthy ◽  
Celso Inguane ◽  
David Citrin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
Health Partnerships ◽  
Development Goals

In this essay, we seek to understand how the stunning rise of data vacuuming, necessitated by the pretense of ‘partnership’ within global health, has fundamentally altered how routine health data in poor countries is collected, analyzed, prioritized, and used to inform management and policy. Writing as a team of authors with experiences on multiple sides of global health partnerships in the United States, Mozambique, Nepal, Lesotho, Kenya, and Cote d’Ivoire, we argue that solidarity-based partnership between donor and recipient countries is impossible when evidence production and management is effectively outsourced to external organizations to meet the criteria of donor partners. Specifically, to meet the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, equity-oriented strategies are critically needed to create data collection, analysis, and use activities that are mutually beneficial and sustainable.

scholarly journals Dynamics of Public Spending on Health and Socio-Economic Development in the European Union: An Analysis from the Perspective of the Sustainable Development Goals

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 353
Author(s):  
Antonio Rafael Peña-Sánchez ◽  
José Ruiz-Chico ◽  
Mercedes Jiménez-García
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Public Spending ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Per Capita

In recent years, healthcare has become a fundamental pillar of the level of well-being of any society. With the aim of improving the lives of countries and societies, in 2015 the United Nations (UN) approved the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Among the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out in the Agenda are health and well-being (O3) and the reduction of inequalities (O10). The general objective of this paper is to analyse the impact that the level of socioeconomic development, as well as the evolution of inequalities, have had on public spending on health in European Union countries. The research methodology is based on the application of a regression model and statistical techniques such as sigma convergence, beta convergence and the Gini index. We can see that the levels of public spending on health per capita, the level of socio-economic development and the degree of inequality are closely related in these countries. For this reason, we suggest maintaining sustainable economic growth to reduce the economic disparities between EU countries, and also the current differences in public spending on health per capita.

scholarly journals International development volunteering: An instrument for promoting education in line with the Sustainable Development Goals?

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Scheinert ◽  
Kerstin Guffler ◽  
Jan Tobias Polak ◽  
Martin Bruder
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
International Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Education Outcomes ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Implementation Level ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
International Volunteer

Education is one of the central tenets of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. International volunteer services (IVS) in development often aim to provide volunteers with knowledge and skills needed in a globalized world. We use the case of the German weltwärts programme, one of the largest IVS worldwide, to investigate how far IVS can be viewed as an instrument promoting education in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). First, we discuss how weltwärts aligns conceptually with the principles and contents of the SDGs. Second, we present empirical evidence on how far the envisioned principles and education outcomes are achieved on the implementation level. We conclude with a discussion of the potentials and limitations of weltwärts in promoting education in line with the SDGs.

scholarly journals New Challenges for Russia’s Foreign Aid and Its Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-83
Author(s):  
Yuriy Zaitsev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
International Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Systemic Change ◽  
Development Assistance ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Creation

The article discusses current trends in the Russian practice of international development assistance (IDA). Despite international isolation, the Russian government continued to increase its allocations for official development assistance (ODA), which, from 2015, amount to about USD1 billion annually. The author identifies key problems in the field of IDA related to monitoring and evaluation, the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and interaction with the business sector. The author describes the actions of the government in its quest to solve these problems. Special emphasis is placed on a comparative analysis of the SDG indicators with indicators of national development goals until 2024. This makes it possible to link Russian goals with international priorities. The theoretical basis of this study is the ‘systemic change’ and ‘scaling up approach’, which are often used in research on development economics. A “large-scale approach” allows us to measure the scale of Russia's participation in construction and installation work in terms of the number of allocated resources, the number of stakeholders involved, geographical coverage, etc. The “systemic change” approach explains how Russia's development cooperation activities are aligned with national goals and the SDGs, as well as the transformation in the structure and dynamics of the system, which leads to an impact on the material conditions or behavior of stakeholders. In conclusion, the author reflects on the prospects for the creation of a national monitoring and evaluation system in the area of ​​IDA, as well as on the possibilities of contributing to the achievement of the SDGs by 2030. One of the directions could be increased participation in the formation of new international development institutions, including the creation of the New Development Bank (NDB) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) along with the expansion of bilateral programs in the field of international development assistance.

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