Asia and the Pacific

Established in 2002, Timor Leste is a Southeast Asian nation that has been designated as a Least Developed
Country (LDC), as well as one of the 37 Small Island Developing States (SIDS). In September 2015, the
nation’s government passed a resolution that adopted the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs). That resolution also called for the creation of a working group that would be chaired by the
Prime Minister’s Office as it led the country’s efforts on the SDGs. In December 2015, the government

Malaysia created the National SDG Council as part of the National Action Committee in December 2016,
to provide leadership for the country’s programs on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The
council is led by Malaysia’s Prime Minister, Najib Razak, with the purpose of planning and monitoring SDG
implementation, setting the national agenda and milestones for the SDGs, and preparing reports for the
UN High Level Political Forum (HLPF). A Steering Committee, chaired by the Director General of Malaysia’s

During the years of the Millennium Development Goals, Bangladesh experienced a period of sustained
growth. This enabled the country to make good progress on related indicators, like the prevalence of
underweight children under-five years of age, and the net enrollment in primary school. But challenges
remained as the country set to work on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Bangladesh’s leaders
would have to figure out how to come up with the financing to make that work possible. Beyond the goals, it

Sri Lanka made great strides through its efforts in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but many challenges remained at the outset of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sri Lanka’s leaders established the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Wildlife (MoSDW) to give its people an integrated agency that would lead this work. The MoSDW drives the country’s SDG-related efforts as it looks to deliver on Sri Lanka’s 2030 Agenda commitments.

During the years of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Pakistan kept those efforts separate from their development work. The MDGs were viewed as a UN-driven program that would only be complied with via quadrennial progress reports. Those reports were prepared without a mechanism in place to deliver on the MDGs, and it took six years just to get localization efforts initiated after the MDGs were officially recognized in 2004, so progress was limited.

Bangladesh’s leaders focused their efforts on poverty reduction during the years of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). In doing so, they achieved the goal of bringing the portion of its society living in poverty below 29%. The country also did well on other measures as it approached the goal of universal primary education, while also reducing child mortality and improving mental health. But other figures, like those around environmental sustainability and development were not on track as they transitioned to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of aspirational ideas that build on a set of tangible targets and indicators that provide the bedrock on which these ideas can be achieved. The SDGs cover a vast array of social and scientific topics; some as diverse as womens’ rights, cities, economics etc. all with the intent of providing a roadmap towards a more sustainable world in the future. A way of interpreting the goals and making tangible links between the different goals, targets and indicators is the “inter-linkages” model.

The case study aims to provide a future reference on SDGs contribution as: (1) Achieve food security and promote sustainable agriculture that aims for zero hunger in the future; (2) Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns; and (3) Adapting farming for climate change that aims to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. This case study presents the effective system to support the sustainable agriculture production that can be helped to increase high quality and quantity agriculture products.

In 2017, Azerbaijan produced its first Voluntary National Review (VNR), detailing the country’s efforts and progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Azerbaijani government views the SDGs as the chance to empower a broad set of actors, while promoting participative dialog and enhancing collaboration as the nation pushes towards a sustainable future.

Malaysia’s New Economic Policy (NEP), introduced in 1970 to eradicate poverty and restructure societal imbalances, at the country on a course towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since then, each of its 5-year plans have included key elements of sustainable development, including aiming for sustainable economic growth, equitable distribution of gains across society, as well as environmental conservation efforts, and access to public services like infrastructure, utilities, education, healthcare.