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UNCTAD SDG Pulse 2024

UNCTAD SDG Pulse 2024

UNCTAD SDG Pulse 2024 provides an update on the evolution of a selection of official SDG indicators and complementary data and statistics about the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs.

  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • SDGs by theme
        • Multilateralism
          • Developing economies in trade
          • Barriers to trade
          • Trade and food security
        • Development finance
          • Development financing
          • Investment flows
          • Developing country external debt
          • Measuring illicit financial flows
        • Diversification
          • Sustainable industrialization
          • Transport resilience & sustainability
          • Digital technologies for development
          • Fostering productive capacities
        • Sustainability
          • Resilience at risk
          • Towards a sustainable economy
          • Sustainable trade
  • SDGs by theme
    • Multilateralism and trade
      • Developing economies in global trade
      • Tariff trends mostly downwards, but non-tariff measures increasingly used
      • Trade and food security
    • Development finance
      • Cooperation and solidarity for progress towards the 2030 Agenda
      • Investment flows
      • Escalating debt challenges are inhibiting achievement of the SDGs
      • Efforts to track illicit financial flows need scaling up
    • Diversification
      • Structural transformation to mitigate persistent technology gap
      • Transport resilience and sustainability
      • Digital technologies for development
      • Productive capacities
    • Sustainability and resilience
      • World is not on track to reduce vulnerabilities and risks
      • Towards a sustainable economy
      • Sustainable trade
  • SDGs by goal
  • SDGs by goal
  • In focus
    • 2024: Gender
    • 2023: Paths to SDGs
    • 2022: Inclusive growth
    • 2021: Remoteness
    • 2020: COVID-19
    • 2019: Inequality
  • UNCTAD in action
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UNCTAD sub-themes

UNCTAD sub-themes

Goal 10: Reduce inequality Goal 17: Partnership for the goals Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth Multilateralism UNCTAD sub-themes 

Multilateralism and trade

17/07/202301/07/2024 sonia

It is essential to address impediments and promote a broader participation that could continue to benefit all countries.

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Development finance Goal 17: Partnership for the goals Goal 2: Zero hunger Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure UNCTAD sub-themes 

Development finance

17/06/202301/07/2024 sonia

Sustained and inclusive economic growth is an essential requisite for poverty eradication and sustainable development.

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Diversification Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure UNCTAD sub-themes 

Diversification

21/03/202308/07/2024 sonia

Transforming to more sustainable consumption and production patterns, will not only be good for the economy, but also for the environment.

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Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure Sustainability and resilience UNCTAD sub-themes 

Sustainability and resilience

20/03/202303/07/2024 sonia

Today, as we celebrate UNCTAD’s 60 years anniversary, the persisting increase in greenhouse gas emissions threatens development progress and future

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Goal 1: No Poverty Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure Sustainability and resilience 

World is not on track to reduce vulnerabilities and risks

03/03/202304/07/2024 sonia

Persisting increase in greenhouse gas emissions threatens development progress and future generations’ opportunities to live in a sustainable world. Human

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Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure Sustainability and resilience 

Decreasing carbon intensity and increasing sustainability reporting positive signs for sustainable economy

03/03/202304/07/2024 sonia

Over the last few decades, global economic growth has been accompanied by rising greenhouse gas emissions, disproportionately affecting the most

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Sustainability and resilience 

Oceans, plastics and biotrade offer opportunities, challenges remain

01/03/202308/07/2024 sonia

The Bridgetown Covenant recognises the importance of conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources, including addressing the

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Development finance Goal 17: Partnership for the goals Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth 

Cooperation and solidarity for progress towards the 2030 Agenda

06/03/202021/03/2025 sonia

Supporting development is intricately linked to poverty eradication, a key element of inclusion and an overarching goal of the 2030

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Development finance Goal 17: Partnership for the goals Goal 2: Zero hunger Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure 

Bridging the financing gap to achieve SDGs requires mobilization of various financing sources

17/05/201927/06/2024 sonia

Passing the half-way point of the 2030 Agenda, it becomes increasingly clear that national policies aimed at fostering an investment-friendly

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Diversification Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure 

Structural transformation to mitigate persistent technology gap

06/03/201901/07/2024 sonia

Structural transformation, a pivotal driver of economic development, traces its roots in scientific advancements centuries ago, as noted by ,

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In focus this year

The data-informed path to bridging the gender gap in trade
Goal 10: Reduce inequality In focus 

The data-informed path to bridging the gender gap in trade

23/05/202403/07/2024 sonia

Gender inequality persists globally, impacting economic participation, education, health, and political empowerment, affecting women’s lives globally. Despite advancements, significant disparities

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