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New report: SDG financing in the developing countries
In his latest contribution on financing SDGs in the Global South, Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, Southern Voice Steering Committee Chair, provides important insights from a Southern perspective. He observes a serious mismatch between
International workshop and dialogue on policy coherence for sustainable development
From 12 to 14 September, ECDPM, Southern Voice and the German Development Institute (DIE) will host a two-day workshop and a multi-stakeholder dialogue on policy coherence for sustainable development. The events will take
What is the new UN technology bank for?
Interview with Ms Bitrina Diyamett, founding/executive director of the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Research Organization (STIPRO), Tanzania The United Nations recently established a “technology bank” (TB) for least-developed countries
From Planning to Implementation: Raising Awareness on the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Sri Lanka
By Yolanthika Ellepola, Research Assistant at Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, IPS This blog post discusses a component vital for the success of the Sustainable Goals (SDGs) in
Towards inclusive cities: Making UN Sustainable Development Goal 11 work
by Nirmani Liyanage, social researcher on urban development at the Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA), Sri Lanka Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) prioritize human development over physical development. SDG 11 aims
Open for business: the sustainable development goals need money—the right kind of money
Posted on March 24, 2015 Written by Allan Lerberg Jørgensen, Director of Human Rights and Development at the Danish Institute for Human Rights. Everyone agrees that the post-2015 sustainable development agenda needs