scholarly journals Metrics to Accelerate Private Sector Investment in Sustainable Development Goal 2—Zero Hunger

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 5967
Author(s):  
Molly E. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Private Sector Investment ◽  
Quantitative Metrics ◽  
Substantial Investment ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Zero Hunger ◽  
The Impact

Substantial investment from both the private and public sectors will be needed to achieve the ambitious Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2), which focuses on ending poverty and achieving zero hunger. To harness the private sector, high quality, transparent metrics are needed to ensure that every dollar spent reaches the most marginalized segments of a community while still helping institutions achieve their goals. Satellite-derived Earth observations will be instrumental in accelerating these investments and targeting them to the regions with the greatest need. This article proposes two quantitative metrics that could be used to evaluate the impact of private sector activities on SDG2: measuring increases in yield over baseline and ensuring input availability and affordability in all markets.

scholarly journals Human Rights in the Least Developed Countries of Asia: An Index for Quantifying Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing)

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 4747
Author(s):  
Karen G. Añaños Bedriñana ◽  
José Antonio Rodríguez Martín ◽  
Fanny T. Añaños
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Maternal Education ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Least Developed Countries ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Distance Method ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
The Impact

This paper aims to measure disparities among the variables associated with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 defined by the United Nations (UN) in the least developed countries (LDCs) of Asia. In the terms of the UN Conference on Trade and Development, LDCs are countries with profound economic and social inequalities. The indicator was constructed using a set of variables associated with SDG3: Good Health and Wellbeing. Applying Pena’s DP2 distance method to the most recent data available (2018) enables regional ordering of Asia’s LDCs based on the values of these variables. The index integrates socioeconomic variables that permit examination of the impact of each individual indicator to determine territorial disparities in terms of the partial indicators of SDG3. “Maternal education,” “Proportion of women who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use, and reproductive health care,” and “Gender parity index in primary education” are the most important variables in explaining spatial disparities in good health and wellbeing in the LDCs of Asia.

scholarly journals Implementation of the No Poverty Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) in Visegrad Group (V4)

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1030
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Sobczak ◽  
Bartosz Bartniczak ◽  
Andrzej Raszkowski
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Poverty Area ◽  
Development Level ◽  
Poverty Indicators ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Visegrad Group

This presented study discusses problems related to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal 1: No Poverty, aimed at eliminating poverty, based on the example of the Visegrad Group (V4) countries. The introduction addresses the general characteristics of the V4 and attempts to define the concept of sustainable development, with particular emphasis on its complex nature and importance for future generations. The purpose of the research was to assess the diversity within the Visegrad Group countries in the years 2005–2018 in terms of poverty and sustainable development level in the No Poverty area and also to identify the impact of the socioeconomic development level in the studied countries on sustainable development in the No Poverty area. Taking into account the analysis of poverty indicators in the Visegrad Group countries, the best results were recorded for Czechia. The second part of the conducted analyzed allowed us to conclude that Czechia definitely presents the highest level of sustainable development, followed by Slovakia. The highest average dynamics of changes occur in Poland and Hungary, which result in the gradual elimination of the existing disproportions. Among other research results, it is worth highlighting that the V4 countries show significant, however, decreasing differences regarding the indicators describing poverty in relation to sustainable development.

scholarly journals Unlocking the potential for achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goal 2 – ‘Zero Hunger’ – in Africa: targets, strategies, synergies and challenges

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prudence Atukunda ◽  
Wenche Barth Eide ◽  
Kristin R. Kardel ◽  
Per Ole Iversen ◽  
Ane C. Westerberg
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Eastern Africa ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
State Fragility ◽  
Current Topic ◽  
Slow Progress ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Zero Hunger

Background: The UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 (‘Zero Hunger’) aims to end all forms of hunger and malnutrition by 2030. Thus, a range of different strategies are needed to facilitate the achievement of SDG 2 to overcome challenges and enable synergies between various SDG targets. Objective: The aim of this review is to highlight Africa’s progress toward SDG 2, including targets, strategies, synergies and challenges. Methods: We scrutinized published research articles in peer-reviewed journals, UN reports and in-country Africa reports (between 2015 and 2020) that were relevant to the current topic. Results: Several hunger indicators are showing slow progress or even deterioration in Africa. The prevalence of undernourishment in the general population was 19.1% in 2019 and is expected to increase to 25.7% by 2030. Improvements in child stunting in several regions in Africa are slow, especially in sub-Saharan Africa where about 34% of under-fives were stunted in 2012 and 31% in 2019. In Eastern Africa, stunting prevalence decreased from 38% in 2012 to 34% in 2019. Major drivers of hunger are poor governance and state fragility, war and conflicts, increasing inequality, weak economic development, climate change, biodegradation – and now lately the Covid 19 pandemic – factors that all increase food insecurity. Conclusion: Africa is off track to reach SDG – ‘Zero Hunger’ – by 2030. Current efforts and progress are insufficient. Africa must champion the SDG agenda on a national, regional and global level to facilitate synergies to unlock the potential for reaching ‘Zero Hunger’ throughout the continent.

