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SDG Goal 8: Good Jobs and Economic Growth Gillian MacNaughton and Diane F. Frey Full employment and decent work are key components of a strategy to eliminate poverty, as most people must work to avoid poverty. Decent work is also a social…

SDG Goal 3: Good Health Brian Citro The proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) appear to be an improvement, or at least a thoughtful reaction, to some persistent criticisms of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Among these criticisms…

SDG Goal 3: Good Health By Rebecca Brown At the upcoming Summit to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the UN will adopt the broadest political agreement to date, which in its Preamble announces the goals of eradicating poverty and…

SDG Goal 13: Climate Action Cecilia Sorensen and Jay Lemery In the upcoming weeks, the UN will choose how seriously to commit political resources to halt climate change. Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Agenda)…

SDG Goal 3: Good Health Elizabeth D. Gibbons After much public consultation and global negotiation, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has been agreed, along with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their 169 targets.1 The Agenda…

SDG Goal 3: Good Health Audrey R. Chapman The draft Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are likely to be adopted at the September 2015 UN summit, identify achieving universal health coverage (UHC) as one component of the omnibus health…