Sustainable Development Goals and Pandemic Planning

This book assesses the progress in the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in ASEAN, India and China using the above framework conditions in the context with three main propositions. First, translating the SDGs into regional economic integration strategies during the pandemic recovery can enhance the link between global objectives and the multifaceted reality of an ASEAN community building process, and providing a strategic option to strengthen the regional approaches. Secondly, a regional approach on complementarities to SDGs can facilitate the definition of relevant targets/indicators and enhance the monitoring and evaluation framework. In so doing it could also offer the scope to integrate more closely ASEAN community’s social and environmental concerns into existing economic, social and political frameworks. Thirdly, focusing just on the geo-economic sphere – the area where south east and East Asian economic integration is relatively more advanced – will prove the hypothesis that effective regional integration through mega trade agreements such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) can support the Asia’s transformation agenda and foster more inclusive and sustainable growth.

Introduction.- Part I. Country Implementation of SDGs: Measuring the Distance to 2030 Targets.- 1. The impact of Global COVID-19 Crisis on SDGs achievement in ASEAN-countries.- 2. Measuring the Distance to 2030 Targets in China and East Asia Imperatives.- 3. Measuring the distance to 2030 SDG Targets in India and South Asia Imperatives.- 4. Measuring the Distance to 2030 Targets in Indonesia.- 5. Measuring Distance to SDGs Target in Five Complementarity Areas: Malaysia.- 6. Measuring the Distance to 2030 targets and the Impact of COVID-19 in Myanmar.- 7. Measuring the Distance to 2030 Targets: Can the Philippines achieve the SDGs?.- 8. Measuring the Distance to 2030 Targets in Thailand.- 9. Measuring the Distance to 2030 Targets in Vietnam.- Part II. Regional Indicators, Monitoring Systems for Nexus Approach and MRV.- 10. Geo-Economic Importance Index for Doubling the Efforts by 2030.- 11. SDGs’ Indicators for Trade Facilitation and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership(RCEP) in ASEAN.- 12. The 2030 Agenda and Capital Market Integration in ASEAN.- 13. Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification Framework for Nationalisation and Regionalisation of Indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals.- 14. Institutional Mechanisms for Scaling up Finance for the SDGs in ASEAN: Lessons from the European Union.- Part III. Engaging the Private Sector in Realizing the SDGs in the Post Covid Era.- 15. Building private sector engagement strategy and monitoring changes at the corporate level: Study of corporate disclosures on SDGs.- 16. Beyond Voluntary Initiative – SDGs by business sector and SDGs for business sector.- 17. Small Business strategies and Solutions for SDG Agenda.- 18. Sustainable Development Goals need and Financial Sector Imperatives.