Framing policy objectives in the sustainable development goals: hierarchy, balance, or transformation?

ABSTRACT: Society continues to be confronted with the deep inadequacies of the current global order. Rampant income inequality between and within countries, dramatic disparities in access to resources, as seen during the COVID pandemic, persistent degradation of the environment, and numerous other problems are tied to existing systems of economy and government. Current global economic systems are implicated in perpetuating these problems. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were born out of the recognition that dramatic changes were needed to address these intersecting challenges. There is general recognition that transformation of global systems and the relationship between sectors is needed. We conduct a structured, theoretically-informed analysis of SDG documents produced by United Nations a

SUBMITTER: Lencucha R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9869817 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature