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The SDG toolkit
A series of innovative tools are at hand to assist philanthropic organisations in their quest to help build a sustainable future Entering the SDG framework is not always easy, and can leave foundations and other …
Little by little in Africa… might just do the trick on SDGs
Community philanthropy can help African countries make progress towards meeting the SDGs. And why should their example not be replicated on other continents? Enlisting philanthropy to help countries make progress on the SDGs is nothing …
Chew the SDGs with caution
Without systems change, localisation cannot salvage the SDG A new report issued this year by the UN says: ‘At this midpoint on our way to 2030, the Sustainable Development Goals are in trouble.’ The report …
Mixed reactions to the SDGs from Africa
Alliance asked a number of African organisations how the SDGs inform their work and how useful they found them as a means of determining their own priorities. Here are the responses, in their own words …
SDGs are more than rhetoric
The concrete results of the SDGs may be disappointing, but they remain an important attempt to align disparate development attempts around a set of common aims Summing up the analysis of over 3,000 studies of …
SDG-speak in our own backyards
How are high-income countries falling short on the SDGs? The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) demonstrate that economic prowess is not a guarantee of success. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, the US was not on track …
SDGs: Lots of action what about progress?
In December 2015, Alliance published a special feature on philanthropy and the Sustainable Development Goals. Titled Why philanthropy should care about the SDGs, the issue’s guest editors, Heather Grady, Bheki Moyo and Sevdalina Rukanova, hailed …
New issue: Localising the SDGs
The Septmeber 2023 issue of Alliance magazine is now available to read in print and digital formats. The SDGs are the international community’s flagship for social, economic and environmental welfare. If they are to mean anything and if …
All Hands on Deck: Philanthropy’s Role in Achieving the SDGs
On September 18th and 19th leaders from around the world will participate in the SDG Summit which will be ‘critical in setting the tone’ for the remainder of the 78th session of the United Nations …
Pre-order the September 2023 issue: Understanding SDG-speak
The SDGs are the international community’s flagship for social, economic and environmental welfare. If they are to mean anything and if the world is to come anywhere near achieving them, they must meet the real …