SDG17 Partnerships for the Goals

Experiences from Uganda's National Adaptation Plans' Processes

30 March 2020 - With an economy that largely depends on the natural resource base for growth, Uganda is still highly vulnerable to climatic changes, particularly affecting the large proportion (60%) of the population that depends on agriculture for livelihood.  Uganda’s development pathway, described in “Uganda Vision 2040” and National Development Plans II and III (2015-2020 and 2021-2025) recognizes the potential for climatic changes to undo substantive developments made already and has prioritized climate a

Infrastructure Financing in Asian Landlocked Developing Countries: Challenges, Opportunities and Modalities

As one of the main goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the development of reliable and resilient infrastructure (Goal 9), it is imperative that infrastructure financing be given its due importance. Infrastructure development also leads to positive spillover effects such as the promotion of sustainable economic growth and employment (Goal 8) as well as poverty reduction (Goal 1). Infrastructure development directly influences over 80 per cent of the Sustainable Development Goals targets.

Research Report on the Network Planning for the Greater Mekong Subregion

This report will provide a planning scheme for the infrastructure in the GMS as a reference for the research on this field, based on the development status of the infrastructure and the prediction of the ICT business in the region, aiming to facilitate an integrated and balanced development of the infrastructure, which would further contribute to the development of the ICT business in the region.

First technical webinar - Sustainable Food Systems and Nutrition: Food post-harvest losses

The main objective of this webinar is to give practitioners the opportunity to interact with international experts, United Nations officers, university professors, researchers and fellow participants, throughout the world. They can be attended as interactive online sessions on Zoom, where it is possible to share perspectives, and questions to experts are encouraged. Webinars are also recorded and made available for self-study at anytime after the session.

Objectives of this Session

UNCTAD Development and Globalization: Facts and Figures 2016 (SDGs)

The DGFF is a thematic statistical report published every 4 years. The 2016 edition was dedicated to the sustainable development goals. The report uses a wide variety of data sources, both official and unofficial, to present a broad overview of development in 2016. The purpose of this report is not to present an in-depth review or analysis, but rather to provide a baseline or situation summary and highlight some key facts and messages and give a fair synopsis of how things stood in 2016.