UN Goals Off Track Despite Grand Promises

World leaders made grand promises with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, but most are far off track to be achieved by 2030.
The UN wants more funding but that doesn't address the core issue of failing to focus and prioritize.
Research identifies 12 highly cost-effective policies that could deliver enormous benefits on issues like health, hunger, and education.
These 12 policies could save millions of lives and make the poorer half of the world over $1 trillion better off annually.
Rich countries should insist additional SDG funding go towards these high-priority, high-return policies first.

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