scholarly journals Policy Brief: Ending Open Defecation in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
Mary Obidiya Okuku
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Job Creation ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Open Defecation ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Political Will ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this paper is to present a policy brief on ending open defecation in Nigeria. The briefing notes the burden of open defecation (OD) in Nigeria, its causes, the impact of OD practices, successes achieved so far, as well as the failures encountered and offers recommendations to end the practice in order to achieve the sustainable development goal (SDG) 6.2 of ending open defecation globally by 2030 as proposed by the United Nations.       Key Recommendations: Strong Political Will to uphold and implement policies on sanitation Building more latrines Establishing monitoring team Capacity building Sustainable job creation Improved communication strategy

THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC STABILITY OF THE MIDDLE CLASS

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuliia Chaliuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Economic Stability ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
The Impact

The middle class is the basis of socio-economic stability of the state, acts as a generator of economic, social, cultural and institutional transformations. The consumption model of this class is above the subsistence level, which allows them to invest in production activities, to accumulate physical and human capital. Increasing income leads to increased spending on health and education, leisure and entertainment, leads to an increase in the range of consumer goods. Quantitative and qualitative parameters of the middle-class assessment serve as a platform for characterizing living standards and redistribution of economic growth in the country. The tasks of expanding the middle class, combating poverty, smoothing socio-economic asymmetries and imbalances, and improving the well-being of the population are at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Globally, the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic create obstacles to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The world government should reduce the number of poor by at least half by 2030 (Sustainable Development Goal 1, Target 1.2), expand opportunities and promote social, economic and political inclusion of all segments of the population, regardless of their economic status (Sustainable Development Goal 10, Target 10.2), but the pandemic makes its adjustments. In regions such as South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, instead of reducing poverty, it has risen to 1990 levels. The middle class has suffered the most in South Asia and the Asia-Pacific region. There is no doubt that the Covid-19 pandemic will provoke the deepest socio-economic crisis in 100 years. Representatives of the middle class in India, Brazil, South Africa, Thailand and Ukraine continue to record rising food and real estate prices, their purchasing power is declining, and central banks are forced to tighten monetary policy prematurely. In order for the middle class to stimulate economic growth, increase investment, maintain adequate consumption, use public and private services, national governments and the international community must respond quickly to the crises triggered by Covid-19 and take the necessary measures to eliminate them in order to ensure a decent standard of living above the poverty line.

Changing an industry: leading equality in the investment and savings industry

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Butler ◽  
Simon M. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Action Plans ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of the Diversity Project, a cross company initiative that has been applied in the investment and savings profession to accelerate progress towards a more inclusive culture across the industry. This is with a view to providing a template for other industries considering impactful change. Design/methodology/approach This paper considers the approach taken by the investment and savings industry to drive change towards a more inclusive culture by using a summative content analysis approach. The authors framework this application using Sustainable Development Goal 10 (reduced inequalities) to increase relevance and contribution beyond this context. Findings The Diversity Project demonstrates numerous examples of driving change within the investment and savings industry by galvanising cross company support for events, publications, charters and action. These experiences will provide policymakers and practitioners in other industrial sectors insight to achieve similar change. Originality/value The Diversity Project established in 2016 has gained significant traction in the investment and savings industry through membership of 70 firms and 30 partner firms, supporting 18 cross company diversity and inclusion work streams focussed on developing collaborative and cohesive action plans.

scholarly journals Climate change: A threat towards achieving ‘Sustainable Development Goal number two’ (end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture) in South Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shingirai S. Mugambiwa ◽  
Happy M. Tirivangasi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
The Impact

This article aims to assess the impacts of climate change towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal number two (SDG 2) as well as examining the poverty alleviation strategies by subsistence farmers in South Africa. Widespread hunger and poverty continue to be among the most life-threatening problems confronting mankind. Available statistics show that global poverty remains a serious challenge around the world. Across the globe, one in five people lives on less than $1 a day and one in seven suffers from chronic hunger. Similarly, the developing world is adversely affected by poverty and hunger. In the sub-Saharan Africa, research has revealed a higher prevalence of hunger, malnutrition, poverty and food insecurity. SDG 2 focuses more on eliminating hunger and promoting sustainable agriculture. The study employed an exploratory design and a qualitative method. Snowball sampling was used in selecting relevant sources which led the researchers to other research work on the same field through keywords and reference lists. The researchers employed discourse analysis to analyse data. The study discovered that there are numerous potential effects climate change could have on agriculture. It affects crop growth and quality and livestock health. Farming practices could also be affected as well as animals that could be raised in particular climatic areas. The impact of climate change as well as the susceptibility of poor communities is very immense. The article concludes that climate change reduces access to drinking water, negatively affects the health of people and poses a serious threat to food security.

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