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SDG 17 (Partnerships)

The seventeenth Sustainable Development Goal: strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development.

ByCASRAI Editorial Board
· Last updated 21 May 2026

Examples

Worked examples

  • Is an instance

    A research consortium with partners across multiple regions maps its work to SDG 17 Target 17.6.

  • Is an instance

    A funder reports cross-border partnerships under SDG 17 in its annual portfolio statement.

Counter-examples

Looks similar, but isn't

  • Not an instance

    Labelling any cross-institutional collaboration as SDG 17 without development-focus analysis.

  • Not an instance

    Treating SDG 17 as an automatic label for international research.

Editorial commentary

SDG 17 contains 19 targets across five clusters: finance (official development assistance, debt sustainability), technology (technology transfer to developing countries, capacity building), capacity building, trade, and systemic issues (policy coherence, multi-stakeholder partnerships, data monitoring and accountability). It is the cross-cutting goal that enables the others through partnerships. Research contributions span international cooperation studies, development economics, science diplomacy, science-policy interfaces, and meta-research on partnerships. SDG 17 also features prominently in research funder portfolios that emphasise North-South collaboration.

References

  • UN sdgs.un.org/goals/goal17. UN DESA SDG 17 indicators.

Also known as

SDG 17 · Partnerships for the Goals

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