2 MAIN CHALLENGES OF THE SDGs

Following the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which covered the period between 2000-2015, the UN set the SDGs for the subsequent 15 years. These goals provide an overarching guideline for all countries to adopt in accordance with their own priorities. In total, 17 goals with 169 sub-targets, were set, with the Rio 2012 UN Conference being one of the key stages of design and negotiation.

For a comprehensive list, see the UN’s 2030 agenda for sustainable development. To review the 17 main goals, see the figure below:

Given the fundamental importance of central banks finance in completing any project, must keep all of these goals in mind. However, from a policy perspective, we can broadly structure the targets around different types of financial tasks.

To get a sense of progress in each category, Bangladesh makes use of the government’s SDG tracker, which shows the trends across targets with readily available data.