SDGS at Glance Southern Africa Presentation at the LAUNCH of SDGCA in Zambia Enock Nyorekwa Twinoburyo, PhD Senior Economist

AFRICA 2030 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Below Poverty line (National) Food Insecurity Prevalence AFRICA 2030 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

AFRICA 2030 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Under 5 Nutrition Net enrolment AFRICA 2030 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

AFRICA 2030 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) Access to basic water service (%) SDG Target AFRICA 2030 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

AFRICA 2030 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Access to electricity Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) AFRICA 2030 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

AFRICA 2030 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS GDP growth 2017 & 2018 (%) AFRICA 2030 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

World Bank statistical capacity indicator

AFRICA 2030 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Mapping SDGs data gap While there are 96 indicators nearly consistent with indicators used in the SDG index, not all 96 indicators have comparable data across African countries. That is why additional indicators are adopted for SDG index! AFRICA 2030 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Forecast 2030… Poverty Malnutrition rates Enrolment rates Child mortality Access to electricity Access to drinking water Overall, considering the goals in totality, all regions except North Africa are fairly off track. AFRICA 2030 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS - THREE-YEAR REALITY CHECK

AFRICA 2030 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS - THREE-YEAR REALITY CHECK Africa SDG Index 2019 Overall, considering the goals in totality, all regions except North Africa are fairly off track. AFRICA 2030 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS - THREE-YEAR REALITY CHECK

Africa SDG Index 2019 Trends Overall, considering the goals in totality, all regions except North Africa are fairly off track. AFRICA 2030 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS - THREE-YEAR REALITY CHECK

AFRICA 2030 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Key Bottlenecks Weak Governance system for SDGs Weak institutional governance Financing gap is large Narrow fiscal space Financial inclusion is low Poor infrastructure Population pressure affecting social inclusion Tight global macro and financial conditions Falling productivity Slow regional integration Sluggish industrialization Climatic conditions Overall, considering the goals in totality, all regions except North Africa are fairly off track. AFRICA 2030 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Governance and SDGs Correlation Challenges continued … Governance and SDGs Correlation Low score on both indices Empirical evidence also supports this correlation. For example recent IMF paper the least corrupt governments collect 4 percent of GDP more in tax revenues than countries at the same level of economic development with the highest levels of corruption. https://blogs.imf.org/2019/05/28/corruption-and-your-money/ AFRICA 2030 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Take aways We are still off track Current efforts necessary but not sufficient Weakness across the entire SDG ecosystem for continent There is an urgent need to compensate for lost time AFRICA 2030 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Africa Rest of World SDG targets Africa can do it … As the Japanese proverb goes: “Cross a shallow river as if it were deep.” We shall leave no One behind AFRICA 2030 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Thank you for your attention Africa SDGs are on table and so are we or should be Enock Nyorekwa Twinoburyo, PhD Senior Economist If you are not on the table –you are on the menu. As the Japanese proverb goes: “Cross a shallow river as if it were deep.” Thank you for your attention