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Penang’s Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

By Negin Vaghefi (Senior Analyst, Socio-economic and Statistics Programme)   |   Posted on

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

  • According to the Jeffrey Sachs Center’s score measurement, Penang achieved a score of 64.2 for its overall SDG performance in 2021.
  • The state has attained goals for SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) and SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure), and will be maintaining these achievements till 2030.
  • Major challenges remain in achieving SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), SDG 11 (Sustainable Cites and Communities) and SDG 15 (Life on Land).
  • In order to accelerate SDGs progress, a multi-stakeholder approach is needed to leverage the inter-linkages between the SDGs, and to improve their effectiveness.
  • Crucial SDG data are still lacking at state level, and since high-quality statistics are key for measuring and monitoring SDGs progress, improving and strengthening statistics for SDGs at that level remains an essential undertaking.
  • A medium-to-long-term approach is needed to guide sustainable development policies, with special focus on the indicators where the state faces major challenges.

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