Success factors of global goal-setting for sustainable development : Learning from the Millennium Development Goals

Summary, in English

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were an important precursor to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Hence, identifying the conditions that made the MDGs successful enhances our understanding of global goal-setting and informs the global endeavour to achieve the SDGs. Drawing on a comprehensive review of 316 articles published between 2009 and 2018, we identify six factors that have enabled or hindered MDG implementation. Our analysis stresses the importance of path dependencies and shows that the MDGs catalysed changes only for those countries with sufficient resource availability, administrative capacity and economic development, as well as adequate support from external donors. National ownership and NGO pressure bolstered efforts to implement the MDGs. These findings suggest that globally agreed goals do not easily trickle down from the global to the national level. Thus, this article adopts a forward-looking perspective and draws key lessons for the current implementation of the SDGs in developing countries.

• Författare: Thomas Hickmann; Frank Biermann; Matteo Spinazzola; Charlotte Ballard; Maya Bogers; Oana Forestier; Agni Kalfagianni; Rakhyun E. Kim; Francesco S. Montesano; Tom Peek; Carole Anne Sénit; Melanie van Driel; Marjanneke J. Vijge; Abbie Yunita
• Avdelning/ar: Statsvetenskapliga institutionen
• Publiceringsår: 2023
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 1214-1225
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Sustainable Development
• Volym: 31
• Issue: 3
• Länkar: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sd.2461
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
• Ämne: Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
• Nyckelord: 2030 agenda implementation; global goal-setting; global governance; MDGs; millennium development goals; SDGs; sustainable development goals
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 0968-0802