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Geographic perspectives on development goals

Constructive engagements and critical perspectives on the MDGs and the SDGs

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ID13007705
AuthorsDiana Liverman (0000-0002-3671-1491, University of Arizona, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume8
Issue2
Pages168-185
Publication date2018-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDialogues in Human Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2043-8206 • E-ISSN: 2043-8214
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/2043820618780787
OpenAlexW2871944742
LanguageEN
Citations received59
References cited87

The successes and failures of the UN Millennium Development Goals and the establishment of a new set of Sustainable Development Goals provide many opportunities for geographic engagement and critical attention. Development goals, in their focus at the national level and on measurable indicators, redirect investment and frame views of the world. They are often difficult to measure and implement and sometimes contradictory. In reviewing the history, progress, and critiques of the UN goals, this article asks what a geographic perspective shares and adds to the debates about development, its measurement, and impact

Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Investment (military · Millennium Development Goals · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Regional science · Set (abstract data type · Sociology · Sustainable development · Computer Science · Human Rights and Development · International Development and Aid · Mining and Resource Management

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