{"id":27,"date":"2023-05-02T18:42:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T18:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/londone\/?p=27"},"modified":"2023-05-02T18:42:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T18:42:53","slug":"how-do-national-and-international-factors-interact-in-empowering-some-states-of-the-global-south-to-make-more-progress-toward-the-un-sustainable-development-goals-than-other-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/londone\/2023\/05\/02\/how-do-national-and-international-factors-interact-in-empowering-some-states-of-the-global-south-to-make-more-progress-toward-the-un-sustainable-development-goals-than-other-states\/","title":{"rendered":"How do national and international factors interact in empowering some states of the Global South to make more progress toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals than other states?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the past few weeks my International Relations class partnered with students in a\u00a0 Comparative Politics at American University of Sharjah in the UAE to write podcast episodes about the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We found in each country that we studied that there are specific national and international factors that empower some states of the Global South to make more progress toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals than other states.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the main national factors that a country has to have to make the most progress on UN Sustainable Development Goals is political stability. Political stability often means that there is no war in the country. Also, to have political stability a country does not have to be a democracy but it has to have a stable government structure. As the podcast on Botswana said \u201cwithout proper government [no country will fully] be able to excel in the national and international realm.\u201d If a country has political stability they have a better chance of economic stability and better chance of aligning itself with and taking advantage of international players. For example, Botswana\u2019s colonization has led to significant corruption in the government and the economy. This has led to difficulties meeting national goals like SDG 3 \u201cgood health and well-being.\u201d Since there’s an abundance of economic crime and corruption in the economic system it would make sense that establishing a strong health care system is difficult in the country. People having access to healthcare is a main target of SDG 3.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The ability and willingness to work with international players will also play a role in a country\u2019s ability to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Therefore the countries have to have some bureaucratic capacity and capability to interact with these international players in order to attract trade, investment, and aid to be more successful at meeting the Sustainable Development Goals. Singapore is an excellent example of a country that has already made strong progress towards SDG 16 \u201cpeace, justice and strong institutions. The People\u2019s Action Party is a strong political party that has opened the doors for international partnerships. About 7,000 multinational companies are in Singapore, they have established free trade policies, and joined global markets helping their national trade interests. The involvement with international players have helped them build up their economy which has helped them to fund efforts to meet the Sustainable Development Goals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These are just a couple examples of how national and international factors can contribute to certain countries in the Global South being more or less successful meeting the Sustainable Development Goals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Botswana (on the left) and Singapore (on the right)<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.forbesafrica.com\/africa-undiscovered\/2023\/01\/23\/botswana-a-hidden-gem-of-africa\/ (Botswana picture)<\/p>\n

https:\/\/uceap.universityofcalifornia.edu\/programs\/stem-research-in-singapore (Singapore picture)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the past few weeks my International Relations class partnered with students in a\u00a0 Comparative Politics at American University of Sharjah in the UAE to write podcast episodes about the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We found in each country that we studied that there are specific national and international factors that empower some states of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5104,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/londone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/londone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/londone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/londone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/londone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/londone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/londone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/londone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/londone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}