Can nepal achieve the goals of sustainable development. in five points.
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Explanation:
Nepal has committed to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals but this will be no easy task. ... The Himalayan nation has integrated the SDGs into the national plan, and hopes to achieve the goals in tandem with its aim of graduating to a middle income country by 2030.
Answer:
Sustainable Development has been a global agenda for the last 25 years. The Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) declaration by the United Nations has set foundation for Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) to be achieved by 2030. The UN Conference on Sustainable Development held in Rio de Janeiro in
June 2012, and UN General Assembly (UNGA) held in September 2014 prepared solid foundation for SDGs
and finally agreed in the UNGA held in September 2015. Nepal, as a member of the UN, is committed to
this global initiative.
Nepal has made significant progress in poverty reduction and human development in the last two decades
- absolute poverty declined by one percentage point each year and HDI improved by one basis point per
year. Still, absolute poverty at 21.6 percent is among the highest in South Asia; and the country is at the
bottom of the countries with middle human development status. Nepal intends to be a middle income
country by 2030.
This report is an attempt to update the National SDGs Report prepared by NPC in 2015, work out key SDGs
indicators which are consistent with global ones, update their baseline status, and revisit the targets set
for 2030, wherever necessary. The report also assesses the national situation by each SDG from national
perspectives, examines their relevance in the national context and provides inputs for national planning,
dialogue, and shows a pathway for implementation. Further, this report is expected to guide Nepal in
operationalization of SDGs at all levels- national, provincial and local. It contains goal-wise indicators and
their quantitative benchmarks.
The NPC Secretariat would like to extend its appreciation to Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada - then Ex-Vice
Chairman of the National Planning Commission (NPC) and his team for preparing and writing the draft of
this report. The NPCS also acknowledged the contributions from all the staffs and officials of the NPCS,
line ministries, development partners, civil society organizations, and private sector who provided
constructive feedback and suggestions on SDG indicators during national dialogue and consultation
processes and bringing report in this shape.
NPCS expresses its sincere thanks to UNDP Nepal for providing financial support to prepare this SDGs
Baseline Report through its Strengthening National Planning and Monitoring Capacity (SNPMC)
Project and also recognized the administrative and logistic support provided by the staffs of SNPMC
Project. Finally, NPCS takes this opportunity to call upon all the national stakeholders and international
development partners to work together for materializing these development aspirations for the next 15
years.