4 ways to ensure the success of the Global Goals

The document outlines the scale of the challenge in achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), noting that developing countries require annual investments of $3.3 to $4.5 trillion for infrastructure, food security, and climate action. It proposes four strategic pillars for success: building productive capacity through industrial strategy and tax reform, creating effective states and efficient markets, building resilience against economic and environmental shocks, and strengthening multilateralism. The author highlights the extreme difficulty of eradicating poverty in the least developed countries, comparing their current poverty levels to China's in 1994.

• Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires an unprecedented scale of resource mobilization, with developing countries needing annual investments between $3.3 trillion and $4.5 trillion for health, education, food security, basic infrastructure, and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
• The goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030 for the world's least developed countries is exceptionally ambitious; these countries currently have extreme poverty levels similar to China's 46% rate in 1994, yet they would need growth rates exceeding China's boom years to reach 0% poverty.
• To ensure the success of the Global Goals, the document recommends four primary actions: building productive capacity via industrial strategy and curbing illicit financial flows; improving state competence and market efficiency; enhancing resilience to environmental and economic shocks, including climate-resilient transport infrastructure; and strengthening multilateral institutions and trading systems.

APA

Kituyi, M. (2015). 4 ways to ensure the success of the Global Goals. World Economic Forum. https://www.weforum.org/stories/sustainable-development/4-ways-to-ensure-the-success-of-the-global-goals/

Chicago

Kituyi, Mukhisa. 4 ways to ensure the success of the Global Goals. World Economic Forum, 2015. https://www.weforum.org/stories/sustainable-development/4-ways-to-ensure-the-success-of-the-global-goals/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Kituyi |first1=Mukhisa |title=4 ways to ensure the success of the Global Goals |publisher=World Economic Forum |date=23 September 2015 |url=https://www.weforum.org/stories/sustainable-development/4-ways-to-ensure-the-success-of-the-global-goals/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{kituyi2015ways, author = {Kituyi, Mukhisa}, title = {{4 ways to ensure the success of the Global Goals}}, publisher = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2015}, month = sep, url = {https://www.weforum.org/stories/sustainable-development/4-ways-to-ensure-the-success-of-the-global-goals/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }