Report on the Sustainable Development Goals for North Africa

Abstract

This study falls within the context of the elaboration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), initiated by the Economic Commission for Africa, and conducted through a regional consultative process involving the five sub-regions of Africa. This process aims at allowing African countries contribute to the identification of the SDGs by incorporating there to their development priorities for the period 2015-2035.The report highlights, for the sub-region, the importance of some topics that were not taken into account by the MDGs, while being in fact determinant to the achievement of sustainable development; it is in particular: governance, fight against corruption, climate change, green economy, employment, regional disparities, etc.