TY - JOUR
T1 - Halfway There, Long Way to Go
T2 - The Role of People’s Agency in the Final Years of the Sustainable Development Goals
AU - Asadullah, M. Niaz
AU - Mitchell, Ann Elizabeth
AU - Greco, Giulia
AU - Mitra, Sophie
AU - Biggeri, Mario
AU - Venkatapuram, Sridhar
AU - Boni, Alejandra
AU - Chiappero-Martinetti, Enrica
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Human Development and Capability Association.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - As we mark the anniversary of the publication of the 2030 Agenda mid-term report, the world’s nations stand at a crossroads. While off-track in achieving most Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), multiple crises have further exposed deep inequalities and vulnerabilities in the current dominant approach centred on economic growth and resource allocations. In this editorial paper, scholars of the human development and capability association and editors of the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, express our deep concern at the lack of progress towards the SDGs. We argue for prioritising human development rather than economic growth and for putting human agency at the centre of development policy. This agency-centric approach includes the implementation of feedback systems for assessing human development progress through broader grassroots participation and relies critically on strengthening state capacities, safeguarding human rights, and promoting democracy.
AB - As we mark the anniversary of the publication of the 2030 Agenda mid-term report, the world’s nations stand at a crossroads. While off-track in achieving most Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), multiple crises have further exposed deep inequalities and vulnerabilities in the current dominant approach centred on economic growth and resource allocations. In this editorial paper, scholars of the human development and capability association and editors of the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, express our deep concern at the lack of progress towards the SDGs. We argue for prioritising human development rather than economic growth and for putting human agency at the centre of development policy. This agency-centric approach includes the implementation of feedback systems for assessing human development progress through broader grassroots participation and relies critically on strengthening state capacities, safeguarding human rights, and promoting democracy.
KW - agency
KW - economic growth
KW - equity
KW - human development
KW - poly-crises
KW - SDGs
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U2 - 10.1080/19452829.2024.2416890
DO - 10.1080/19452829.2024.2416890
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:85208457097
SN - 1945-2829
JO - Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
JF - Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
ER -
