https://www.ipsnews.net/2020/07/sdgs-covid-19-global-south-insights-sustainable-development-report-2020/ News and Views from the Global South Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:19:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.ipsnews.net/2020/07/sdgs-covid-19-global-south-insights-sustainable-development-report-2020/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2020/07/sdgs-covid-19-global-south-insights-sustainable-development-report-2020/#respond Thu, 16 Jul 2020 09:31:20 +0000 Guillaume Lafortune, Finn Woelm, Grayson Fuller, and Alyson Marks http://www.ipsnews.net/?p=167582 Every year, the Sustainable Development Report (SDR) tracks the performance of all UN member states on the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – adopted in 2015 by world leaders. This article discusses progress made on the SDGs in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and South Asia, as well as the likely short-term impacts of COVID-19 in these regions where reported daily cases and virus transmission are growing rapidly. It identifies five key measures that international cooperation efforts should urgently include to address the immediate consequences of the health and economic crises in vulnerable countries and population groups. ]]> Every year, the Sustainable Development Report (SDR) tracks the performance of all UN member states on the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – adopted in 2015 by world leaders. This article discusses progress made on the SDGs in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and South Asia, as well as the likely short-term impacts of COVID-19 in these regions where reported daily cases and virus transmission are growing rapidly. It identifies five key measures that international cooperation efforts should urgently include to address the immediate consequences of the health and economic crises in vulnerable countries and population groups. ]]> https://www.ipsnews.net/2020/07/sdgs-covid-19-global-south-insights-sustainable-development-report-2020/feed/ 0