Last month’s intergovernmental negotiations in New York put the spotlight back on the proposed sustainable development goals (SDGs) and how to measure their impact.It kicked off a series of high-level meetings in 2015 that will focus on the nitty-gritty of the goals and their respective milestones. The 17 goals (and 169 accompanying targets) represent the international community’s response to the post-2015 development question: how to harness, and build on, the momentum established by the expiring millennium development goals (MDGs).

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