development goals
Planned improvement aims
Development goals are targets set by individuals, organizations, or governments to guide growth and improvement over time.
Personal development goals might include learning a skill or advancing in a career.
At the institutional level, the term often refers to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals—a framework addressing poverty, health, education, and environmental sustainability: The company aligned its practices with global development goals.
- poverty reductionDecreasing numbers below subsistence
- gender equalityEqual treatment regardless sex
- quality educationEffective, meaningful learning
- climate actionMeasures addressing atmospheric change
- GDP growthOutput increase percentage
education access · healthcare systems · renewable energy · human rights advocacy · literacy programs · global partnership · social inclusion · waste management · cultural preservation · urban planning · public safety · industrialization · targets · sustainable agriculture · poverty alleviation · green technology · outcomes · carbon neutrality
- global cooperationUnited Nations, multilateralism, coalitions, peace treaty, peace treaties
- foreign aidforeign aid, aid, foreign assistance, international aid, humanitarian aid
- UN activitiespeacekeepers, blue helmets, Security Council, General Assembly, UN agencies
- UN statisticsdisplaced persons, peacekeeping missions, member nations, world population, poverty rates
- UN DocumentsUN Charter, UN reports, UN resolutions, resolutions, declaration
- Global Economicsfree trade, trade pacts, economic growth, trade blocs, economic policy
development goalsdirectionlessness
Absence of aim or course
purposelessness · goallessness · drift · stagnation · inertia
development goalsstatus quo
Existing condition of affairs
retrospection · maintenance mode · crisis response · firefighting
development goalsregression
Return to former state
deterioration · underdevelopment · dismantlement · retrenchment · decay