Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2017 : From World Development Indicators
The Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2017 uses maps, charts and analysis to illustrate, trends, challenges and measurement issues related to each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The Atlas primarily draws on World Development Indicators (WDI) - the World Bank's compilation of in...
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26306 |
| Summary: | The Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2017 uses maps, charts and analysis to illustrate, trends, challenges and
measurement issues related to each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The Atlas primarily draws on World
Development Indicators (WDI) - the World Bank's compilation of internationally comparable statistics about global
development and the quality of people's lives
Given the breadth and scope of the SDGs, the editors have been selective, emphasizing issues considered important by
experts in the World Bank's Global Practices and Cross Cutting Solution Areas. Nevertheless, The Atlas aims to reflect
the breadth of the Goals themselves and presents national and regional trends and snapshots of progress towards the
UN's seventeen Sustainable Development Goals: poverty, hunger, health, education, gender, water, energy, jobs,
infrastructure, inequalities, cities, consumption, climate, oceans, the environment, peace, institutions, and partnerships.
Between 1990 and 2013, nearly one billion people were raised out of extreme poverty. Its elimination is now a realistic
prospect, although this will require both sustained growth and reduced inequality. Even then, gender inequalities
continue to hold back human potential.
Undernourishment and stunting have nearly halved since 1990, despite increasing food loss, while the burden of
infectious disease has also declined. Access to water has expanded, but progress on sanitation has been slower. For too
many people, access to healthcare and education still depends on personal financial means.
To date the environmental cost of growth has been high. Accumulated damage to oceanic and terrestrial ecosystems is
considerable. But hopeful signs exist: while greenhouse gas emissions are at record levels, so too is renewable energy
investment.
While physical infrastructure continues to expand, so too does population, so that urban housing and rural access to
roads remain a challenge, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Meanwhile the institutional infrastructure of development strengthens, with more reliable government budgeting and
foreign direct investment recovering from a post-financial crisis decline. Official development assistance, however,
continues to fall short of target levels. |
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