TITLE:
Macro-Level Studies of Direct and Indirect Relationships between SDG 4 and the 16 SDGS
AUTHORS:
Anthony Wakwe Lawrence, Noel Ihebuzor, Damiete Onyema Lawrence
KEYWORDS:
SDG-Mapping, Inter-Linked, Inter-Dependent/Directly-Related, Inter-Related/Indirectly-Related
JOURNAL NAME:
Modern Economy,
Vol.11 No.6,
June
24,
2020
ABSTRACT: SDG 4 is a foundational goal
having an enabler role for the realisation of most of the other SD goals. Seven
SDGs (3, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 17) have targets that are directly related to
SDG 4 which are education and or capacity building in nature. The remaining 9
other SDGs were assessed to be indirectly related with SDG 4. This paper
examined SDG 4 from 2 levels: Goal to Targets (SDG 4 versus the targets/goals
of the other 16 SDGs) and Targets to Targets, which is a comparison between the
10 SDG 4 targets and the remaining 159 targets of the others. We identified 38
direct-relationships and 322 indirect relationships
between SDG 4 targets and the targets of the remaining 16 SDGs. These findings confirm that Sustainable
Development Goals are inter-dependent (direct relationships) or interrelated
(indirect relationships) in many respects. At the level of interventions, the
school feeding programme which can qualify as an intervention to reduce the
incidence of out of school children amply illustrates inter-relationships, as
it is shown to be impacting directly on SDG 2 by addressing hunger and SDG 1
(poverty) through increased revenues for farmers and service providers. For
developing nations to derive the greatest benefits from the implementation of
the SDGs, they must give priority to interventions that have the potentials to
achieve multi-goal needs/inherent positive multiplier
effects.