Sustainable Development Goals: Status and Roadmap 2016-2030 takes stock of Nepal’s development status and projects a roadmap to 2030 with intermediate milestones in 2019 (end of the 14th periodic plan), 2022 (anticipated date for graduation from LDC status), and 2025 (vantage point for an accelerated development phase). It highlights major issues and challenges that the country needs to reckon with in pursuit of the SDGs. This report builds upon a pioneering SDG-related study prepared by NPC in the summer of 2015, well ahead of the international summit that agreed on the goals and targets.
The monitoring framework in this report aligns and updates national SDGs indicators with the global ones. They capture the spirit of “no one left behind.” The extensive list is expected to be useful to internalize and track SDGs at the sub-national level. The vigor and sincerity with which the local governments work to deliver SDGs, especially those related to basic social services, will determine to a large extent the success of federalism in Nepal, one of whose premises is that locally empowered governments are best placed to serve their constituents.