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Child well-being and the Sustainable Development Goals
David Marguerit, Guillaume Cohen, Carrie Exton ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-sonnet-5-5This paper reviews available evidence on how far OECD countries are from reaching the Sustainable Development Goal targets for children and young people. It uses more than 50 indicators covering 43 of the 169 targets and 11 of the 17 Goals. On average, OECD countries are still far from the targets for quality education (Goal 4) and decent work and economic growth (Goal 8). No poverty, zero hunger, and peace, justice and strong institutions are also named as priority areas. Results vary widely between countries and between targets within each goal, and there are large data gaps.
Key points
- More than 50 indicators were used, covering 43 of the 169 SDG targets and 11 of the 17 Goals.
- On average, OECD countries are still far from reaching the targets for Goal 4 (Quality education) and Goal 8 (Decent work and economic growth).
- Goals 1 (No poverty), 2 (Zero hunger) and 16 (Peace, justice and strong institutions) are highlighted as priority areas.
- Results vary widely across OECD countries and among targets within each goal.
- There are large data gaps for Goals 1, 5, 11 and 16.
Limitations
The abstract does not say which individual countries perform better or worse, and it covers only what can currently be measured. Large data gaps, especially for Goals 1, 5, 11 and 16, mean some areas of child well-being cannot be assessed. The country hint (FR) is not supported by the abstract, which concerns OECD countries in general, so no specific country is listed.
Abstract
This paper summarises available evidence on the distance that OECD countries need to travel in order to reach the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets for children and young people. More than 50 indicators are included in this analysis, covering 43 of the 169 targets, and 11 of the 17 Goals. The analysis finds that, on average, OECD countries are still far from reaching the targets pertaining to Goals 4 “Quality education”, and 8 “Decent work and economic growth”. Goals 1 “No poverty”, 2 “Zero hunger” and 16 “Peace, justice and strong institutions” are also highlighted as priority areas. However, the results vary widely across OECD countries, and among specific targets within each of the goals. Yet, all of these findings need to be considered in light of what it is not currently possible to measure. In particular, there are large data gaps for Goals 1 (“No poverty”), 5 (“Gender equality”), 11 (“Sustainable cities and communities”), and 16 (“Peace, justice and strong institutions”).