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To assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the composite SDG Index for monitoring national progress toward the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

March 15, 2018Sustainable Development

Is the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) index an adequate framework to measure the progress of the 2030 Agenda?

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JDJose Manuel Diaz‐SarachagaUniversidad Rey Juan Carlos DJDaniel Jato‐EspinoValencian International University DCDaniel Castro‐FresnoUniversidad de Cantabria

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Methodological analysis reveals significant indicator omissions across United Nations member states, highlighting the need for regional sustainability benchmarks.

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To assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the composite SDG Index for monitoring national progress toward the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Evaluated the composition and indicator coverage of the SDG Index, which expanded from 77 to 99 indicators.
Analyzed score distributions and geographic patterns across United Nations member countries.
Data unavailability resulted in 60% of official SDG indicators being omitted from the composite SDG Index.
Index scores systematically clustered United Nations member states by geographic area, obscuring national progress on lower-performing goals.

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Diaz‐Sarachaga et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69fc7d9e9a4328ddd8fa4289 https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.1735

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Methodological analysis reveals significant indicator omissions across United Nations member states, highlighting the need for regional sustainability benchmarks.

Is the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) index an adequate framework to measure the progress of the 2030 Agenda?

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Is the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) index an adequate framework to measure the progress of the 2030 Agenda?

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Implication

Key Points

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