SDG 16 Flashcards
What is SDG 16?
Achieving peaceful and inclusive societies
What does SDG 16 tackle that was not included in the MDGs?
SDG 16 tackles governance, inclusion, participation, rights and security
Why did SDG 16 face the most danger of being removed or watered down during the negotiations?
- Good governance strongly resisted by some nation-states as an attack on sovereignty
- Brazil, India: Including a peace goal would blur lines between economic development + security, encouraging UNSC to interfere in General Assembly business
What does the SDGs’ success hinge on?
Governments opening up + transforming themselves into effective, accountable + inclusive institutions
In which city has innovative governance + leadership turned the city around?
- Medellin in Colombia
- Has shed its reputation as one of most violent places in world
- Through combination of innovative governance + leadership
- That depends on strong participation from all citizens
- Esp. those most traditionally excluded
What does a minimalist version of SDG 16 look like?
Where governments simply report against indicators rather than break open public policymaking
Name three countries trying to evolve their own approaches to SDG 16
Rwanda
Mexico
Malaysia
What do countries trying to evolve their approach to SDG 16 need to do?
- Need processes for continuously revising SDG-driven change
- Need to bring in experts, people at the periphery
- Must acknowledge interlinkages between goals
In what ways is SDG 16 a very Westernised and politically-loaded construction of an ideal?
- Democratic Peace Thesis
- A system of checks + balances, accountability
Has progress on SDG16 been even?
Progress has been uneven across and within regions
Which countries face highest levels of violence?
Countries with the highest levels of inequality
How is SDG 16 unique?
It glues together the aims and ambitions of the other SDGs
Provides the foundation from which sustainable development should be achieved
What is sustained economic growth closely associated with?
Sustained economic growth is closely associated with significantly higher chances of peace
How will the world win the war on poverty?
- To win the war on poverty, we need to win the war on war
The reverse is also true
- War will only be defeated through alleviating poverty + raising living standards
What are the key problem areas in Afghanistan, as identified by UNDP?
- Gender inequality
- Children casualties
- Inadequate healthcare
- Law and order
