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Intergovernmental Relations and the Effective Implementation of Agenda 2030 in South America

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Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the global development reference to tackle the most pressing issues in contemporary societies. However, the limited progress made toward them motivates discussions about the best means to produce effective change in the next decade. In this context, localization is promoted as a privileged means to achieve further progress. Discussions of localization relate to the need to improve policy delivery by placing decision-making closer to those able to produce context-sensitive interventions. These discussions build on assumptions that relate to predating debates on decentralization. Based on a review of the literature on the recent experience of South American countries, this chapter argues that framing the discussion on localization considering the lessons from decades of decentralization could aid the implementation of Agenda 2030 and the SDGs. Moving forward, the critical role of building effective intergovernmental relations must be placed at the center of this debate.

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Cisneros, P. (2022). Intergovernmental Relations and the Effective Implementation of Agenda 2030 in South America. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68127-2_17-1

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