From Summits to Solutions

Each chapter of this book brings to the reader's attention the complexity of the concrete approaches developed at an international level on the strategies for implementing the concept of sustainable development, to highlight the nature of the problems encountered by this phenomenon in the context of the global economy."- Ionica Oncioiu, Growth and Change; "From Summits to Solutions engages with some of the most important challenges facing the fulfilment of the SDGs and provides innovative ideas and solutions for these issues. It is a clarion call to policymakers worldwide that the 'business-as-usual' approach to global governance is no longer sustainable."- Gregory Stiles, Global Policy

Raj Desai is a visiting fellow in Global Economy and Development at Brookings Institution, and associate professor of international development in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Previously, he was a member of the core team for the World Bank's World Development Report unit. Hiroshi Kato is senior vice president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, overseeing several departments (Africa, Infrastructure and Peacebuilding, Rural Development, Domestic Strategy and Partnership) and JICA-University Alliance for Development Studies. Previously, he served as director of the JICA Research Institute. Homi Kharas is the interim vice president and director of Global Economy and Development at Brookings Institution. He has served as the lead author and executive secretary of the secretariat supporting the High Level Panel advising the U.N. secretary general on the post-2015 development agenda (2012-13). John W. McArthur is a senior fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings Institution. He is also a senior adviser to the UN Foundation and a board governor for the International Development Research Centre. Previously, he served as chief executive officer of Millennium Promise and manager of the UN Millennium Project.

Acknowledgments 1. The Need for Innovations to Implement the Sustainable Development Goals Part I. Capturing Value 2. Expanding Women's Economic Opportunities 3. From Green Bonds to Sustainable Development: The Case of Nigeria 4. Collective Action on Business Standards, Goals, and Metrics to Achieve Scale and Impact for the SDGs 5. Professionalizing Cross-Sector Collaboration to Implement the SDGs 6. Building Sustainable Financing Architecture to Achieve the SDGs: The Case of Brazil Part II. Targeting Places 7. Making Rural Areas Places of Opportunity: Not Just a "Rural Agenda" 8. Using Remote Sensing and Geospatial Information for Sustainable Development 9. Enhancing Statistical Capacity for Development 10. Rescaling Government for an Urban Future 11. Protecting Half the Ocean? Part III. Updating Governance 12. A Canadian North Star: Crafting an Advanced Economy Approach to the Sustainable Development Goals 13. A People's Agenda: Citizen Participation and the SDGs 14. Safeguarding Our Global Commons 15. Unity in Diversity: Reshaping the Global Health Architecture 16. Crowding-In Private Finance: What Multilateral Banks Can Do Differently Contributors Index