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]]>Thank you for participating. This survey has been created by The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute for data science and AI, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme and the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency.
The objective is to build a global picture of the policy instruments that countries have at their disposal in order to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For this purpose, you will be asked to determine, according to your experience in a specific country, the degree to which different SDG targets can be directly impacted via policy instruments.
The total duration of the survey is of approximately *** minutes. Your answers should be based on the professional experience that you have in a country of your choice. The data collected will be used for research purposes, and the records will be kept anonymous. If you are ready to proceed to the instructions, please continue to the next page.
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]]>The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. The SDGs are subdivided into 169 targets that the UN Member States have committed to achieve.
In order to achieve the SDGs, governments finance and implement policy interventions designed to reach the 169 targets. In some cases, such interventions occur through policy instruments with a direct impact. For example, vaccination campaigns can directly contribute to reaching SDG target 3.3 (ending various types of epidemics by 2030).
In other cases, policy instruments may only exert an indirect effect. For example, certain fiscal policies can promote economic growth by incentivising entrepreneurship, however, their effect on SDG target 8.1 (sustaining economic growth per capita) can only be indirect because the gross domestic product is the result of various interacting socioeconomic processes.
Finally, there are also situations in which no policy instrument exists at all. And this may be for various different reasons, e.g. history, geography, culture, politics, economics, etc. For instance, not every country can afford to fund an internet police.
You will be asked to evaluate, according to your experience, the level of directness that ***’s policy instruments have in different SDG targets. In total, you will evaluate *** SDG targets, which should take approximately *** minutes. If you are ready to respond the questionnaire, please continue to the next page.
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By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day
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By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters
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Increase investment, including through enhanced international cooperation, in rural infrastructure, agricultural research and extension services, technology development and plant and livestock gene banks in order to enhance agricultural productive capacity in developing countries, in particular least developed countries
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By 2030, end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age, with all countries aiming to reduce neonatal mortality to at least as low as 12 per 1,000 live births and under‑5 mortality to at least as low as 25 per 1,000 live births
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Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation
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Sustain per capita economic growth in accordance with national circumstances and, in particular, at least 7 per cent gross domestic product growth per annum in the least developed countries
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Increase the access of small-scale industrial and other enterprises, in particular in developing countries, to financial services, including affordable credit, and their integration into value chains and markets
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Implement the principle of special and differential treatment for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, in accordance with World Trade Organization agreements
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Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets
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