Tracking SDG Achievements in the Age of Polycrisis
Theresa Beltramo et al.
Abstract
The age of polycrisis – including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate related disasters, the war in Ukraine and related pressures on the global economy – is well known to have negatively impacted global socioeconomic outcomes. Due to time lags in data reporting, the full impact of the multiple crises is not yet reflected in the 2024 SDG Index. This work aims to fill this gap by providing a framework for tracking progress towards specific SDGs and measuring dimensions of resilience of national socioeconomic systems. We assess the progress of countries around the globe towards achieving SDG targets before and after the COVID period for five SDGs where data is available. We find for SDG 1: End Poverty; SDG 2: End Hunger; SDG 4: Education and SDG 5: Gender equality that both in the short (2020–2022) – as well as the medium (2020–2026) term following the COVID period, all countries experience persistent negative setbacks in achieving SDGs resulting in an increase in estimated time to complete targets for all income groups when compared to the 2012–2019 period. We find for SDG 3: Health – similar results; though only for Low and Lower Middle-Income Countries do we find negative setbacks to achieving SDG 3 targets post-COVID.
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Evidence weight
Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40
| F · citation impact | 0.44 × 0.4 = 0.18 |
| M · momentum | 0.65 × 0.15 = 0.10 |
| V · venue signal | 0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03 |
| R · text relevance † | 0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20 |
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