Eight years ago, the world signed up to an unprecedented project. At a United Nations summit in September 2015, 193 countries agreed to work towards 17 goals with the aim of improving the lives of all ...

When a well-thought-out plan isn’t succeeding, what should the response be? Abandon the plan entirely? Hope that it just needs more time to work? Or get to grips with why it’s not working and make ...

For US institutions in particular, engagement with the SDGs will require coordination across research priorities, operations, and partnerships.

Professional development goals are the driving force behind career advancement and are key to fulfillment and engagement. A new study by edX and Workplace Intelligence shows 39% say they’ll likely ...

Seventeen is a lot. It is surely the sign of a United Nations insider that they can remember the names and numbers (and even the associated colours) of each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals ...

The United Nations’ ambitious development agenda aims to protect people and the planet via seventeen goals. But experts say governments aren’t doing enough to implement them. In 2015, the UN General ...

Why do some employees do better than others? According to goal-setting theory, one reason is that they have better, clearer goals. These goals guide their behavior towards better workplace output.

Joint statement by the leaders of: African Development Bank (AfDB); Asian Development Bank (ADB); Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB); Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB); European Bank ...