SDG Pulse 2023

SDG pulse provides quantitative assessments of progress with the 2030 Agenda through both a selection of official SDG indicators as well as complementary data and statistics. It also presents recent conceptual and methodological developments regarding SDG indicators of which UNCTAD is the custodian. It has become UNCTAD’s reference publication in mapping the organization’s work with the SDGs, not only from an analytical perspective but also in terms of technical cooperation and capacity development. This year’s edition explores new sources for financing development, sharing the first-ever preliminary estimates for an SDG indicator on illicit financial flows. Lastly, this edition of the SDG Pulse is structured according to the four transformations identified in UNCTAD15’s Bridgetown Covenant – multilateralism and trade, sustainability and resilience, development finance, and diversification, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable and those furthest behind. This year’s In-Focus tackles the challenge of costing the achievement of SDGs through six transition pathways.