Shaping the global agenda to maximize city leadership on the SDGs: The experiences of vanguard cities
Pipa, Anthony F. | June 2019
Abstract
As countries adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, the inclusion of a separate goal on urbanization (SDG 11)-to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable-was hailed as a breakthrough, establishing the significance of cities to the 2030 Agenda.
Four years in, it is clear that cities matter beyond the confines of SDG 11. Interdependencies between SDG 11 and the other SDGs ripple throughout the agenda. Even more importantly, mayors and local government officials are forming the frontlines of SDG implementation, translating the agenda's lofty and sometimes abstract aspirations into progress felt by real people living in real communities. These local leaders are adapting the goals and targets set at the national level to their own local realities, though a universally accepted set of local metrics and indicators does not exist. They seek to advance the entire range of SDGs, as all of the SDGs matter for their constituents, even if they don't have direct authority over every issue.
Citation
Pipa, Anthony F.. 2019. Shaping the global agenda to maximize city leadership on the SDGs: The experiences of vanguard cities. © Brookings India. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/10442.Keywords
Agricultural And Rural Development
Development In East Asia
Infrastructure Development Projects
Institutional Development
Millennium Development Goals
Policy Development
Social Development Programs
Social Development
Cultural Development
Development Economics
Development Issues
Rural planning
Aid coordination
Industrial projects
Infrastructure projects
Natural resources policy
Educational development
Development Issues
Social participation
Political participation
Community banks
Business planning
Infrastructure
Sustainable urban development
Social contract
Government
Crisis management in government
Transparency in government
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