Most of you have probably heard of the UN’s Sustainable Development goals, but if you haven’t or they’re a bit hazy, here‘s a quick refresher.
We can see that quite a few of these goals are of key importance in developing a country’s economy such as health, education, equality, sanitation, renewable energy, infrastructure and responsible consumption. All areas that Tanzania has trouble with. And luckily Tanzania’s government has taken these SDGs on as well. However many feel that the goals are too high for such a short time period and that it is impossible for Tanzania to reach these goals without extensive outside help.
Tanzania is currently working on an intermediate plan called Tanzania Development Vision 2025, where they aim to become a mid income and semi industrialized nation by 2025. And they have made significant progress in attaining these goals, however many challenges still need to be overcome mostly on the aspect of sustainability, which is unfortunately the key point of the SDGs. In order to get there the country will require significant changes in its political landscape as the country is too often held back my inefficiencies on that aspect. For a more thorough analysis of what Tanzania needs to do to reach the SDGs I advise you to take a look at this report.
Let me know what SDGs you think Tanzania should focus on in the short-term and which ones will have the largest overall impact on the country.
Sources
Click to access Tanzania%20SDG%20Health%20Report.pdf
http://tz.one.un.org/sustainable-development-goals
http://una.or.tz/how-are-the-sustainable-development-goals-implemented-in-tanzania/
Economic Development in Tanzania 