Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Giovanni Ferri
Author-X-Name-First: Giovanni
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferri
Author-Email: g.ferri@lumsa.it
Author-Workplace-Name: LUMSA University 
Author-Name: Habib Sedehi 
Author-X-Name-First: Habib
Author-X-Name-Last: Sedehi
Author-Workplace-Name: LUMSA University 
Title: The System view of the Sustainable Development Goals

Abstract: The 2030 UN Agenda provides a list of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Typically, SDGs are viewed as non-hierarchical, if not standalone, objectives. Our main aim is to try to represent the structure of multilayered relationships among the SDGs, where possible assigning influence links in order to configure a Systems Thinking view. We achieve that by sketching a Causal Loop Diagram (CLD) which allows drawing the multiple linkages on qualitative grounds disregarding the individual SDGs measurement issues. To close the system and conform it to quantitative analysis, we propose adding three other goals and using Systems Dynamics (SD) modeling analysis. Our approach is twofold. First, it is entirely deductive based on our a priori. Secondly, however, we draw references to the relevant literature to provide support to our initial conjectures.
Length: 10 pages
Creation-Date: 2018-07
Publication-Status: 
File-URL: https://repec.lumsa.it/wp/wpC28.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Number: wpC28
Classification-JEL: 
Keywords: Sustainable, System Thinking, System Dynamics, Modelling, SDGs, 2030 UN Agenda
Handle: RePEc:lsa:wpaper:wpC28