MODULE 1:

SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
SocSci 13
The Economy, Society and
Sustainable Development
 2015 Landmark Year for
International Policy
MONTH INTERNATIONAL POLICY
March 2015 Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk
Reduction
July 2015 Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing
for Development
September Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda
2015 for Sustainable Development: 17 SDGs
December 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change
 Sustainable Development Goals
✓ provides a shared blueprint for peace and
prosperity for people and the planet, now and
into the future

✓ ending poverty and other deprivations must go

hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health
and education, reduce inequality, and spur
economic growth –while tackling climate change
and working to preserve oceans and forests
 Sustainable Development Goals
1. End poverty in all its forms
everywhere
2. End hunger, achieve food security
and improved nutrition and promote
sustainable agriculture
3. Ensure healthy lives and promote
well-being for all at all ages
4. Ensure inclusive and equitable
quality education and promote
lifelong learning opportunities for all
 Sustainable Development Goals
5. Achieve gender equality and empower
all women and girls
6. Ensure availability and sustainable
management of water and sanitation
for all
7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable,
sustainable and modern energy for all
8. Promote sustained, inclusive and
sustainable economic growth, full and
productive employment and decent
work for all
 Sustainable Development Goals
9. Build resilient infrastructure,
promote inclusive and sustainable
industrialization and foster
innovation
10.Reduce inequality within and among
countries
11.Make cities and human settlements
inclusive, safe, resilient and
sustainable
12.Ensure sustainable consumption
and production patterns
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13.Take urgent action to combat climate
change and its impacts
14.Conserve and sustainably use the
oceans, seas and marine resources
for sustainable development
15.Protect, restore and promote
sustainable use of terrestrial
ecosystems, sustainably manage
forests, combat desertification, and
halt and reverse land degradation
and halt biodiversity loss
 Sustainable Development Goals
16.Promote peaceful and inclusive
societies for sustainable
development, provide access to
justice for all and build effective,
accountable and inclusive

17.Strengthen the means of

implementation and revitalize the
Global Partnership for Sustainable
Development
 Contextualizing the
Sustainable Development Goals
in countries around the world
Case: Maldives
Case: Maldives
Case: Maldives
Case: Somalia
Case: Somalia

Outcome 1.1: Formal federal system

strengthened, and state powers and service
delivery effectively decentralized

Outcome 1.2: Somalis, particularly women and

youth, benefit from and participate in functional,
inclusive, accountable, and transparent
democratic systems across all levels of
government and governmental institutions

Outcome 1.3: All Somalis live in a peaceful,

inclusive, and cohesive society
Case: Somalia

Outcome 2.1: Al-Shabaab is reduced and degraded, and respect, protection,

and promotion of human rights, gender equality, tolerance, climate security,
and environmental governance is sustained through strengthened security
and rule of law institutions and improved accountability mechanisms and
legal frameworks
 Case: Somalia

Outcome 2.2: Accessibility and responsiveness of institutions in empowering

communities to address underlying causes of insecurity and conflict as well
as endemic violations of human rights and marginalization will be ensured
by efficient civilian oversight of security and rule of law institutions
 Case: Somalia

Outcome 2.3: Rights and needs of Somali communities command the

strengthening of security and rule of law institutions. Anti-corruption efforts,
mitigation of duplication and stakeholders’ comparative advantages are
maximized
 Contextualizing the
Sustainable Development Goals
in the Philippines
“Collapse & Recovery: How COVID-19 Eroded
Human Capital and What to Do About It”

-World Bank Report, February 2023

 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable
quality education and promote lifelong
learning opportunities for all
 World Bank Report
Findings:

✓Millions around the world could lose up to 10% of

their future average annual earnings due to
“education shocks” during the height of the
coronavirus pandemic
✓Learning losses can derail not only students’
learning trajectory but also their lives by
diminishing their economic prospects, lifetime
earnings, and chances of escaping poverty
 World Bank Report
Findings:

✓Globally, pandemic-related learning losses will lead

to between $23,514 and $31,800 in lost earnings
over a typical student’s lifetime
✓Adult employment has recovered, but youth
employment has not
✓In the Philippines, the recovery of employment has
also been larger among adults than youth
 World Bank Report
Policy Recommendations:

✓ Vaccinations and nutritional supplementation campaigns;

increasing coverage of parenting programs; increasing
access to pre-primary education, expanding coverage of
cash transfers for vulnerable families.

✓ Increasing instructional time; assessing learning and

matching instruction to students’ learning level; and
streamlining the curriculum to focus on foundational
learning.
 World Bank Report
Policy Recommendations:

✓ For youth, support for adapted training, job

intermediation, entrepreneurship programs, and
new workforce-oriented initiatives
 Reflection Card

4x6 index card, hand-written:

What can higher education institutions

(market) and college students (civil
society) do (i.e. policies, programs,
projects) to address learning losses
from the pandemic?
 Readings
12 September, Tuesday
Quiz: ¼ sheet of paper
A. We need a new Bretton Woods moment, says António Guterres. What
was the original Bretton Woods and what did it achieve? (World
Economic Forum)

B. Pandemic impacting purchasing power of people (Philippine Star)

C. Todaro and Smith:

1. Chapter Two, Comparative Economic Development, pp. 42-49
2. Chapter Five, Poverty, Inequality, and Development, pp. 218-224