Sustainability

Global development goals: opportunities and obstacles

November 15, 2016

Global

November 15, 2016

Global
Michael Hoffmann

Contributor

Michael was an editor for The Economist Intelligence Unit’s thought leadership division in the Americas. He was previously an equity research analyst covering cybersecurity, data networking, cloud computing and IT infrastructure. He has also worked on several grants from the National Institutes of Health to research topics including HIV/AIDS, non-communicable diseases and international human rights law. His work has been published in several peer-reviewed journals including AIDS Care, Global Public Health and the Journal of the International AIDS Society. He received his bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Brown University. He has worked in Latin America and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. 

A Q&A series on global development goals sponsored by the UN Foundation.

The Q&As explore progress towards and what remains to be done to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), or 17 UN-backed goals which more than 190 countries in 2015 agreed to prioritise as national targets. These targets include reducing environmental degradation and improving education, health and industrial innovation.

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