The United Nations and Sustainable Development Goals (eBook)

The book is a collection of analyses on country-specific and universal efforts, programmes and projects from Africa and beyond, aimed at realising the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Specifically, the chapters focus on the achievements and challenges that can potentially aid countries of the world and the United Nations in achieving the 17 SDGs. The chapters focus more on the challenges, prospects and concrete steps taken in the Global South towards the attainment of these goals.

Sheriff Folarin is a professor of international relations at Covenant University in Nigeria, and teaches in the Master in Security Studies program of the University of Rwanda. He is currently a visiting scholar in Texas State University, United States.

Esther Akinlabi is a professor of mechanical engineering at University of Johannesburg in South Africa. She is currently the Director of the Pan African University for Life and Earth Sciences Institute (PAULESI) in Nigeria.

Aderemi Atayero is a professor of communication engineering at Covenant University in Nigeria. He had served as the 5^th vice-chancellor of the institution.