Development Paper 1601 - Strategies for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in South Asia: Lessons from Policy Simulations <p></p> This paper analyzes the major challenges to achieving sustainable development ...

This paper, prepared by ESCAP South and South-West Asia Office, is based on the report of the Second South Asia Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission ...

Assam has made vigorous efforts since 2015 towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Cognizant of the state’s weak progress in development, its recent governments – irrespective of political affiliation– ...

This paper focuses on identifying South Asia’s progress in food security in the last quarter century; constraints that prevented the region from achieving the targets established; and opportunities for realizing sustainable ...

<p>Greater regional development cooperation is critical for South Asia to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of SDG interventions. The subregion has been lagging in terms of its overall progress towards the SDGs. ...

The South and South-West Asia (SSWA) subregion faces significant challenges in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. It is far from achieving targets of all 17 goals and thus urgent action is required ...