Governing the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Interactions, Infrastructures, and Institutions

Waage, Jeff; Yap, Chris; Bell, S.; Levy, C.; Mace, G.; Pegram, T.; Unterhalter, Elaine; Dasandi, N.; Hudson, D.; Kock, R.; Mayhew, Susannah H.; Marx, C.; Poole, Nigel

Abstract

Three of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) concerned health. There is only one health goal in 17 proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Critiques of the MDGs included missed opportunities to realise positive interactions between goals.

Here we report on an interdisciplinary analytical review of the SDG process, in which experts in different SDG areas identified potential interactions through a series of interdisciplinary workshops. This process generated a framework that reveals potential conflicts and synergies between goals, and how their interactions might be governed.

Citation

Waage, J., Yap, C., Bell, S., Levy, C., Mace, G., Pegram, T., Unterhalter, E., Dasandi, N., Hudson, D., Kock, R., Mayhew, S. H., Marx, C., & Poole, N. (2015). Governing the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Interactions, Infrastructures, and Institutions. The Lancet Global Health, 3(5), e251-e252. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X%2815%2970112-9

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Mar 29, 2015
• Deposit Date: Apr 23, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 23, 2021
• Journal: The Lancet Global Health
• Electronic ISSN: 2214-109X
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 5
• Pages: e251-e252
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X%2815%2970112-9
• Publisher URL: http://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/langlo/PIIS2214-109X%2815%2970112-9.pdf