Social Development and the Sustainable Development Goals in South Asia

ISBN-13: 9781138490475 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 250 str.

Nitya Khemka; Suraj Kumar

Opis

This book assesses the roadmap for the implementation of the United Nations' sustainable development goals (SDGs) in South Asia, focusing on poverty reduction, inequality, health/wellbeing and water and sanitation.

Spis treści

1. The Unfinished MDG Agenda and SDGs 2. Sustainable Development Goals in South Asia: Progress, Challenges and the Way Forward 3. Sustainable Development Goals in Bangladesh: Promises, Prospects and Opportunities  4. Where Does India Stand on the Sustainable Development Goals? Progress and Challenges  5. Sustainable Development Goals in Nepal: Prospects and Challenges  6. Incomplete case-study on Pakistan : Title TBD  7. "Leave No Woman Behind": Goal 5 through the South Asian lens  8. Towards a Policy Agenda for Achieving SDGs in South Asia  9. Reporting of South Asian Countries on the SDGs at the Global Level: Experiences, Challenges and Way Forward  10. South-South Cooperation in South Asia to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals