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For Uganda the goal of achieving zero-poverty by 2030 is going to be a lot more intractable than that of “halving” it – the goal for the last 15 years. Accordingly, priority setting for implementation of the SDGs will have to be more focused, tactical and innovative.
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Read MoreEnhancing social protection is an immediate priority for reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Cambodia. Cambodia’s historical success in pro-poor growth over the last decade sheds light into several challenges that growth, as defined from an economic perspective, has failed to sufficiently address, including chronic poverty, child poverty, inequality and malnutrition. These unfinished issues require a multi-sectoral approach.
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Read MoreSGDs agenda is ambitious, with the aim of eliminating rather than reducing poverty – the “leave no one behind” notion. Goal 1 target 1.1 aims at reducing extreme poverty to all people everywhere by 2030. Poverty especially in rural Tanzania has been declining at a very low pace from 40.8% in 1991/92 to 33.3% in 2011/12 (7.5 percentage points decrease for 20 years). Inequalities are also huge. Thus, Tanzania has to make sequential prioritization and serious resource mobilization from domestic and international sources for its implementation.
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Read MoreRwanda is among the very few countries worldwide that have embarked on the process of SDGs domestication. Through the collaboration with development partners, the country has already started to assess how to domesticate the SDGs targets in the national development and poverty reduction strategies such as the Vision 2020, the Economic Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS), and the Sector Strategic Plans (SSPs) as well as the District Development Plans (DDPs) at the local government level.
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