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Title The UN Sustainable Development Goals A Commentary
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (1489 p.)
Series Oxford Commentaries on International Law Series
Oxford commentaries on international law.
Contents Cover -- The UN Sustainable Development Goals -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- List of Abbreviations -- Sustainable Development Goals: Their Political and Legal Nature under International Law -- I. Introduction -- II. The Millennium Development Goals -- A. The Historical and Political Undercurrents of the MDGs -- B. Neoliberalism and the MDGs -- C. The Early Role of International Organizations in Development Finance -- D. The Implications of the MDGs Process for the Development Paradigm -- III. The Sustainable Development Goals
A. A Political History of the SDGs -- B. The SDGs' Transformative Dimension -- C. The Legal Nature of the SDGs under International Law -- 1 SDG 1 'End Poverty in All Its Forms Everywhere' -- I. Introduction -- II. Travaux Préparatoires -- A. Prioritizing Poverty -- B. Agenda 2030 -- III. Commentary on the Goal -- A. Why is Poverty Eradication the Primary Sustainable Development Goal? -- B. Poverty Reduction as an International Action Item: A Brief History -- 1. From MDG 1 to SDG 1 -- 2. Setting the Post-​2015 Agenda -- 3. Alterations from MDG 1 -- 4. Agenda 2030
C. Multi-​variant Nature of Poverty Reduction -- D. Critique of SDG 1 -- 1. A Place for Law -- 2. Will We Reach the Goal? -- IV. Commentaries of Targets -- A. Target 1.1 Eradicate Extreme Poverty -- 1. SDG Indicator 1.1.1 -- a) Eradicate extreme poverty -- 2. Sources of Target -- 3. Statistical/​Empirical Analysis -- 4. COVID-​19 Effects -- 5. Implementation Efforts at the Domestic and International Levels -- 6. Critique -- B. Target 1.2 Reduce Poverty by At Least 50 per cent -- 1. SDG Indicator 1.2.1 -- a) Halve population below national poverty line -- 2. SDG Indicator 1.2.2
A) Population in poverty according to national definitions -- 3. Sources of Target -- 4. Statistical/​Empirical Analysis -- 5. Implementation Efforts at the Domestic and International Levels -- 6. Critique -- a) Proportion -- b) Use of national poverty lines -- C. Target 1.3 Implement Nationally Appropriate Social Protection Systems and Measures for All, Including Floors, and by 2030 Achieve Substantial Coverage of the Poor and the Vulnerable -- 1. SDG Indicator 1.3.1 -- a) Population covered by social protection floors/​systems -- 2. Sources of Target -- 3. Statistical/​Empirical Analysis
4. Implementation Efforts at the Domestic and International Levels -- a) ILO -- b) IMF -- c) UN Addis Ababa Action Agenda -- d) Other actions -- 5. Critique -- D. Target 1.4 Equal Rights to Ownership, Basic Services, Technology, and Economic Resources -- 1. SDG Indicator 1.4.1 -- a) Access to basic services -- 2. Indicator 1.4.2 -- a) Secure tenure rights to land -- 3. Sources of Target -- 4. Statistical/​Empirical Analysis -- 5. Implementation Efforts at the Domestic and International Levels -- 6. Critique -- E. Target 1.5 Build Resilience to Environmental, Economic, and Social Disasters
Summary In September 2015, the United Nations adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This historic document constituted a universal 'plan for action for people, planet and prosperity.' The Sustainable Development Goals serves as an expert compendium, the most authoritative ready-reference tool for anyone interested in the SDGs
Notes Description based upon print version of record
1. SDG Indicator 1.5.1
SUBJECT Sustainable Development Goals
Subject Sustainable development.
sustainable development.
Sustainable development
Form Electronic book
Author Bantekas, Ilias, editor.
Seatzu, Francesco, author.
ISBN 0192885898
9780192885890