Atlas of sustainable development goals 2017 from World Development Indicators

By U. Serajuddin, N. Fantom, Haishan Fu, Elizabeth Purdie, Ana Florina Pirlea, T. Khokhar, J. Tariku, Andrew Whitby. 2017

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The maps, charts, and analyses in this Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2017 are intended to present data trends and comparisons in an accessible and visually appealing way. Given the breadth and scope of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the editors have been selective, emphasizing issues considered key by experts in the World Bank’s Global Practices and Cross-Cutting Solution Areas. The data draw on the World Development Indicators (WDI) database, the World Bank’s compilation of internationally comparable statistics about global development and the quality of people’s lives. For each of the 17 SDGs, relevant indicators have been chosen to illustrate important trends and challenges, and highlight measurement issues. The data draw on the World Development Indicators (WDI) database, the World Bank’s compilation of internationally comparable statistics about global development and the quality of people’s lives. For each of the 17 SDGs, relevant indicators have been chosen to illustrate important trends and challenges, and highlight measurement issues. New indicators have been added to the WDI database to better reflect coverage of specific goals and targets. In some cases, for example, where country or temporal coverage is limited, supplementary data from other databases or published studies have been used. But for some targets, there may be no reliable data to use for comparisons between countries or to measure progress. Physical infrastructure continues to expand, but so too does population, so that urban housing and rural access to roads remain challenges, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Meanwhile the institutional infrastructure of development strengthens, with more reliable government budgeting and foreign direct investment recovering from the financial crisis. Official development assistance, however, continues to fall short of target levels.

Subfields: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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