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

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

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

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

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

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

8. World Bank statistical capacity indicator

9. 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 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

10. 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 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS - THREE-YEAR REALITY CHECK

11. 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 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS - THREE-YEAR REALITY CHECK

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

13. 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 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

14. 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.
AFRICA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

15. 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 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

16. 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 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

17. 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