Algeria has been ranked first in the Arab and African plans for the year 2022 in terms of achieving the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a report by international experts published by Cambridge University Press.
According to the report, reporting on the world ranking of the SDG index for the year 2022, Algeria ranks first in the Arab and continental planes and 64th in the world.
As every year since 2016, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a network launched in 2012 under the auspices of the Secretary General of the United Nations, has just published its 2022 report on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the world, entitled this year “From crisis to sustainable development: the SDGs as a roadmap for 2030 and beyond”.
This 493-page report, written under the direction of the famous American economist Jeffrey Sachs, is the result of joint work by independent experts from the SDSN and the German NGO Bertelsmann Stiftung, created in 1977 and enjoying an international reputation. proven. It is published by Cambridge University Press.
The report’s findings indicate that Algeria is on track to achieve SDG4 (education), SDG12 (sustainable consumption and production patterns) and SDG 17 (partnerships for the achievement of the SDGs), and is making notable progress on SDG9 (industry, innovation and infrastructure), SDG13 (climate action), SDG15 (life on land) and SDG16 (peace, justice and strong institutions).
The authors of the report specify that the differences of two or three places in the ranking, which concerns a total of 163 countries, cannot be considered significant. On the other hand, a difference of ten places or more may indicate a significant variation in the degree of achievement of the SDGs.
In preparing this report, the experts relied on data from official and unofficial sources, two-thirds of which come from the United Nations system and international organizations (World Bank, OECD, WHO, FAO, ILO, UNICEF), while the remaining third comes from household surveys (Oxfam, Reporters Without Borders, Tax Justice Network) as well as specialized international publications.
This document, which is intended to be independent and objective by its authors, has been audited by the Joint Research Center of the European Commission, which has verified the conceptual aspects and the statistical consistency of the Index. The authors of this study consider that the results of this audit confirm the relevance of the methodology adopted.
Overall, the report notes a rather negative general trend, estimating that the world has not made progress for the second year in a row. Peace, diplomacy and international cooperation are, for the authors, fundamental conditions for the world to progress in achieving the SDGs by 2030 and beyond. Likewise, they believe that a comprehensive plan for financing the SDGs is necessary.
Translated from APS Thursday, 30 June 2022
