Frameworks for Development

Sustainable Development Goals, The New Urban Agenda, and Africa’s Structural Transformation

M. Veronica Cardenas Vignes (MAUD ’19)

[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition. File 19: Annual Urban Population at Mid-Year by Region, Subregion, Country and Area, 1950-2050 (thousands)

[2] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition. File 1: Population of Urban and Rural Areas at Mid-Year (thousands) and Percentage Urban, 2018

[3] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition File 3: Urban Population at Mid-Year by Region, Sub region, Country and Area, 1950-2050 (thousands)

[4] World Bank (2018) World Development Indicators. 

[5] United Nations, Economic and Social Council. https://www.un.org/ecosoc/en/

[6] “The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, is an ambitious agenda that is supposed to be implemented universally by all countries in a collaborative partnership with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 global targets, and nearly 234 indicators that were set to be monitored between 2015–2030. The targets cover a broad range of social and economic development issues. Each goal is interrelated to specific targets to achieve them, which include poverty, hunger, health, education, climate change, gender equality, water, sanitation, energy, urbanization, environment and social justice.[1] The SDG’s set special attention to cities as a crucial platform to achieve sustainable development.

[7] The New Urban Agenda is an action oriented 24-page document that provides the global principles, policies and standards required to achieve sustainable urban development, to transform the way we construct, manage, operate and live in our cities. It will guide the efforts around urbanization for a wide range of actors including nation states, city and regional leaders, funders of international development, the private sector, the United Nations programmes and civil society for the next 20 years.

Bibligraphy

1. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision (UNDESA)

2. United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (2018). Economic Report on Africa 2015. Addis Ababa.

3. Unite Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) (2018) DG 11 Synthesis Report 2018: Tracking progress towards Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements, Nairobi, Kenya

4. United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) (2015). Towards an Africa Urban Agenda.