Journal article
SDG 10: Reduce inequality in and among countries
Social alternatives, Vol.37(1), pp.34-41
01 Jan 2018
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Abstract
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10, Reduce Inequality In and Among Countries, was among the last of the SDGs to be added. SDG 10 was largely a reaction to the increasing attention being paid to the gross disparities of wealth observed around the world, and the political backlash to those disparities. While it can be understood as a call for some redistribution of wealth globally, it is unlikely that large-scale redistribution through taxation or other means is politically feasible as a solution to inequality any time soon. It is more plausibly interpreted as a call for a reduction of inequities - those factors that prevent people and states from having a fair shot at the achievement of prosperity and development. Within nation states, we can see this as a call for a rights-based approach to development - an approach that seeks to give people the capabilities to succeed while also removing the political and social factors, such as discrimination and repression, That prevent them from achieving their potential. Internationally, it is related to the concept of a right to development, which places obligations of assistance on developed states to aid poorer ones. International institutions such as the World Bank and the United Nations have a mandate to promote such rights, and can act as intervening institutions, lending credibility to this drive for the recognition of development rights. The targets set by SDG 10 are more vague and aspirational than those of most other of the SDGs, but the end of gross inequalities of wealth might be seen as a foundational issue that makes many other SDGs possible. As such, SDG 10 imposes particular duties on those parties who can make it a reality.
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- Title
- SDG 10: Reduce inequality in and among countries
- Creators
- Joel E. Oestreich - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Social alternatives, Vol.37(1), pp.34-41
- Publisher
- Social Alternatives
- Number of pages
- 8
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Politics
- Identifiers
- 991019170378604721
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