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Sustainable Development Goals
SDGs may trigger tax reform
The recent global summit in Addis Ababa on the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals revealed an important policy shift away from the aid-focused 2000 Millennium Development Goals towards what is known in the jargon as ‘domestic …
Tax reform changes the game for schools
In September 2015, a remarkable thing happened: nearly every government in the world agreed to reduce inequalities and end gender discrimination. What they didn’t agree on was how. A key part of the ‘how’ is …
New mindsets and practices are needed to finance the SDGs
The Sustainable Development Goals will require governments to rethink how they collect and allocate funds, and how private investors and businesses must reorient their practices towards positive social and environmental impacts. Over the past two …
The long march towards responsible money
The majority of philanthropy institutions fulfil the SDGs through their grants. What about the rest of their metabolism? What is the global impact of PIs? If you consider a single PI – for instance our …
Foundations and the SDGs: poised to make a difference?
Robust data systems, currently beyond the capacity of many developing nations, will be fundamental to ensuring the global adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals. Philanthropy can jump-start that process. Foundations should take a moment to compare …
Peace in the new development agenda
Recent United Nations and World Bank reports have highlighted that almost no fragile or low-income country has met MDG targets. This fragility is widespread, with the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) finding that 2 …
Philanthropy can advance climate justice through the SDGs
Sustainable development and climate change are inextricably linked. The governments of the world recognized this in formulating Goal 13 of the Sustainable Development Goals, ‘take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts’. Left …
How foundations can re‑think strategies to benefit the SDGs
The Sustainable Development Goals should concern foundations interested in international development, considering the unprecedented collaborative process by which the goals were negotiated, the political consensus around their adoption, as well as their universality. Moreover, the …
The power of partnership: insights from Kenya
A famous Kiswahili saying ‘kidole kimoja hakiuwi chawa’ – a single finger alone cannot kill a louse – mirrors some recent reflections on the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) achievements and challenges. Governments wouldn’t effectively achieve …
Partnering for the public good: an SDG strategy
The evolving interaction between foundations and government in the Netherlands could either excite people in the foundation community or worry them. The Dutch government signed a landmark agreement with foundations, called ‘Space for Private Giving’, …
