IGES Issue Briefs on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

This issue brief argues that an ambitious goal on education will be essential to the success of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and should address not only the need for universal education, but also substantially aim to improve overall efficacy of education through a qualitative turn in framing education to provide sustainable well-being...

Main messages:
Good governance can help improve the effective implementation of development policies.
The MDGs focus on quantifiable outputs has contributed to a certain level of achievement, but they do not explicitly focus on good governance;
There should be a strong role for governance in the post 2015 development framework.
Both the Open...