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People I.
General Overview
Within the framework of the 5 Ps of sustainable development, this section focuses on “people''; encompassed by the SDGs of ‘No Poverty’, ‘Zero Hunger', 'Good Health and Well-being’ and ‘Quality Education’. Through case study analyses of BRI projects in Kenya and Myanmar, and making use of relevant KPIs, this section addresses the research question from a human rights-centred approach. In this regard, this section proposes a people-focused policy agenda through which the BRI may effectively promote the realisation of human rights and the wellbeing of individuals and people groups in the Indo-Pacific and with external powers like the United Kingdom (UK) and various international organisations (IOs).
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Sustainable Development Goals
No Poverty
The SDG of ‘No Poverty’ (SDG 1) is expansive and interdependent. While its breadth renders inquiry from many perspectives, it complicates the development of effective policy for poverty reduction. In particular, it is difficult for specific KPIs to render a meaningful assessment of the possibility for a given project, like the BRI, to contribute to poverty reduction. According to Brown and Rasmussen, addressing the broadsweeping SDG of no poverty requires the international community to focus on the “issues of fragility, conflict and displacement and the looming threat of climate change”.24 In this regard, SDG1 is highly complex with regard to the factors which influence poverty, and the mechanisms by which it may be avoided. According to 24 Kaysie Brown, Krista Rasmussen, ‘The sustainable development goals in 2019: People, planet,
prosperity in focus’ (United Nations Foundation, 2019) <https://unfoundation.org/blog/post/the-sustainabledevelopment-goals-in-2019-people-planet-prosperity-in-focus/> .
