{"id":53,"date":"2024-04-18T18:00:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T18:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/blackmac\/?p=53"},"modified":"2024-04-18T18:00:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T18:00:47","slug":"hindrance-or-empowerment-how-international-and-domestic-factors-influence-sdg-progress-in-mena-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/blackmac\/2024\/04\/18\/hindrance-or-empowerment-how-international-and-domestic-factors-influence-sdg-progress-in-mena-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Hindrance or Empowerment: How International And Domestic Factors Influence SDG Progress In MENA Region"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the 2015 UN Summit, the United Nations implemented the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which aimed to \u201cend all forms of poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change, while ensuring no one is left behind\u201d (United Nations n.d.). Throughout the MENA region, states have adopted various initiatives focused on advancing and achieving the 17 SDGs by the year 2030. While states desire to fulfill the sustainability goals outlined in the UN SDGs, international and domestic factors have influenced their progress, either through empowerment or hindrance.\"UN<\/p>\n

International and domestic factors empower states to make progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals. First, international aid has allowed states with limited resources to be able to improve infrastructures and institutions and to have access to necessary resources. For instance, in the case of Jordan, the second most water-stressed country in the region, aid from international organizations such as USAID, has allowed Jordanian private and public sectors to develop public desalination facilities for municipal use as well as small private desalination facilities for drinking water and agricultural use. The construction of desalination facilities through the support of international aid has been significant for Jordan, as it has enabled Jordan to make progress towards SDG 6 \u2013 clean water.<\/p>\n

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Second, international attention\/spotlight, such as hosting the World Cup games, has allowed Qatar to make progress towards SDG 8 \u2013 decent work and economic growth, since Qatar had to construct new infrastructure large enough to host theFIFA World Cup games. Given the need for new stadium infrastructure, this created more work opportunities for citizens in Qatar. Additionally, the presence of the FIFA games in Qatar allowed Qatar\u2019s economy to grow, as Qatar developed its sports and media industries, through its streaming and reporting of the FIFA World Cup games.\"Zaha<\/p>\n

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Although international and domestic factors empower states to make progress towards the UN SDGs, these two factors can hinder progress as well. First, domestic conflict, as exemplified in the Syrian Civil War, can hinder progress. In Syria, the enduring stalemate has prevented the country from progressing towards SDG 3 \u2013 good health and well-being. Instead, well-being has been on the decline, as the use of vaccines has dropped from 98% to 70% in recent years. Additionally, access to doctors has drastically decreased since the conflict. Furthermore, the division of healthcare aid from international sources has been hindered due to territorial divisions across Syria. Each of these instances depict how domestic conflict within Syria has stunted progress towards good health and well-being and instead harmed progress.\"The\"SUSTAINABLE<\/p>\n

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Second, international crisis can hinder progress towards Sustainable Development Goals, as the population influx of refugees from Syria and Iraq significantly hindered Jordanian progress towards SDG 6 \u2013 clean water and SDG 8 \u2013 economic growth and decent work. For Jordan, the drastic increase in population numbers due to refugee migration impacted the country\u2019s ability to provide clean water and sanitation to the whole population. Furthermore, given the population influx, less work opportunities were available, so unemployment numbers increased.\"UN<\/p>\n

The states in the Middle East\/North Africa region have strived to progress towards more sustainable economies as outlined through the 17 UN SDGs. While progress towards these goals have varied among countries due to international and domestic factors that either empower or hinder progress, the goal is for each of these countries to make significant progress by 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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